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Visible-light-induced radical cascade cyclization: a catalyst-free synthetic approach to trifluoromethylated heterocycles

  • Chuan Yang,
  • Wei Shi,
  • Jian Tian,
  • Lin Guo,
  • Yating Zhao and
  • Wujiong Xia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 118–124, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.12

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  • trifluoromethyl radical source under light irradiation. Umemoto’s reagent, which is capable of releasing a trifluoromethyl radical via a photoinduced single-electron-transfer (SET) process, is usually employed to enable the trifluoromethylation of unsaturated substrates [25][26][27]. Herein, we report a protocol
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Published 19 Jan 2024

Photoinduced in situ generation of DNA-targeting ligands: DNA-binding and DNA-photodamaging properties of benzo[c]quinolizinium ions

  • Julika Schlosser,
  • Olga Fedorova,
  • Yuri Fedorov and
  • Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 101–117, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.11

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  • efficient fluorescence quenching (Figure 5), which is commonly observed with this class of cationic ligands [3][70], mainly as a result of a photoinduced electron transfer from the excited, DNA-bound ligand with the DNA bases [71]. The binding isotherms obtained from the titration data were used to
  • intermediates (Scheme 4). Under anaerobic conditions, the DNA damage is similar to the one observed with the isomeric benzo[c]quinolizinium ions [35]. In the latter case, it has been shown that frank DNA-strand breaks are induced by hydroxyl radicals, supposedly formed by photoinduced electron transfer (PET
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Published 18 Jan 2024

Beyond n-dopants for organic semiconductors: use of bibenzo[d]imidazoles in UV-promoted dehalogenation reactions of organic halides

  • Kan Tang,
  • Megan R. Brown,
  • Chad Risko,
  • Melissa K. Gish,
  • Garry Rumbles,
  • Phuc H. Pham,
  • Oana R. Luca,
  • Stephen Barlow and
  • Seth R. Marder

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1912–1922, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.142

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  • strong reductants with effective potentials of ca. −2 V vs ferrocenium/ferrocene, yet are relatively stable to air due to the coupling of redox and bond-breaking processes. Here, we examine their use in accomplishing electron transfer-induced bond-cleavage reactions, specifically dehalogenations. The
  • ) that simple one- or two-electron donors capable of exergonic ground-state electron transfer to these substrates will be rather air sensitive, complicating their handling and use. In addition some molecular reductants can themselves react with the reactive intermediates; for example, the dehalogenation
  • . −2 V vs FeCp2+/0, yet the dimers are reasonably stable to air due to the kinetic barriers associated with the coupling of electron-transfer and bond-cleavage reactions [26]. Here we demonstrate that (N-DMBI)2 and (Cyc-DMBI)2 (Figure 1c) can be used to accomplish dehalogenation of benzyl, alkyl, and
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Published 14 Dec 2023

Anion–π catalysis on carbon allotropes

  • M. Ángeles Gutiérrez López,
  • Mei-Ling Tan,
  • Giacomo Renno,
  • Augustina Jozeliūnaitė,
  • J. Jonathan Nué-Martinez,
  • Javier Lopez-Andarias,
  • Naomi Sakai and
  • Stefan Matile

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1881–1894, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.140

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  • reactors [107][108][109][110], this breakthrough promised to solve all problems obstructing the use of OEEF catalysis in a remarkably straightforward manner. Electrochemical microfluidic reactors should provide access to strong fields at voltages low enough to avoid electron transfer, offer high enough
  • consistent with the existence of OEEF catalysis with a destabilized transition state XIX. It also disfavored contributions from SN1-type mechanisms and, most important, from electron transfer. Anion–π catalysis on graphite Beginning with spherical fullerenes, expansion of the aromatic surface of carbon
  • flow of electrons during a reaction are much larger than the voltage needed to turn-on electron transfer and redox chemistry. This dilemma is overcome by carbon allotropes. They translate voltages weak enough to avoid electron transfer into oriented local molecular macrodipoles that are strong enough
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Aromatic systems with two and three pyridine-2,6-dicarbazolyl-3,5-dicarbonitrile fragments as electron-transporting organic semiconductors exhibiting long-lived emissions

  • Karolis Leitonas,
  • Brigita Vigante,
  • Dmytro Volyniuk,
  • Audrius Bucinskas,
  • Pavels Dimitrijevs,
  • Sindija Lapcinska,
  • Pavel Arsenyan and
  • Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1867–1880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.139

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  • transfer from the donor to the acceptor. The absorption spectrum of REF is included in Figure 2a for comparison. Compounds 6–9 are characterized by similar absorption bands also caused by electron transfer from the 3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazole units to the pyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile moiety. The number
  • peaks of these low-energy absorption bands are collected in Table 1. A similar band was previously observed for REF [5]. On the basis of the results of the theoretical investigations, the low-energy absorption band of REF has been attributed to the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) caused by electron
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Controlling the reactivity of La@C82 by reduction: reaction of the La@C82 anion with alkyl halide with high regioselectivity

  • Yutaka Maeda,
  • Saeka Akita,
  • Mitsuaki Suzuki,
  • Michio Yamada,
  • Takeshi Akasaka,
  • Kaoru Kobayashi and
  • Shigeru Nagase

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1858–1866, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.138

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  • reaction is believed to occur via electron transfer, followed by the radical coupling of La@C2v-C82 and benzyl radicals, rather than by bimolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction of La@C2v-C82 anion with 1. Keywords: electron transfer; metallofullerene; radical; reduction; Introduction Fullerenes
  • transfer, followed by bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (SN2) reaction [8]. Endohedral metallofullerenes, wherein one or more metal atoms are encapsulated inside a fullerene cage, have garnered research interest [12][13][14][15]. The encapsulation of metal atoms can result in electron transfer from the
  • metal atoms to the fullerene cage. Because of this intramolecular electron transfer, the characteristic properties of metallofullerenes, such as their redox potentials, are significantly different from those of empty fullerenes. For example, La@C82 has paramagnetic properties, and its formal electronic
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Recent advancements in iodide/phosphine-mediated photoredox radical reactions

  • Tinglan Liu,
  • Yu Zhou,
  • Junhong Tang and
  • Chengming Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1785–1803, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.131

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  • smoothly delivered an electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complex II via coulombic interactions. Upon 456 nm blue LED light irradiation, the EDA complex II underwent a single electron transfer (SET) process, followed by subsequent decarboxylation to produce the alkyl radical intermediate A, accompanied by
  • transformations, as depicted in Scheme 14. The dual-catalytic cycle comprised a photocatalytic cycle and a copper catalytic cycle, interconnected through an intermolecular single-electron transfer. Within the context of the photocatalytic cycle, the generation of the C(sp3)-centered alkyl radical A was
  • depicted in Scheme 16. Initially, a photoactive EDA complex II was transiently formed through the combined action of NaI, PPh3, and the γ,σ-unsaturated phthalimide 33a. Upon irradiation with blue LEDs, the alkyl radical A was generated through a single-electron transfer from the iodide anion to the γ,σ
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Published 22 Nov 2023

Selectivity control towards CO versus H2 for photo-driven CO2 reduction with a novel Co(II) catalyst

  • Lisa-Lou Gracia,
  • Philip Henkel,
  • Olaf Fuhr and
  • Claudia Bizzarri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1766–1775, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.129

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  • photosynthesis. Taking Nature as a model, the absorption of photons can drive electron-transfer processes, leading to the production of highly energetic molecules. By aiming at the conversion of CO2, a greenhouse gas implicated in climate change, the closure of the carbon cycle can be achieved [2]. For this
  • electron transfer and consequently an enhancement of the TON. In some cases, the production of H2 was too low to be detected by our instrumentation, so we can affirm that the selectivity is higher than 97%, measured in previous cases. A maximum efficiency could be reached with 5 μM of 1, which produced CO
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Published 17 Nov 2023

Quinoxaline derivatives as attractive electron-transporting materials

  • Zeeshan Abid,
  • Liaqat Ali,
  • Sughra Gulzar,
  • Faiza Wahad,
  • Raja Shahid Ashraf and
  • Christian B. Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1694–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.124

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  • collection, while their extended conjugation enhances light absorption across a broad spectrum. Qx’s unique structure promotes effective incorporation into the dye-sensitized layer, ensuring good intermolecular connectivity and facilitating electron transport. In addition, they enable efficient electron
  • transfer and increased conjugation when acting as efficient π-bridge. Krishna et al. demonstrated the significance of Qx derivatives, 2,3-diphenylquinoxaline (DPQ), and 2,3-di(thiophen-2-yl)quinoxaline as auxiliary acceptors by effectively improving the electron injection process in Qx32 and Qx33 (Figure 5
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Published 09 Nov 2023

Benzoimidazolium-derived dimeric and hydride n-dopants for organic electron-transport materials: impact of substitution on structures, electrochemistry, and reactivity

  • Swagat K. Mohapatra,
  • Khaled Al Kurdi,
  • Samik Jhulki,
  • Georgii Bogdanov,
  • John Bacsa,
  • Maxwell Conte,
  • Tatiana V. Timofeeva,
  • Seth R. Marder and
  • Stephen Barlow

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1651–1663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.121

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  • 1g2 exhibit weaker bonds than 1e2 and 1h2 and thus react with 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene (VII) via a “cleavage-first” pathway, while 1e2 and 1h2 react only via “electron-transfer-first”. 1h2 exhibits the most cathodic E(12•+/12) value of the dimers considered here and, therefore
  • , reacts more rapidly than any of the other dimers with VII via “electron-transfer-first”. Crystal structures show rather long central C–C bonds for 1b2 (1.5899(11) and 1.6194(8) Å) and 1h2 (1.6299(13) Å). Keywords: benzoimidazole; crystal structure; kinetics; n-dopant; reduction; Introduction Electrical
  • wide range of semiconductors, they must exhibit low ionization energies and thus air sensitivity. One approach to circumvent this issue is to identify systems where the electron-transfer process is coupled to other chemical reactions, increasing the kinetic stability of the dopant to air, and thus
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Tying a knot between crown ethers and porphyrins

  • Maksym Matviyishyn and
  • Bartosz Szyszko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1630–1650, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.120

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  • incorporated four pyrrole rings functionalised at their β positions with 18-crown-6 pockets. The research sparked interest in crown ether-annulated porphyrins to be used as potential multitopic chromophores, with the conjoined porphyrin and crown ether frameworks for electron transfer systems [51]. Regardless
  • applications [43][44][78]. Fullerene-based crown ether-appended porphyrins developed by Diederich and co-workers were used as polymeric material films [79]. Intriguing supramolecular systems capable of electron transfer were developed by D'Souza, Ito and co-workers, showing selective multitopic receptors
  • binding different alkali and transition metal cations with intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer [48][80]. Further applications of crown ether-appended porphyrins acting as multitopic receptors, catalytically active species, and ligands were also investigated [81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89
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N-Sulfenylsuccinimide/phthalimide: an alternative sulfenylating reagent in organic transformations

  • Fatemeh Doraghi,
  • Seyedeh Pegah Aledavoud,
  • Mehdi Ghanbarlou,
  • Bagher Larijani and
  • Mohammad Mahdavi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1471–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.106

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  • ·H2O, FeSO4, and Fe(acac)3 resulted in inferior chemical yields. Employment of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO) as a radical trapper inhibited the reaction, which proved that a radical process was involved. The reaction was initiated by a single electron transfer (SET) process from the
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Published 27 Sep 2023

Application of N-heterocyclic carbene–Cu(I) complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis: a review

  • Nosheen Beig,
  • Varsha Goyal and
  • Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1408–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.102

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  • primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl halides. The mechanistic investigation revealed the generation of a silyl–copper intermediate which activates the alkyl halides by a single electron transfer to form alkyl radical intermediates [54]. It was suggested that substituting B2pin2 for PhMe2Si-Bpin would
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Published 20 Sep 2023

One-pot nucleophilic substitution–double click reactions of biazides leading to functionalized bis(1,2,3-triazole) derivatives

  • Hans-Ulrich Reissig and
  • Fei Yu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1399–1407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.101

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  • reaction time and the fairly high amount of catalyst employed. As an alternative method, which should be more chemoselective, we examined the reduction with samarium diiodide [60]. This versatile one-electron transfer reagent is known to cleave N–O bonds with high selectivity [61][62] and was applied
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Visible-light-induced nickel-catalyzed α-hydroxytrifluoroethylation of alkyl carboxylic acids: Access to trifluoromethyl alkyl acyloins

  • Feng Chen,
  • Xiu-Hua Xu,
  • Zeng-Hao Chen,
  • Yue Chen and
  • Feng-Ling Qing

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1372–1378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.98

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  • pivalic anhydride as activator to afford Ni(II) intermediate F. Subsequently, trapping of the alkyl radical C generates high-valent Ni(III) intermediate G, which undergoes facile reductive elimination to furnish the final coupling product 3 and Ni(I) intermediate H. The single-electron transfer (SET
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Non-noble metal-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenation coupling (CDC) involving ether α-C(sp3)–H to construct C–C bonds

  • Hui Yu and
  • Feng Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1259–1288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.94

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  • bonds The possible mechanism of the CDC reaction involving ether α-C(sp3)–H bonds mainly follows the two pathways outlined in Scheme 2. Route a: First, the C(sp3)–H bond at the α-position of the oxygen atom undergoes a single-electron transfer under the combined action of the transition metal and an
  • extract a hydrogen from the ether C (sp3)–H bond to form radicals. Subsequently, a single electron transfer (SET) leads to the oxonium species. Then, the enamine generated in situ from methyl aryl ketone and pyrrolidine undergoes a nucleophilic reaction with the oxonium species followed by hydrolysis to
  • of the radical initiator to the ether to obtain the corresponding ether radical species. The coupling product is accessed through a single electron transfer (SET) and other transformations. In 2019, Tu et al. established a highly efficient Cu-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling to access a
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Published 06 Sep 2023

Radical ligand transfer: a general strategy for radical functionalization

  • David T. Nemoto Jr,
  • Kang-Jie Bian,
  • Shih-Chieh Kao and
  • Julian G. West

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1225–1233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.90

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  • Fe(II/III) cycle is proposed, where a single electron transfer from Fe(II) reduces the peroxyester and produces a carboxyl radical and Fe(III), which can coordinate an azide ligand. Rapid decarboxylation produces the transient alkyl radical which can be asymmetrically azidated by RLT from an Fe(III
  • the addition of terminal oxidant. II: The proposed mechanism includes reoxidation of the iron catalyst through inner-sphere electron transfer by anionic nitrate. Funding J.G.W. acknowledges financial support from CPRIT (RR190025), NIH NIGMS (R35GM142738), Research Corporation for Science Advancement
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  • quenched by a substrate or catalyst and then reduced by the sacrificial donor (oxidative quenching pathway). In the presence of protons, proton donors, or oxidized donor species with a low pKa, a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) can take place [14][15]. PCET reactions are important in artificial
  • or oxidized photosensitizer is the driving force for the electron transfer and photosensitizer regeneration. This driving force determines the rate of electron transfer from the electron donor to the photosensitizer which regulates the amount of photosensitizer available to harvest light energy and
  • and allows the accumulation of the oxidized species and almost complete consumption of the sacrificial donor. However, thermodynamically irreversible does not mean that the sacrificial donor must break down into unrecyclable fragments like triethylamine (TEA). An irreversible electron transfer is slow
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Published 08 Aug 2023

Exploring the role of halogen bonding in iodonium ylides: insights into unexpected reactivity and reaction control

  • Carlee A. Montgomery and
  • Graham K. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1171–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.86

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  • cycloaddition reactions that occur without transition metal catalysts, the unexpected initiation of single electron transfer (SET) processes or photochemical transformations, and even proton transfers that appear to defy pKa limitations. The reaction pathways followed by iodonium ylides and Lewis basic reaction
  • , they believed that the reaction was likely initiated by either single electron transfer between the reagents (not shown), or by electrophilic addition of the olefin onto the ylide, forming intermediate adduct 17. This was followed by formation of iodocycle 18, from which reductive elimination of
  • as an electron donor–acceptor complex) [121], and this bonding description has recently been used to support proposals for single electron transfer (SET) reaction pathways between iodonium ylides and various halogen bond acceptors. Alternatively, halogen-bonded complexes of iodonium ylides could lead
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Published 07 Aug 2023

Selective and scalable oxygenation of heteroatoms using the elements of nature: air, water, and light

  • Damiano Diprima,
  • Hannes Gemoets,
  • Stefano Bonciolini and
  • Koen Van Aken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1146–1154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.82

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  • separate” additives, a significant rate enhancement could be obtained with a positive impact on productivity rates. Results and Discussion There are a lot of similarities between electrochemistry and photoredox chemistry [33] as both rely on single-electron transfer processes to initiate reactions. In
  • electrochemistry, the electron transfer occurs locally at the surface of the physical electrodes (typically located at a distance in the range of 200 μm to 2 cm) on which a potential is induced by an external potentiostat (Scheme 2). While for photoredox chemistry, the light-activated semiconductor catalyst
  • irradiation at 310 nm [27]. They concluded that both a single-electron transfer and a singlet oxygen path can occur depending on the nature of the compound. Intriguingly, the current method applies 365 nm irradiation at which thioanisole does not absorb (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1). Also, the
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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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  • Mattia Lepori Simon Schmid Joshua P. Barham Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, Universitatsstraße 31, 93040 Regensburg, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.19.81 Abstract Photoredox catalysis (PRC) is a cutting-edge frontier for single electron-transfer (SET) reactions, enabling the
  • , excellent alternative conditions are available to overcome these limitations, harvesting two different but correlated concepts: the use of multi-photon processes such as consecutive photoinduced electron transfer (conPET) and the combination of photo- and electrochemistry in synthetic photoelectrochemistry
  • the most appropriate for a given reaction, scale and purpose of a project. Keywords: consecutive photoinduced electron transfer; electro-activated photoredox catalysis; photoelectrochemistry; photoredox catalysis; radical ions; Review 1 Introduction Owing to the unique reactivity patterns of free
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Photoredox catalysis enabling decarboxylative radical cyclization of γ,γ-dimethylallyltryptophan (DMAT) derivatives: formal synthesis of 6,7-secoagroclavine

  • Alessio Regni,
  • Francesca Bartoccini and
  • Giovanni Piersanti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 918–927, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.70

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  • manner due to their intrinsic mildness and broad substrate compatibility [16][17][18][19][20]. This transformative synthetic tool often utilizes direct single-electron transfer (SET) between an electronically excited photoredox catalyst and an organic substrate, resulting in oxidation or reduction, to
  • position via a sequential electron transfer–proton transfer (ET/PT) [52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59]. With our ongoing interest of establishing new methods for the asymmetric synthesis of nonproteinogenic tryptophan derivatives as well as their associated indole alkaloid natural products [60][61][62][63
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Intermediates and shunt products of massiliachelin biosynthesis in Massilia sp. NR 4-1

  • Till Steinmetz,
  • Blaise Kimbadi Lombe and
  • Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 909–917, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.69

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  • photosynthesis, respiration or nitrogen fixation, in which iron-containing proteins are engaged in electron transfer reactions. In fact, the transition metal is perfectly suited for shifting electrons due to its ability to easily interconvert between a reduced ferrous (Fe2+) and an oxidized ferric state (Fe3
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Sulfate radical anion-induced benzylic oxidation of N-(arylsulfonyl)benzylamines to N-arylsulfonylimines

  • Joydev K. Laha,
  • Pankaj Gupta and
  • Amitava Hazra

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 771–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.57

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  • single electron transfer (SET), is proposed to be involved in the plausible reaction mechanism. Keywords: arylsulfonylimine; benzylic oxidation; benzyl sulfonamide; K2S2O8; sulfate radical anion; Introduction Among various imine compounds [1], N-arylsulfonylimines are perhaps the most prominent due to
  • abstraction (HAT) followed by single electron transfer (SET) enabled by the sulfate radical anion (SO4·−). Results and Discussion Initially, we investigated the reaction of N-benzenesulfonyl(benzyl)amine (1a) as a model substrate with K2S2O8 in MeCN at 80 °C for 12 h, conditions that were used earlier in our
  • cleavage of the peroxy linkage under heating conditions [17]. The hydrogen atom is abstracted from the benzylic position of 1 by SO4·−, generating benzylic radical 1aa [14][15][16]. A single electron transfer (SET) could subsequently occur from 1aa to form the reactive species 1ab. Finally, the base
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Synthesis, structure, and properties of switchable cross-conjugated 1,4-diaryl-1,3-butadiynes based on 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene

  • Semyon V. Tsybulin,
  • Ekaterina A. Filatova,
  • Alexander F. Pozharskii,
  • Valery A. Ozeryanskii and
  • Anna V. Gulevskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 674–686, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.49

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  • , electron transfer, and quantum interference [17][18][19][20], but are also considered as promising molecular switches and transistors [21][22][23][24][25], NLO materials [26][27][28][29], and suitable starting compounds for syntheses involving multiple Diels–Alder additions [30]. All these facts motivated
  • monomers 6d and 6e are typical rod-like D–π–A systems. In such molecules, a photon absorption induces a shift from a D–π–A ground state to a D+–π–A− excited state. It is obvious that the actual electron transfer depends on all three components of the push–pull molecule. However, the study on the through
  • and 6b·HBF4. Since the UV–vis spectra of salts 11 are similar (even and especially in cases of methoxy and nitro derivatives 11e and 11b), it can be assumed that in all salts 11 the electron transfer from the terminal aryl to the central naphthalene rings takes place. Naturally, the more deficient the
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