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

• Mandeep K. Chahal

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• one remaining –NH group is catalytically active while both tri- and tetraalkylated analogues 40 and 41, without an –NH unit, are not. Further, the authors performed 1H NMR experiments with a different substrate:macrocycle ratio and suggested a bifunctional reaction mechanism involving both inner amine

• concluded that both the presence of hydrogen-bond donor moieties (pyrrolic –NH groups) and a basic β-substituent are necessary to make the compound catalytically active. Further, authors have performed 1H NMR binding and kinetic studies and suggested that the reaction mechanism involves a simultaneous

• porphyrin radical anion. Ultimately, protonation of intermediate E led to the final product. Formation of intermediates, such as enamine A and cation radical B, was confirmed using techniques like ESIMS, 1H NMR, and EPR, Stern–Volmer quenching experiments, respectively. All these mechanistic studies

Synthesis of the 1,5-disubstituted tetrazole-methanesulfonylindole hybrid system via high-order multicomponent reaction

• Cesia M. Aguilar-Morales,
• América A. Frías-López,
• Nadia V. Emilio-Velázquez,
• Alejandro Islas-Jácome,
• Angelica Judith Granados-López,
• Jorge Gustavo Araujo-Huitrado,
• Yamilé López-Hernández,
• Hiram Hernández-López,
• Luis Chacón-García,
• Jesús Adrián López and
• Carlos J. Cortés-García

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3077–3084, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.256

• and resource optimization. In addition, all the target compounds were fully characterized using 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and HRMS. It is important to mention that this protocol cannot be considered a true one-pot synthesis, as it requires a solvent exchange between reaction steps (e.g., from

• Information File 12: Experimental procedures, compound characterization data, and copies of NMR spectra. Funding C.M. A-M. (756225) and América A. Frías-López (833463) acknowledges the support of CONACHYT through a graduate scholarship. This work was financially supported by Instituto De Ciencia, Tecnología

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

• propargyltrichlorosilane free of allenyltrichlorosilane on a 50 mmol scale albeit in 43% chemical yield (determined by 1H NMR analysis of the reaction mixture using freshly distilled anhydrous methylene chloride as an internal standard, Scheme 3). There was no sign of allenyltrichlorosilane observable by 1H NMR in the

• reaction mixture, but a trace amount of it was detected after the distillation (propargyltrichlorosilane/allenyltrichlorosilane = 200:1 by 1H NMR spectroscopy, see Supporting Information File 1 for details). With distilled propargyltrichlorosilane (>99% isomeric purity) in hand, we set out on our study on

• propargyltrichlorosilane. Evaluation of C2-symmetric catalysts with benzaldehyde (1a) as a model aldehyde. Reaction conditions: 1a (0.1 mmol), silane (0.15 mmol), catalyst (0.01 mmol), CH2Cl2 (0.4 mL); yields were determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy with 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane as an internal standard following workup and

Extension of the π-system of monoaryl-substituted norbornadienes with acetylene bridges: influence on the photochemical conversion and storage of light energy

• Robin Schulte,
• Dustin Schade,
• Thomas Paululat,
• Till J. B. Zähringer,
• Christoph Kerzig and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3061–3068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.254

• because by-products interfered with the chromatographic separation; however, these yields are similar to the ones reported for resembling norbornadienes [34][37]. The novel compounds 1h–l,n were identified and fully characterized by NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C, COSY, HSQC, HMBC), melting point, and

• elemental analysis. All products showed the characteristic 1H NMR spectroscopic signals of norbornadienes, in particular two signals at ca. 2.10 ppm and 2.20 ppm (7-CH2) and two broad singlets between 3 and 4 ppm (bridgehead 1- and 4-CH). In addition, typical 13C NMR shifts of the aryl-substituted

• by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Initially, all derivatives showed the isomerization reactions to the corresponding quadricyclane derivatives, as identified by the characteristic 1H NMR signal pattern of the quadricyclane fragment with five multiplets at around 1.6 ppm, 1.7 ppm, 1.8 ppm, 2.1 ppm, and 2.2 ppm

Cyclodextrin-based rotaxanes for polymer materials: challenge on simultaneous realization of inexpensive production and defined structures

• Yosuke Akae

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• formation of this inclusion complex, circular dichroism spectroscopy represents a powerful tool when combined with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and X-ray single-crystal analysis. This is because the induced circular dichroism (ICD) can be observed on the guest molecule of the inclusion complex derived

• end-capping reaction. As a pseudorotaxane structure could be decomposed during measurements (e.g., a solution-based NMR measurement), a more stable rotaxane structure is preferred for the analysis. Therefore, we developed a facile [3]rotaxane synthesis method based on a urea end-capping method to

• such structural regulation of the rotaxane framework, NMR was deployed as a very powerful evaluation method, especially the nuclear Overhauser effect or rotating-frame Overhauser effect, which is used to analyze the spatial adjacency of the components. It provides critical data for detecting the

Tunable full-color dual-state (solution and solid) emission of push–pull molecules containing the 1-pyrindane moiety

• Anastasia I. Ershova,
• Sergey V. Fedoseev,
• Konstantin V. Lipin,
• Mikhail Yu. Ievlev,
• Oleg E. Nasakin and
• Oleg V. Ershov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3016–3025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.251

• and compound characterization data, solvatochromic studies for compound 1с, titration data, and 1H and 13C NMR spectra for compounds 1a–i. Funding This work was performed within the framework of the state task of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project no. FEGR

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

• 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.

gem-Difluorovinyl and trifluorovinyl Michael acceptors in the synthesis of α,β-unsaturated fluorinated and nonfluorinated amides

• Monika Bilska-Markowska,
• Marcin Kaźmierczak,
• Wojciech Jankowski and
• Marcin Hoffmann

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• characteristic (Table 1, entry 7). A slightly higher reactivity was achieved when the BF3·(OEt2) was used instead of TiCl4 (Table 1, entry 8) [28]. The reactions were monitored by 19F NMR of the crude mixtures. The full conversion was reached by applying exclusively n-BuLi, but the formed product was not the

• anticipated α-substituted compound (Table 1, entry 9). The NMR analysis revealed that the obtained compounds were Michael addition products. The formation of the presented compounds (Table 1) was due to the earlier generation of gem-difluoroalkenes by the elimination of one of the fluorine atoms from the CF3

• products. These highly stable compounds were isolated after purification on silica gel in good yields (Scheme 2) and characterized by spectroscopic methods. The reaction proceeded with very high Z-stereoselectivity (Scheme 2, compounds 9a–d). In the 19F NMR spectra of crude mixtures, only trace amounts of

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

• ,R)-3, (S,S)-3, (R,R)-4 and (S,S)-4. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 38: Experimental procedures, analytical data and copies of NMR spectra. Acknowledgements The Centre Commun de Spectrométrie de Masse (CCSM) et de RMN (CCRMN) of the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 are thanked

Structure and thermal stability of phosphorus-iodonium ylids

• Andrew Greener,
• Stephen P. Argent,
• Coby J. Clarke and
• Miriam L. O’Duill

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2931–2939, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.245

• spectrometry (MS) and NMR analysis were carried out on aborted TGA runs of compounds 1e, 1i, 1j and 1k that had been held at a constant temperature T1 (50–140 °C, see Supporting Information File 1) under an N2 atmosphere in open pans for 30 min or until a mass loss >5% of the original mass was observed, then

• heated to temperature T2 (136–205 °C, see Supporting Information File 1) until 20–40% mass loss of original weight. Based on this data, the following decomposition mechanism is proposed (Figure 4a): MS, 1H and 31P NMR analysis after heating to T1 showed the presence of (methyloxycarbonylmethyl

• involving scission of the C(ylid)–I bond or the C(Ar)–I bond was proposed based on ex situ MS and NMR analysis, resulting in the formation of (methyl)triphenylphosphonium intermediate 8. The nature of the arene substituent (I–Ar) and anion (X) appear to play an important, yet currently unquantifiable, role

The charge transport properties of dicyanomethylene-functionalised violanthrone derivatives

• Sondos A. J. Almahmoud,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Dylan Wilkinson,
• Michele Cariello,
• Claire Wilson,
• Alan A. Wiles,
• Peter J. Skabara and
• Graeme Cooke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2921–2930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.244

• solid (440 mg, 60%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.79 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 2H), 8.65 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 2H), 8.56 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H), 8.40 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 2H), 8.30 (s, 2H), 7.82 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H), 7.62 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 2H), 4.05 (m, 4H), 1.77 (m, 2H), 1.38 (m, 16H), 0.93–0.51 (m, 12H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3

• ), and the resulting precipitate was filtered, then washed with water (300 mL) to give the title compound as a dark solid (1.90 g, 65%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.72 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 2H), 8.60–8.47 (m, 4H), 8.37 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 2H), 8.27 (s, 2H), 7.80 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.60 (t, J = 7.3 Hz, 2H), 4.25

• (br, 4H), 1.94–1.80 (m, 4H), 1.34 (d, J = 90.2 Hz, 20H), 0.82 (d, J = 6.9 Hz, 6H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) δ 183.2, 156.3, 135.6, 134.5, 133.2, 131.0, 129.4, 128.6, 128.3, 127.7, 127.5, 127.1, 123.6, 123.2, 122.7, 117.2, 113.5, 69.8, 31.9, 29.9, 29.6, 29.5, 26.2, 22.8, 14.2; HRESIMS (m/z): [M + Na

C–H Trifluoromethylthiolation of aldehyde hydrazones

• Victor Levet,
• Balu Ramesh,
• Congyang Wang and
• Tatiana Besset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2883–2890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.242

• mixture. When the reaction was conducted in the presence of NBS in acetonitrile for 10 min, followed by the addition of AgSCF3, the desired product was isolated in 91% yield. A total selectivity for the formation of the Z isomer was observed as ascertained by 2D NMR (for more details, see Supporting

• expected product was detected (Scheme 4C). Having in mind that in the presence of an oxidant, the SCF3 dimer (SCF3)2 might be generated, an additional test was realized. In the presence of NCS in THF, AgSCF3 was converted into the corresponding dimer in 5 min (monitored by 19F NMR). Then, the reaction was

• room temperature. α,α,α-Trifluoroacetophenone (42 μL, 0.3 mmol, 1.0 equiv) was added as an internal standard for determining the 19F NMR yield. The mixture was then filtered on a pad of celite and rinsed with CH2Cl2. The solution was then washed with brine twice (20 mL) and the organic layers were

Synthesis of pyrrole-fused dibenzoxazepine/dibenzothiazepine/triazolobenzodiazepine derivatives via isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions

• Marzieh Norouzi,
• Mohammad Taghi Nazeri,
• Ahmad Shaabani and
• Behrouz Notash

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• product compared to the substitution of phenyl (Scheme 4, 6c). Furthermore, n-butyl isocyanide was used to increase the variety of products and the n-butyl-substituted products 6f–h were obtained with 72–78% yield . All the products were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and infrared spectroscopy, and

• mass spectrometry. Taking 4h as an example for the analysis of its structure, in its 1H NMR spectrum, one singlet signal appears at δ = 0.67 (9H) corresponding to the three methyl groups in the tert-butyl substituent. A singlet at δ = 2.39 (3H) is assigned to the protons of the CH3-group on the phenyl

• . The signal at δ = 3.42 is the NH group. All the protons of the aromatic rings are located from δ = 7.10 to 7.99. In its 13C NMR spectrum, all of the carbon signals appear at δ = 158.3, 152.5, 134.7, 134.2, 133.9, 133.2, 130.8, 130.4, 129.2, 129.1, 129.0 128.9, 128.4, 127.4, 125.8, 122.6, 121.1, 120.6

N-Glycosides of indigo, indirubin, and isoindigo: blue, red, and yellow sugars and their cancerostatic activity

• Peter Langer

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• -glycosides had to be employed in order to obtain anomerically pure indirubin-N-glycosides. As expected, no epimerization was observed during the base-mediated condensation as no aqueous acid was employed. All products were isolated as the pure Z-configured isomers (determination by NMR, the other isomer was

• very good yield. Likewise, glucoside β-33b, galactoside β-33c, and mannoside β-33d were prepared. All products were isolated as the pure Z-configured isomers (determination by NMR, the other isomer was not visible, E/Z < 2:98). The configurations were determined by comparison of chemical shifts of our

• pure Z-configured isomers (determination by NMR, the other isomer was not visible, E/Z > 98:2). Deprotection of E-β-43a,b under acidic conditions gave rhamnosides E-β-44a,b in good yields. However, deprotection of E-β-43c–e failed. Kornienko et al. reported the synthesis and antiproliferative activity

Multicomponent synthesis of α-branched amines using organozinc reagents generated from alkyl bromides

• Baptiste Leroux,
• Alexis Beaufils,
• Federico Banchini,
• Olivier Jackowski,
• Alejandro Perez-Luna,
• Fabrice Chemla,
• Marc Presset and
• Erwan Le Gall

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2834–2839, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.239

• Supporting Information File 22: Experimental procedures, compound characterization data, and NMR spectra for all compounds. Funding The authors acknowledge the support of the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) under reference ANR-20-CE07-0003 (BILIOMAR project).

Synthesis of tricarbonylated propargylamine and conversion to 2,5-disubstituted oxazole-4-carboxylates

• Kento Iwai,
• Akari Hikasa,
• Kotaro Yoshioka,
• Shinki Tani,
• Kazuto Umezu and
• Nagatoshi Nishiwaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2827–2833, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.238

• . Ltd. and purified by distillation. 1H and 13C{1H} NMR spectra were recorded on a JEOL JMN-ECZ400S spectrometer (400 MHz and 100 MHz, respectively) using TMS as internal standard. The assignments of the 13C{1H} NMR signals were reaffirmed by DEPT experiments. IR spectra were recorded with a JASCO FT/IR

• ), the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate 70:30, Rf 0.55) to afford diethyl 2-[(4-methylbenzoyl)amino]-2-(phenylethynyl)propanedioate (4a, 122 mg, 0.31 mmol, 78% yield) as yellow oil. 1H NMR (400

• MHz, CDCl3, δ) 7.78 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.65 (br s, 1H), 7.48 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.32–7.25 (m, 5H), 4.37 (q, J = 7.2 Hz, 4H), 2.40 (s, 3H), 1.35 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 6H); 13C{1H} NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3, δ) 165.6 (C), 165.3 (C), 142.8 (C), 130.2 (C), 129.4 (CH), 128.9 (CH), 128.2 (CH), 127.5 (CH), 122.0 (C

Investigation of a bimetallic terbium(III)/copper(II) chemosensor for the detection of aqueous hydrogen sulfide

• Parvathy Mini,
• Michael R. Grace,
• Genevieve H. Dennison and
• Kellie L. Tuck

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• conditions. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analysis and the 1H NMR spectrum were consistent with formation of the Tb.1 complex (Figures S1 and S2 in Supporting Information File 1). Luminescence characterization of Tb.1 As anticipated, based on the previously reported europium complex ([Eu(triazole

• magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectra was recorded on a Bruker DRX400 spectrometer operating at 400 MHz. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) was performed using a Bruker BioApex 47e FTMS with an analytical electrospray source employing NaI for accurate mass calibration (ESI). UV–vis absorption spectra

• Information Supporting Information File 16: Copies of HRMS, 1H NMR and fluorescence emission spectra. Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the support of the School of Chemistry, Monash University and the Australian Department of Defence and Defence Science and Technology Group.

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

• imidazole nucleophilic center not involved in the first step. This process leads to the formation of alternative final products: imidazo[1,2-a]imidazoles 10 and 12, imidazo[1,5-a]pyrimidines 4, 5, 11 and 14, and imidazo[1,2-a]diazines 13 and 15. The analysis of the spectral data (1H and 13C NMR, 2D NMR

• -6-yl)acetamides 5a–e. In 1H NMR spectra of the products, the characteristic signals for the protons of the methylene and methine fragments of the pyrimidine cycle are important in establishing the regiochemistry of the process. Thus, in the 1Н NMR spectra of compounds 4, the following reference

• –protein interactions for voriconazole and compounds selected during docking.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 14: General reaction procedures, compound characterization data, copies of NMR and mass spectra for all new products. Acknowledgements The research results were partially

Mechanochemical difluoromethylations of ketones

• Jinbo Ke,
• Pit van Bonn and
• Carsten Bolm

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2799–2805, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.235

• standard reaction conditions with difluorocarbene precursor TMSCF2Br (2, 2.0 equiv), activator KFHF (4.0 equiv), and grinding auxiliary CsCl (4.0 equiv), difluoromethyl enol ether 3a was obtained after 90 min reaction time at 25 Hz in 74% yield, determined by quantitative 1H NMR spectroscopy (Table 1

• reaction conditions with difluorocarbene precursor 2, KFHF (4 equiv) as activator, and CsCl or KCl (4 equiv) as grinding auxiliaries in a PTFE milling jar for 90 min at 25 Hz (Scheme 3). To get an initial efficiency estimate, the crude reaction mixtures were first analyzed by quantitative 1H NMR

• was obtained. Furthermore, most isolated products had only purities of ca. 90% still containing inseparable impurities (as revealed by NMR spectroscopy). In the first series of substrates, acetophenone derivatives with various para-substituents were applied. Similar to methyl tolyl ketone (1a), which

C–C Coupling in sterically demanding porphyrin environments

• Liam Cribbin,
• Brendan Twamley,
• Nicolae Buga,
• John E. O’ Brien,
• Raphael Bühler,
• Roland A. Fischer and
• Mathias O. Senge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2784–2798, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.234

• ). Formation of palladium black was observed but product formation was also indicated by TLC and 1H NMR. For a final attempt at establishing reactivity with boronic acid 15 the temperature was increased to 110 °C and gave the desired anthracenylporphyrin 37 in a 32% yield. In the case of boronic acids with

• observed (Table 3, entries 9 and 10). 4-Pyridylboronic acid pinacol ester (25) was also attempted; however, no product was formed. Vinylboronic acid ester 22, was also explored as a substrate, with multiple porphyrin products being observed by TLC and by 1H NMR. Desymmetrization of the porphyrin was also

• the existence of this structure in solution was obtained from VT-NMR studies (Figure S51 and Figure S52 in Supporting Information File 1), with asymmetry observed in the β-ethyl CH3 resonances δH = 0.58 and 0.73 ppm and peak broadening in both the aromatic region and the {1H}13C NMR spectra

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

• 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

• laboratory, and the results will be reported in due course. Experimental General methods 1H, 13C and 19F NMR spectra were recorded on a JEOL 400 spectrometer (at 400 MHz, 101 MHz and 376 MHz, respectively). Unless otherwise stated, NMR spectra were recorded using residual solvent as the internal standard; 1H

• NMR: TMS = 0.00; (CD3)2SO = 2.50; and 13C NMR: CDCl3 = 77.16; (CD3)2SO = 39.52. Data for 1H NMR spectra are reported as follows: chemical shift (δ ppm), multiplicity, coupling constants (Hz) and integration. Data for 13C NMR spectra are reported in terms of chemical shift (δ ppm). Interpretation of

• spectra has been made also with the aid of gCOSY, gHSQC and gHMBC experiments. The following abbreviations are used to indicate the multiplicity in NMR spectra: s, singlet; d, doublet; t, triplet; q, quartet; m, multiplet. For some compounds the extra peaks are due to residual of the starting material (<5

Synthesis of benzo[f]quinazoline-1,3(2H,4H)-diones

• Ruben Manuel Figueira de Abreu,
• Peter Ehlers and
• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2708–2719, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.228

• , bathochromically shifted absorption and emission spectra with elevated extinction coefficients and quantum yields up to 71%. Further studies will be directed to the synthesis to polycyclic, π-conjugated uracil derivatives. Experimental General information Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra (1H/13C/19F NMR) were

• )-dione (4g). Compound 4g was obtained as a brown solid in 58% yield (58.3 mg, 184 µmol, Rf 0.19 (heptane/ethyl acetate 3:2)); mp 152–154 °C; IR (ATR) ν̃: 1695 (s), 1642 (vs), 1582 (s), 1493 (s), 1440 (s), 1421 (s), 1176 (m), 1079 (m), 756 (s) cm−1; 1H NMR (500 MHz, chloroform-d) δ 7.51–7.48 (m, 2H), 7.45

• –7.41 (m, 2H), 7.41–7.36 (m, 2H), 7.34–7.29 (m, 2H), 7.24–7.21 (m, 2H), 3.71 (s, 3H), 3.45 (s, 3H); 13C {1H} NMR (126 MHz, chloroform-d) δ 162.1, 151.6, 134.3, 133.2, 131.9, 130.9, 130.5, 128.7, 128.3, 128.0, 120.7, 119.0, 104.2, 81.0, 34.6, 28.7; EIMS (70 eV) m/z (%): 315 (100, M+), 258 (26), 230 (67

Synthesis of fluoroalkenes and fluoroenynes via cross-coupling reactions using novel multihalogenated vinyl ethers

• Yukiko Karuo,
• Keita Hirata,
• Atsushi Tarui,
• Kazuyuki Sato,
• Kentaro Kawai and
• Masaaki Omote

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2691–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.226

• mixture of diastereomers (diastereomer ratio = 1:1) for cross-coupling, and the corresponding compounds 2 and 3 were obtained as mixtures of diastereomers in a certain ratio as estimated by proton and fluorine NMR spectroscopy. Substrate scope for cross-coupling reactions The substrate scope was

• and 3 as new fluorine-containing building blocks. Experimental General information 1H NMR, 19F NMR, and 13C NMR spectra were recorded on JEOL ECZ 400S spectrometers. Chemical shifts of 1H NMR are reported in ppm from tetramethylsilane (TMS) as an internal standard. Chemical shifts of 13C NMR are

• reported in ppm from the center line of the triplet at 77.16 ppm for deuteriochloroform. Chemical shifts of 19F NMR are reported in ppm from CFCl3 as an internal standard. All data are reported as follows: chemical shifts, multiplicity (s = singlet, d = doublet, t = triplet, q = quartet, sep = septet, br

Transition-metal-free decarbonylation–oxidation of 3-arylbenzofuran-2(3H)-ones: access to 2-hydroxybenzophenones

• Bhaskar B. Dhotare,
• Seema V. Kanojia,
• Chahna K. Sakhiya,
• Amey Wadawale and
• Dibakar Goswami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2655–2667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.223

• developed. NMR studies confirmed the role of in-situ-generated hydroperoxide in the conversion. The protocol was applied to a diverse range of substrates to access the target products in good to excellent yields. A structure–activity study for the 5-substituted-2-hydroxybenzophenones towards UV-protection

• characterized using 1H NMR, 13C NMR, FTIR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. Next, in a model experiment, we carried out the decarbonylation–oxidation reaction of 5-methyl-3-phenylbenzofuran-2(3H)-one (3ba) using different bases in different solvents (Table 1) under open atmospheric conditions. In the

• , all the structures corroborated with the expected structure, as shown in Figure 3. To confirm the formation of hydroperoxide in THF via autooxidation, freshly distilled THF was heated under open atmosphere at 50 °C for 4 h, and was concentrated under vacuum to obtain the hydroperoxide residue. 1H NMR