Synthesis and properties of quinazoline-based versatile exciplex-forming compounds

• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Simona Vekteryte,
• Ervinas Urbonas,
• Matas Guzauskas,
• Eigirdas Skuodis,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1142–1153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.101

• occurred by coupling a gas chromatograph and a high-pressure liquid chromatograph. The samples were prepared as dilute solutions of the compounds and were ionized by using electrospray ionization. The mass spectra are presented as an abundance of the ion versus the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z). Melting

Synthesis of novel multifunctional carbazole-based molecules and their thermal, electrochemical and optical properties

• Nuray Altinolcek,
• Ahmet Battal,
• Mustafa Tavasli,
• William J. Peveler,
• Holly A. Yu and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1066–1074, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.93

• system. The IR spectra were obtained (4000–400 cm−1) using a Shimadzu IRAffinity-1S Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer. The mass spectra were obtained by Bruker microTOFq mass spectrometers to obtain low- and high-resolution spectra using electron ionisation (EI) or electrospray ionisation (ESI

Synthesis of new asparagine-based glycopeptides for future scanning tunneling microscopy investigations

• Laura Sršan and
• Thomas Ziegler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 888–894, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.80

• cell surfaces for future investigations by combined preparative mass spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) using soft-landing electrospray beam deposition (ES-IBD), on metal surfaces. Keywords: amino acids; asparagine; carbohydrates; glycopeptides; peptidomimetics; Introduction

Halogen-bonding-induced diverse aggregation of 4,5-diiodo-1,2,3-triazolium salts with different anions

• Xingyu Xu,
• Shiqing Huang,
• Zengyu Zhang,
• Lei Cao and
• Xiaoyu Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 78–87, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.10

• electrospray ionization mode (ESI). Elemental analyses (C, H, N) were performed on Flash EA 1112 Analyzer. Synthesis 2-I: 4,5-Unsubstituted triazolium salt 1 (450 mg, 1 mmol), potassium tert-butoxide (250 mg, 2.2 mmol) and I2 (510 mg, 2 mmol) were added in a Schlenk tube under nitrogen, then THF (20 mL) was

Palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reactions in γ-valerolactone-based ionic liquids

• László Orha,
• József M. Tukacs,
• László Kollár and
• László T. Mika

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2907–2913, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.284

• File 1. Exact mass measurements were performed on a high-resolution Q-Exactive Focus hybrid quadrupole-orbitrap mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bremen, Germany) equipped with a heated electrospray ionization (ESI) source. Samples were dissolved in acetonitrile/water 1:1 (v/v) solvent

Photoreversible stretching of a BAPTA chelator marshalling Ca²⁺-binding in aqueous media

• Aurélien Ducrot,
• Arnaud Tron,
• Robin Bofinger,
• Ingrid Sanz Beguer,
• Jean-Luc Pozzo and
• Nathan D. McClenaghan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2801–2811, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.273

• argon over sodium benzophenone ketyl. CH2Cl2 was distilled over CaH2 under argon. Mass spectrometry was performed at the CESAMO analytical center (University of Bordeaux, France) on a QStar Elite mass spectrometer (Applied Biosystems). The instrument is equipped with an electrospray ion (ESI) source and

• spectra were recorded in the positive mode. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) measurements were performed with an ESI source on a Q-TOF mass spectrometer with an accuracy tolerance of 2 ppm (Fédération de Recherche CBM/ICOA (FR2708) platform). The electrospray needle was maintained at 5000 V and

Nanangenines: drimane sesquiterpenoids as the dominant metabolite cohort of a novel Australian fungus, Aspergillus nanangensis

• Heather J. Lacey,
• Cameron L. M. Gilchrist,
• Andrew Crombie,
• John A. Kalaitzis,
• Daniel Vuong,
• Peter J. Rutledge,
• Peter Turner,
• John I. Pitt,
• Ernest Lacey,
• Yit-Heng Chooi and
• Andrew M. Piggott

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2631–2643, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.256

• -resolution positive electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (HRESI(+)MS) analysis of nanangenine A (1) revealed an adduct ion ([M + Na]+ m/z 305.1363) indicative of a molecular formula C15H22O5 requiring five double bond equivalents (DBE). No distinguishing absorption maxima were observed in the UV–vis

• series HPLC equipped with an Agilent 6130 Infinity series single quadrupole mass detector in both positive and negative ion modes. High-resolution electrospray ionisation mass spectra (HRESIMS) were obtained on a Bruker Apex Qe 7T Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance mass spectrometer equipped with

AgNTf₂-catalyzed formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition of ynamides with unprotected isoxazol-5-amines: efficient access to functionalized 5-amino-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide derivatives

• Ziping Cao,
• Jiekun Zhu,
• Li Liu,
• Yuanling Pang,
• Laijin Tian,
• Xuejun Sun and
• Xin Meng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2623–2630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.255

• ), d (doublet), dd (doublet of doublets), t (triplet), q (quartet), and m (multiplet). All melting points are uncorrected and determined on an X-4 digital microscopic melting point apparatus. HRMS were measured using electrospray ionization (ESI). Ynamide compounds 4a–q were prepared according to the

Anion-driven encapsulation of cationic guests inside pyridine[4]arene dimers

• Anniina Kiesilä,
• Jani O. Moilanen,
• Anneli Kruve,
• Christoph A. Schalley,
• Perdita Barran and
• Elina Kalenius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2486–2492, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.241

• + formed complexes with 1 and 12, neither using electrospray ionization (ESI) in the positive nor the negative mode. Pr4N+ is certainly too large to fit inside the dimeric capsule, whereas the other non-complexing cations are protic and – as rather strong hydrogen-bond donors – may interfere with

Azologization and repurposing of a hetero-stilbene-based kinase inhibitor: towards the design of photoswitchable sirtuin inhibitors

• Christoph W. Grathwol,
• Nathalie Wössner,
• Sören Swyter,
• Adam C. Smith,
• Enrico Tapavicza,
• Robert K. Hofstetter,
• Anja Bodtke,
• Manfred Jung and
• Andreas Link

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2170–2183, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.214

• with a Torus DIOL (Waters) or Phenomenex CSP (Lux Amylose-2, i-Amylose-3, i-Cellulose-5), a degasser (DGU-20A5R), a communications module (CBM-20A), and two back pressure regulators BPR A and B (SFC-30A). UV and MS spectra were recorded via photodiode array detection (SPD-M20A) and electrospray

α-Photooxygenation of chiral aldehydes with singlet oxygen

• Dominika J. Walaszek,
• Magdalena Jawiczuk,
• Jakub Durka,
• Olga Drapała and
• Dorota Gryko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2076–2084, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.205

• chemical shifts (δ) and coupling constants (J) are expressed in ppm and Hertz, respectively. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) data were obtained at the Synapt G2-S HDMS mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ion source and q-TOF type mass analyzer. Specific rotation was measured on a JASCO

Synthesis of a [6]rotaxane with singly threaded γ-cyclodextrins as a single stereoisomer

• Jason Yin Hei Man and
• Ho Yu Au-Yeung

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1829–1837, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.177

• HKU Foundation Postgraduate Fellowship. We acknowledge UGC funding administered by The University of Hong Kong for support of the Electrospray Ionization Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Facilities under support for Interdisciplinary Research in Chemical Science.

Complexation of 2,6-helic[6]arene and its derivatives with 1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium salts and protonated 4,4'-bipyridinium salts: an acid–base controllable complexation

• Jing Li,
• Qiang Shi,
• Ying Han and
• Chuan-Feng Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1795–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.173

• -polar solvent, acetone hampers or competes the intermolecular non-covalent interactions between the hosts and the guests, and thus resulted in a decrease of the host–guest complexation. ESIMS studies of the formation of host–guest complexes The electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectra also confirmed

Synthesis, enantioseparation and photophysical properties of planar-chiral pillar[5]arene derivatives bearing fluorophore fragments

• Guojuan Li,
• Chunying Fan,
• Guo Cheng,
• Wanhua Wu and
• Cheng Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1601–1611, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.164

• , 131.22, 130.18, 128.34, 128.30, 127.42, 126.81, 126.52, 125.30, 125.07. The electrospray ionization mass spectrum of 2 is shown in Figure S3, Supporting Information File 1. HRESIMS (m/z): [M]+ calcd for [C20H14]+, 254.1096, found, 254.1125; [M + Na]+ calcd for [C20H14Na]+, 277.0993; found, 277.1268

• , 127.38, 126.93, 125.52, 122.71. The electrospray ionization mass spectrum of 3 is shown in Figure S6, Supporting Information File 1. HRESIMS (m/z): [M]+ calcd for [C20H13Br]+, 332.0201; found, 332.1679. Synthesis of 4: Compound 4 was prepared by a similar procedure as that used for 2, but with 3 (1.5 g

• spectrum of 4 is shown in Figure S8, Supporting Information File 1. 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) 154.97, 139.08, 136.98, 136.75, 132.57, 131.31, 130.18, 129.89, 129.66, 128.39, 127.44, 126.97, 126.94, 124.97, 124.94, 120.78, 115.35, 115.27. The electrospray ionization mass spectrum of 4 is shown in Figure S9

2,3-Dibutoxynaphthalene-based tetralactam macrocycles for recognizing precious metal chloride complexes

• Li-Li Wang,
• Yi-Kuan Tu,
• Huan Yao and
• Wei Jiang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1460–1467, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.146

• isolated with yields of 22% and 19%, respectively. Electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectra support the isolated products to be the [2 + 2] macrocycles (see Supporting Information File 1). As shown in Figure 1, the 1H NMR spectra are consistent with high-symmetry structures. There are slight differences

Fluorine-containing substituents: metabolism of the α,α-difluoroethyl thioether motif

• Andrea Rodil,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin,
• Nawaf Al-Maharik,
• Ren Tomita and
• David O’Hagan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1441–1447, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.144

• accurate mass spectrometry. 19F{1H} and 13C{1H}) NMR spectra were recorded on Bruker Avance III 500 or Bruker Avance III 500 HD spectrometers (500 MHz 1H, 476 MHz 19F, 126 MHz 13C). High-resolution mass spectrometry was acquired using electrospray ionisation (ESI), on a ThermoFisher Excalibur Orbitrap

Genomics-inspired discovery of massiliachelin, an agrochelin epimer from Massilia sp. NR 4-1

• Jan Diettrich,
• Hirokazu Kage and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1298–1303, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.128

• Nucleoshell RP18 column (150 × 2.0 mm, Macherey-Nagel) using an Agilent 1260 Infinity LC system combined with a Compact quadrupole-time of flight (Q-TOF) mass spectrometer (Bruker Daltonics). The Q-TOF mass spectrometer was interfaced with an electrospray ionization source. NMR spectra were recorded on a

Self-assembly behaviors of perylene- and naphthalene-crown macrocycle conjugates in aqueous medium

• Xin Shen,
• Bo Li,
• Tiezheng Pan,
• Jianfeng Wu,
• Yangxin Wang,
• Jie Shang,
• Yan Ge,
• Lin Jin and
• Zhenhui Qi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1203–1209, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.117

• final compounds were carefully characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy (ESI-MS, Supporting Information File 1, Figures S1–S8). UV–vis absorption and fluorescence spectra of 1 in different solvents, including CHCl3, MeCN, MeOH, H2O, and mixed solvent

Unexpected polymorphism during a catalyzed mechanochemical Knoevenagel condensation

• Sebastian Haferkamp,
• Andrea Paul,
• Adam A. L. Michalchuk and
• Franziska Emmerling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1141–1148, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.110

• spectra were recorded with electrospray ionization time of flight mass spectrometry. A Q-TOF Ultima ESI-TOF mass spectrometer (Micromass, Germany) running at 4 kV capillary voltage and a cone voltage of 35 V was used. The collision energy was set to 5 eV. The source temperature was 120 °C whereas the

Towards the preparation of synthetic outer membrane vesicle models with micromolar affinity to wheat germ agglutinin using a dialkyl thioglycoside

• Dimitri Fayolle,
• Nathalie Berthet,
• Bastien Doumeche,
• Olivier Renaudet,
• Peter Strazewski and
• Michele Fiore

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 937–946, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.90

• . Electrospray-ionization mass spectra (ESIMS) were recorded using a Bruker Q-Tof Micromass spectrometer. NMR spectra were recorded in DMSO-d6, CDCl3, CD3OD or DMF-d7 on a Bruker Avance 300 spectrometer at 300 and 75 MHz and on a Bruker Avance 400 at 400 and 100 MHz for 1H, and 13C, respectively. The attached

Easy, efficient and versatile one-pot synthesis of Janus-type-substituted fullerenols

• Marius Kunkel and
• Sebastian Polarz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 901–905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.87

• formula of the compound is identified by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS). The degree of polyhydroxylation and the number of substituents is determined and confirmed with thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and the nature of oxygen moieties as well as the substituents attached are evaluated

Coordination chemistry and photoswitching of dinuclear macrocyclic cadmium-, nickel-, and zinc complexes containing azobenzene carboxylato co-ligands

• Jennifer Klose,
• Tobias Severin,
• Peter Hahn,
• Alexander Jeremies,
• Jens Bergmann,
• Daniel Fuhrmann,
• Jan Griebel,
• Bernd Abel and
• Berthold Kersting

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 840–851, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.81

• = Zn (5), Cd (6), Ni (7); L' = azo-CO2Me, M = Cd (8), Ni (9)), and characterized by elemental analysis, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS), IR, UV–vis and NMR spectroscopy (for diamagnetic Zn and Cd complexes) and X-ray single crystal structure analysis. The crystal structures of 3' and

Catalyst-free assembly of giant tris(heteroaryl)methanes: synthesis of novel pharmacophoric triads and model sterically crowded tris(heteroaryl/aryl)methyl cation salts

• Rodrigo Abonia,
• Luisa F. Gutiérrez,
• Braulio Insuasty,
• Jairo Quiroga,
• Kenneth K. Laali,
• Chunqing Zhao,
• Gabriela L. Borosky,
• Samantha M. Horwitz and
• Scott D. Bunge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 642–654, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.60

• performed on a Finnigan Quantum ultra-AM in electrospray mode using methanol as solvent. Single-crystal X-ray data for compound 9{4,7,1} was collected at 200 K on a Bruker AXS diffractometer upgraded with an APEX II CCD detector. Crystallographic data for the structure has been deposited with the Cambridge

Design, synthesis and spectroscopic properties of crown ether-capped dibenzotetraaza[14]annulenes

• Krzysztof M. Zwoliński and
• Julita Eilmes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 617–622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.57

• been fully characterized by FTIR-ATR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESIMS) and elemental analysis, and the results are in agreement with expected structures (vide infra). Both the crown ether-capped compounds 3a and 3b are highly symmetrical

Cyclopropene derivatives of aminosugars for metabolic glycoengineering

• Jessica Hassenrück and
• Valentin Wittmann

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

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