Ceratinadin G, a new psammaplysin derivative possessing a cyano group from a sponge of the genus Pseudoceratina

• Shin-ichiro Kurimoto,
• Kouta Inoue,
• Taito Ohno and
• Takaaki Kubota

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3215–3220, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.267

• ), as well as additional signals not matching those of any known psammaplysin derivatives. Further separation of this fraction using C18 HPLC led to the isolation of ceratinadin G (1, 0.4 mg, 3.2 × 10−4%) along with psammaplysin F (2) [10][11][12]. Ceratinadin G (1) was isolated as an optically active

• [silica gel 60N (spherical, neutral, 40–50 µm), Kanto Chemical Co., Inc.; 38 × 350 mm; eluent CHCl3/MeOH 100:0 to 0:100], yielding 18 fractions (Fr. 1–18). A portion (17.0 mg) of the fraction Fr. 14 (32.5 mg) was further separated by C18 HPLC (COSMOSIL 5C18-AR-II, 10 × 250 mm, Nacalai tesque Inc.; eluent

Discovery of ianthelliformisamines D–G from the sponge Suberea ianthelliformis and the total synthesis of ianthelliformisamine D

• Sasha Hayes,
• Yaoying Lu,
• Bernd H. A. Rehm and
• Rohan A. Davis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3205–3214, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.266

• HPLC (RP-HPLC), which led to the purification of the known metabolites, ianthelliformisamines A–C (1–3) [7] and aplysterol (8) [13], and four new natural products, ianthelliformisamines D–G (4–7) (Figure 1). This extraction and isolation process was repeated twice to obtain sufficient quantities of the

• ETD ESI-qTOF. Alltech Davisil (30–40 µm, 60 Å) C8-bonded silica and Alltech Davisil (30–40 µm, 60 Å) diol-bonded silica were used for pre-adsorption work before RP- or NP-HPLC, respectively. The pre-adsorbed material was subsequently packed into an Alltech stainless steel guard cartridge (10 × 30 mm

• ) then attached to a HPLC column prior to fractionation. A Waters 600 pump fitted with a Waters 996 photodiode array detector fitted with a Gilson 717-plus autosampler were used for RP-HPLC separations. A Thermo Fisher Scientific Dionex Ultimate 3000 UHPLC was used for NP-HPLC separations. Thermo Betasil

Multicomponent reactions driving the discovery and optimization of agents targeting central nervous system pathologies

• Lucía Campos-Prieto,
• Aitor García-Rey,
• Eddy Sotelo and
• Ana Mallo-Abreu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3151–3173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.261

• compounds with high yields (84–92%). The three most promising compounds of the library (13a, 13b, and 13c) were selected for further detailed characterization. In vitro evaluation was performed employing a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-based methodology, using the fluorogenic histone

Advances in the use of metal-free tetrapyrrolic macrocycles as catalysts

• Mandeep K. Chahal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3085–3112, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.257

• hypothesis that the reaction would work in acidic environment using catalysts insensitive to pH-induced aggregation. In the same aldol reaction, using of macrocycles 60 and 61 containing chiral secondary amine moieties provided not only good yields, but also good diastereoselectivities; chiral HPLC analysis

Enantioselective regiospecific addition of propargyltrichlorosilane to aldehydes catalyzed by biisoquinoline N,N’-dioxide

• Noble Brako,
• Sreerag Moorkkannur Narayanan,
• Amber Burns,
• Layla Auter,
• Valentino Cesiliano,
• Rajeev Prabhakar and
• Norito Takenaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3069–3076, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.255

• enantiomeric ratios were determined by HPLC on a chiral stationary phase. Evaluation of the extent to which (S)-8 catalyzed the allenylation reaction. Reaction conditions: aldehyde 1a–k (0.1 mmol), silane (0.15 mmol), (S)-8 (0.01 mmol), CH2Cl2 (0.4 mL). Enantiomeric ratios were determined by HPLC on a chiral

• Information File 10: Experimental details, characterization data, spectra, and HPLC traces. Acknowledgements We thank the Florida Institute of Technology and University of Miami for the generous support of the instrumentation facility. Funding This work was financially supported by a grant from the National

Synthesis of fluorinated acid-functionalized, electron-rich nickel porphyrins

• Mike Brockmann,
• Jonas Lobbel,
• Lara Unterriker and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2954–2958, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.248

• -substituted Ni porphyrins 29 (78%), 30 (97%), and 31 (57%). The latter were treated with LiOH and HCl to give the free acids 32 (94%), 33 (39%), and 34 (45%). The HPLC–ESIMS analysis of 32, 33, and 34 revealed that two major atropisomers of each porphyrin had formed. In 32 both atropisomers exhibit a roughly

• Information File 42: Experimental procedures, characterization data of all products, and copies of 1H, 13C, and 19F NMR spectra. Acknowledgements We thank Dr. Claus Bier for the help with the HPLC–ESIMS measurements.

4,6-Diaryl-5,5-difluoro-1,3-dioxanes as chiral dopants for liquid crystal compositions

• Maurice Médebielle,
• Peer Kirsch,
• Jérémy Merad,
• Carolina von Essen,
• Clemens Kühn and
• Andreas Ruhl

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2940–2945, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.246

• purification. Ketalization of rac-2 with liquid crystal-like ketone 1 [43] (in toluene) or 2,2-dimethoxypropane 5 (in THF) provided dioxanes rac-3 and rac-4 in 56% and 62% yields, respectively (Scheme 2). Samples of rac-3 and rac-4 were separated by preparative HPLC on a chiral phase. Suitable crystals of all

Recent advances in transition-metal-free arylation reactions involving hypervalent iodine salts

• Ritu Mamgain,
• Kokila Sakthivel and
• Fateh V. Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2891–2920, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.243

• chemistry on the histone H2A protein. The protein was demonstrated as the T120C mutant via site-directed mutagenesis in Escherichia coli and decontaminated by HPLC. A notable reconciliation was changing the aqueous buffer from HEPES to phosphate owing to side-product generation during the arylation in HEPES

• . The reaction of H2A with the diaryliodonium salt in phosphate buffer resulted in the expected arylated conjugate in an hour with a maximum of 98% conversion, yielding sulfur arylated product in 54% isolated yield after purification by HPLC. Additionally, the functionalization of the ketone with a

• high conversions (83–93%) in 1–20 hours. Purification by HPLC yielded the isolated oxime conjugates in excellent amounts. This methodology presents a promising approach for the late-stage variation of proteins and peptides, offering versatility and efficiency in aqueous environments. In addition to

Synthesis and antimycotic activity of new derivatives of imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines

• Dmitriy Yu. Vandyshev,
• Daria A. Mangusheva,
• Khidmet S. Shikhaliev,
• Kirill A. Scherbakov,
• Oleg N. Burov,
• Alexander D. Zagrebaev,
• Tatiana N. Khmelevskaya,
• Alexey S. Trenin and
• Fedor I. Zubkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2806–2817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.236

• maleimides or N-arylitaconimides. The mechanism of the studied processes was postulated basing on experimental data, HPLC–MS analysis of reaction mixtures, and quantum chemical calculations. Molecular docking results of the obtained imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines, when compared with voriconazole, a drug already

• hemisulfate to its basic form in situ. Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and high-performance liquid chromatography with mass-spectrometric detection (HPLC–MS) were used to monitor the reaction and to identify the products obtained. It should be noted that in the case of HPLC–MS analysis, the signals registered

• spectroscopy, HPLC–HRESIMS) of the products of the investigated reactions unambiguously confirms the processes proceeding along routes A1 and B1 with the formation of N-aryl(alkyl)-7-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin-5-carboxamides 4a–i and N-aryl-2-(7-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin

Access to optically active tetrafluoroethylenated amines based on [1,3]-proton shift reaction

• Yuta Kabumoto,
• Eiichiro Yoshimoto,
• Bing Xiaohuan,
• Masato Morita,
• Motohiro Yasui,
• Shigeyuki Yamada and
• Tsutomu Konno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2776–2783, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.233

• amide (S)-23b in 27% isolated yield over three-steps. The measurement of HPLC equipped with a chiral column, CHIRALPAK AD-H for (S)-23b, showed that the amide had an optical purity of 95% ee (Scheme 4). On the next stage, the substrate scope for the present reaction was explored by using various imines

• scope for the present [1,3]-proton shift reaction. aYields are determined by 19F NMR spectroscopy. Values in parentheses show isolated yields. Enantiomeric excesses are deteremined by HPLC equipped with DAICEL CHIRALPAK AD-H. bCarried our at 50 °C in the [1,3]-proton shift reaction step. Proposed

• reaction mechanism. Investigation of the reaction conditions. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 3: Full experimental details, 1H, 13C, 19F NMR spectra of 16a–g and 23a–g, and HPLC charts of racemic as well as chiral compounds 23a–g. Supporting Information File 4: Crystallographic

Synthesis of spiroindolenines through a one-pot multistep process mediated by visible light

• Francesco Gambuti,
• Jacopo Pizzorno,
• Chiara Lambruschini,
• Renata Riva and
• Lisa Moni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2722–2731, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.230

• oxide, activated, neutral, Brockmann I. Petroleum ether (40–60 °C) is abbreviated as PE. HPLC analysis was performed on Agilent HP 1100 equipped with a DAD detector (220 nm) and column ACE Excel 3 C18-AR (3 μm, 3 × 150 mm2). Mass analysis was performed on a Microsaic 4000 MiD® mass spectrometer. HRMS

• . Walter Sgroi for his collaboration for IR spectra, Valeria Rocca for HPLC-MS analysis and Lorenzo Esposito for practical collaboration to this work.

Homogeneous continuous flow nitration of O-methylisouronium sulfate and its optimization by kinetic modeling

• Jiapeng Guo,
• Weike Su and
• An Su

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2408–2420, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.205

• was collected and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC, ThermoFisher Ulcel3000), and the conversion of the samples was derived from the external standard method based on the regression equation of the HPLC standard curve. HPLC detection conditions: C18 column (10 μm, 4.6 × 250 mm

Asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of chiral homoallylic amines

• Nikolay S. Kondratyev and
• Andrei V. Malkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2349–2377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.201

• separate peaks on chiral HPLC. Kinetic resolution of chiral secondary allylboronates [15][30]. (E)-Stereospecific asymmetric α-trifluoromethylallylation of cyclic imines and hydrazones [31]. Hosomi–Sakurai-type allylation of in situ-formed N-Fmoc aldimines [32]. Chiral squaramide-catalysed hydrogen bond

Natural resorcylic lactones derived from alternariol

• Joachim Podlech

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2171–2207, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.187

• found in Diaporthe cameroonensis [143]. No biological activities were determined for these compounds (Figure 7). A number of sulfate conjugates have been synthesized and used as standards for mass-spectrometric or HPLC analyses [134][141][144]. In this course it turned out that 3-O-sulfates of

• (61 and 62) were isolated as the racemates from Alternaria alternata [211] and from Alternaria sp. [263] and the racemates could be separated by HPLC [211]. 2-O-Acetylaltenuene was furthermore obtained from A. brassicae [262]. (+)-61, (−)-61, (+)-62, and (−)-62 showed antimicrobial activity against

Novel truxene-based dipyrromethanes (DPMs): synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and photophysical properties

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2163–2170, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.186

• TMS. UV–vis data were recorded on a PerkinElmer (Lambda 365) UV–vis spectrophotometer in HPLC grade CHCl3. Synthesis of 10,15-dihydro-5H-diindeno[1,2-a:1',2'-c]fluorene (9): The truxene scaffold 9 was prepared according to a literature report procedure [38]. l-Indanone (8, 6.8 g, 51.4 mmol) was added

Allostreptopyrroles A–E, β-alkylpyrrole derivatives from an actinomycete Allostreptomyces sp. RD068384

• Marwa Elsbaey,
• Naoya Oku,
• Mohamed S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb and
• Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1981–1987, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.174

• fractionated on a silica gel column eluting with CHCl3/MeOH mixtures. Allostreptamide was obtained from the eluate with CHCl3/MeOH 2:1 [24]. HPLC-DAD analysis of a less polar fraction, eluted with CHCl3/MeOH 10:1, detected several peaks with characteristic UV absorptions, which were purified by ODS flash

• chromatography followed by ODS HPLC to yield compounds 1–5. Allostreptopyrrole A (1) was obtained as a greenish yellow amorphous solid. The molecular formula was determined to be C15H23NO4 based on a molecular ion peak at m/z 280.1550 [M − H]− (calcd for 280.1554) observed in a negative HRESITOF mass spectrum

• , 5:5, 6:4, 7:3, and 8:2, v/v). The third (4:6) and fourth fractions (5:5) contained the peaks of our target, which were combined (35 mg) and purified by ODS-HPLC (Cosmosil C18 AR-II, 10 × 250 mm, 4 mL/min, UV detection at 254 nm) eluted with 33% MeCN/0.1% HCO2H solution to yield 1 (1.2 mg, tR 10.1

Discovery of antimicrobial peptides clostrisin and cellulosin from Clostridium: insights into their structures, co-localized biosynthetic gene clusters, and antibiotic activity

• Moisés Alejandro Alejo Hernandez,
• Katia Pamela Villavicencio Sánchez,
• Rosendo Sánchez Morales,
• Karla Georgina Hernández-Magro Gil,
• David Silverio Moreno-Gutiérrez,
• Eddie Guillermo Sanchez-Rueda,
• Yanet Teresa-Cruz,
• Brian Choi,
• Armando Hernández Garcia,
• Alba Romero-Rodríguez,
• Oscar Juárez,
• Siseth Martínez-Caballero,
• Mario Figueroa and
• Corina-Diana Ceapă

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1800–1816, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.159

• purified samples of the C39 peptidase domain with purified CloA1 precursor peptide and CloA2 precursor peptide. The SDS-PAGE electrophoretic pattern confirmed the proteolytic reaction (Figure S7D, Supporting Information File 1). This was further confirmed through HPLC–MS–MS/MS analysis. Mass spectrometric

• ). The fraction containing the purest products underwent analysis via HPLC–MS–MS/MS experiments. Spectra of the cellulosin sample revealed a pattern of multicharged ions, with the most intense peak at an m/z of 1,140.64, consistent with the calculated average mass m/z associated with the CloA2 precursor

• with the CloA2 precursor, neither precursor underwent modifications, indicating a certain degree of peptide specificity in the biosynthetic enzymes of this gene super-cluster. HPLC–MS–MS/MS experiment on the CloM2-modified CloA2 tryptic fragment HPLC–MS–MS/MS experiments were performed on the CloM2

Chiral bifunctional sulfide-catalyzed enantioselective bromolactonizations of α- and β-substituted 5-hexenoic acids

• Sao Sumida,
• Ken Okuno,
• Taiki Mori,
• Yasuaki Furuya and
• Seiji Shirakawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1794–1799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.158

• and solvents. Substrate scope. Larger-scale synthesis and transformations of bromolactonization product 3a. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 20: Experimental procedures, characterization data, copies of NMR spectra, and copies of HPLC charts. Funding K.O. thanks the JSPS for a

Mining raw plant transcriptomic data for new cyclopeptide alkaloids

• Draco Kriger,
• Michael A. Pasquale,
• Brigitte G. Ampolini and
• Jonathan R. Chekan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1548–1559, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.138

• additional purification step using an HPLC system (Agilent) with a C18 column (C18 250 × 4.6 mm Luna Omega 5 5 µm C18 100 Å) and gradient of 55–70% B was employed. Structure elucidation of ceanothine B Ceanothine B was analyzed by 1D and 2D NMR in methanol-d4 in 5 mm NMR tubes (Wilmad LabGlass). NMR

Primary amine-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-Michael addition reaction of pyrazolin-5-ones to α,β-unsaturated ketones

• Pooja Goyal,
• Akhil K. Dubey,
• Raghunath Chowdhury and
• Amey Wadawale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1518–1526, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.136

• CHCl3 for 4–14 h. Next, Ac2O (0.52 mmol, 50 µL) was added followed by DABCO (0.1 mmol, 11 mg) and the reaction mixture was further stirred for 2 h at 30–32 °C. aIsolated yield of 3 or ent-3 after column chromatography. bEnantiomeric excess (ee) was measured by HPLC analysis using a stationary phase

• measured by HPLC analysis using a stationary phase chiral column. Synthesis of 3aa on preparative scale. Proposed reaction mechanism. Optimization of reaction conditions.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 2: Additional optimization studies, characterization data of compounds 3aa–na and

• ent-3aa-ent-3na, 1H, 13C NMR spectra of 3aa–na, 1H NMR of ent-3aa–ent-3na and their HPLC traces and single crystal data of ent-3ba. Acknowledgements The authors are thankful to Ms. Ketki Lele for her help in some preliminary experiments. Funding The authors thank the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE

Towards an asymmetric β-selective addition of azlactones to allenoates

• Behzad Nasiri,
• Ghaffar Pasdar,
• Paul Zebrowski,
• Katharina Röser,
• David Naderer and
• Mario Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1504–1509, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.134

• reported in terms of frequency of absorption (cm−1). HPLC was performed using a Shimadzu Prominence system with a diode array detector with a CHIRALPAK AD-H, CHIRAL ART Amylose-SA, (250 × 4.6 mm, 5 µm) chiral stationary phase. Optical rotations were recorded on a Schmidt + Haensch Polarimeter Model UniPol

• ; HRESIMS m/z: [C22H21NO4 + H]+ calcd for 364.1543; found, 364.1554; HPLC: (Chiralpak SA, eluent: n-hexane/iPrOH = 100:2, 0.5 mL·min−1, 20 °C, λ = 254 nm) retention times: tmajor = 16.15 min, tminor = 17.00 min. General use of azlactones 1 to access more advanced α-AA derivatives (A), our recently reported

• to allenoate 3aa. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 20: Full experimental and analytical details and copies of NMR spectra and HPLC traces. Acknowledgements We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Himmelsbach (Institute of Analytical Chemistry, JKU Linz) for support with HRMS analysis

Synthesis of indano[60]fullerene thioketone and its application in organic solar cells

• Yong-Chang Zhai,
• Shimon Oiwa,
• Shinobu Aoyagi,
• Shohei Ohno,
• Tsubasa Mikie,
• Jun-Zhuo Wang,
• Hirofumi Amada,
• Koki Yamanaka,
• Kazuhira Miwa,
• Naoyuki Imai,
• Takeshi Igarashi,
• Itaru Osaka and
• Yutaka Matsuo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1270–1277, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.109

• amount of Lawesson's reagent was increased to 3 equiv (Table 1, entry 5), the signal of thioketone was observed for the first time by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and MALDI time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Subsequently, a conversion of 99% was achieved by further increasing the amount

• was analyzed by HPLC to check for thermal decomposition during vacuum deposition. The t-Bu-FIDS structure remained almost unchanged, but very small amounts of two decomposed products were found at retention times of 7.5 min and 12.5 min. The latter decomposed product is C60, judged from the retention

• future. Characterization data. (a) FTIR spectra of t-Bu-FIDO and t-Bu-FIDS. (b) UV–vis spectra of fullerene derivatives normalized at 270 nm. (c) Vacuum TGA curves of t-Bu-FIDO (black), t-Bu-FIDS (red), and C60 (blue). The measurements were conducted under 0.1 Pa. (d) HPLC analyses before deposition of t

Cofactor-independent C–C bond cleavage reactions catalyzed by the AlpJ family of oxygenases in atypical angucycline biosynthesis

• Jinmin Gao,
• Liyuan Li,
• Shijie Shen,
• Guomin Ai,
• Bin Wang,
• Fang Guo,
• Tongjian Yang,
• Hui Han,
• Zhengren Xu,
• Guohui Pan and
• Keqiang Fan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1198–1206, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.102

• associated prosthetic group was identified as FAD through HPLC analysis of the denatured AlpG supernatant (Figure S3, Supporting Information File 1). As anticipated, AlpG exhibited the capacity to convert 9 to 8 and 1 in the presence of NADPH and FAD (Figure 1, trace b). This result underscores 8 as a

• ]. In vitro enzymatic assay All reactions were performed in 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer at pH 8.0. For conversion of 9 by AlpG or JadH, the reaction mixtures (50 μL) consisting of 10 μM FAD, 125 μM NADPH, 100 μM 9, and 25 μM AlpG or JadH were incubated at 30 °C for 5 min and analyzed by HPLC directly. For

• conversion of 8 by AlpJ or Flu17, the reaction mixtures (50 μL) consisting of 200 μM 8 and 50 μM AlpJ or Flu17 were incubated at 30 °C for 5 min and analyzed by HPLC directly. For conversion of 8 by JadG, the reaction mixtures (500 μL) consisting of 200 μM 8, 50 mM ʟ-isoleucine, and 500 μM JadG were

Synthesis of 1,4-azaphosphinine nucleosides and evaluation as inhibitors of human cytidine deaminase and APOBEC3A

• Maksim V. Kvach,
• Stefan Harjes,
• Harikrishnan M. Kurup,
• Geoffrey B. Jameson,
• Elena Harjes and
• Vyacheslav V. Filichev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1088–1098, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.96

• the enzymatic assays and the synthesis of nucleosides and modified ODNs, assignment of 1H, 13C, 31P NMR and IR spectra and results of HRESIMS experiments for new compounds synthesised as well as RP-HPLC profiles and HRESIMS spectra of ODNs. Acknowledgements NMR and mass spectrometry facilities at

Structure–property relationships in dicyanopyrazinoquinoxalines and their hydrogen-bonding-capable dihydropyrazinoquinoxalinedione derivatives

• Tural N. Akhmedov,
• Ajeet Kumar,
• Daken J. Starkenburg,
• Kyle J. Chesney,
• Khalil A. Abboud,
• Novruz G. Akhmedov,
• Jiangeng Xue and
• Ronald K. Castellano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1037–1052, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.92

• 40 μM solutions of the DCPQs and DPQDs on a Cary 100 Bio spectrophotometer using 1 cm quartz cells. All solvents were HPLC grade (purchased from Fisher) and stored over 4 Å molecular sieves. The absorption intensity at λmax was then plotted against the concentration in all cases to confirm, by