Light on the sustainable preparation of aryl-cored dibromides

• Fabrizio Roncaglia,
• Alberto Ughetti,
• Nicola Porcelli,
• Biagio Anderlini,
• Andrea Severini and
• Luca Rigamonti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1076–1087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.95

• reaction mixture was kept at 5 °C instead of rt and time was extended by 15% (2 h 20 min for H2O2 dropping and 2 h after the addition). The title product was obtained as pale-yellow solid, yield: 73%. Recrystallisation from hot petroleum ether gave the pure product. White solid, 1H NMR (400 MHz, 298 K

• , CDCl3) δ 7.42 (m, 1H), 7.33 (m, 1H), 7.32 (m, 2H), 4.48 (s, 4H) ppm. 1,5-Dibromo-2,4-dimethylbenzene (2b): Brown solid, yield: 87%. Recrystallisation from hot ethanol gave the pure product as pale-yellow solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, 298 K, CDCl3) δ 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.10 (s, 1H), 2.31 (s, 6H) ppm. 1,4-Bis

• (3b): pale orange solid, yield: quantitative. Recrystallisation from hot hexane gave the pure product as pale-yellow solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, 298 K, CDCl3) δ 7.39 (s, 2H), 2.33 (s, 6H) ppm. 1,4-Dibromo-2,5-bis(bromomethyl)benzene (3c): From 3b: chlorobenzene (4.0 mL) was used as the solvent instead of

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

• ; found, 374.1155. Acenaphtho[1,2-b]pyrazino[2,3-e]pyrazine-9,10-dicarbonitrile (4a) An oven dried sealed tube was charged with 5,6-diaminopyrazine-2,3-dicarbonitrile (12) (0.15 g, 0.92 mmol), acenaphthylene-1,2-dione (0.15 g, 0.84 mmol) and glacial acetic acid (20 mL). The resulting pale-yellow

• suspension was heated to 115 °C for 20 hours with vigorous stirring. After 20 hours, the reaction was cooled, and yellow-gold shimmering particles began to settle out. The mixture was filtered, and the resulting gold-colored solid was recrystallized from hot DMF to obtain pure compound 4a (0.12 g, 0.39 mmol

• yellow solid of 1b was obtained (123 mg, 0.572 mmol, 91%). 1H NMR (600 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.65–7.67 (dd, J = 3.6 Hz, J = 6.6 Hz, 2H), 7.84–7.86 (dd, J = 3.6 Hz, J = 6.6 Hz, 2H), 12.71 (s, 1H); 13C NMR (150 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 126.7, 128.0, 137.4, 137.7, 155.6; HRESIMS: [M + Na]+ calcd for C10H6N4O2, 237.0388

Confirmation of the stereochemistry of spiroviolene

• Yao Kong,
• Yuanning Liu,
• Kaibiao Wang,
• Tao Wang,
• Chen Wang,
• Ben Ai,
• Hongli Jia,
• Guohui Pan,
• Min Yin and
• Zhengren Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 852–858, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.77

• 10 and 11 can be oxidized to the same 9-oxospiroviolane (12) in the same 92% isolated yield, hence confirming the structural assignment of 10 and 11. By reacting with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine [34], ketone 12 was further converted to hydrazone derivative 13, which gave a brownish-yellow crystal

Methodology for awakening the potential secondary metabolic capacity in actinomycetes

• Shun Saito and
• Midori A. Arai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 753–766, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.69

• for maintaining the metabolic homeostasis of nutrient utilization but also for biosynthesis of antibiotics such as ACT, RED, CDA and the yellow pigment coelimycin P2 in Streptomyces coelicolor strains M145 [60][61]. Depletion of a metal component essential for growth activates the production of

SOMOphilic alkyne vs radical-polar crossover approaches: The full story of the azido-alkynylation of alkenes

• Julien Borrel and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 701–713, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.64

• potassium to tetrabutylammonium (7) reduced the yield to 14% (Scheme 2A). When TMS-alkyne 8 was used, no product formation occurred. In this case, we observed that the initial reaction mixture before light irradiation was colorless. This was surprising, as in all the previous experiments a yellow/orange

Synthesis of photo- and ionochromic N-acylated 2-(aminomethylene)benzo[b]thiophene-3(2Н)-ones with a terminal phenanthroline group

• Vladimir P. Rybalkin,
• Sofiya Yu. Zmeeva,
• Lidiya L. Popova,
• Irina V. Dubonosova,
• Olga Yu. Karlutova,
• Oleg P. Demidov,
• Alexander D. Dubonosov and
• Vladimir A. Bren

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 552–560, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.47

• change of the solutions from yellow to dark orange. Subsequent selective interaction with AcO− led to the restoration of the initial absorption and emission properties. Thus, the obtained compounds represent dual-mode “on–off–on” switches of optical and fluorescent properties under sequential exposure to

• photoproducts 3a–c under the influence of irradiation was developed. We applied a modified procedure using a Sweko IP65 LED emitter that had been previously developed in our studies for similar tasks [30]. For this purpose, a suspension of a yellow solid 2a–c in acetonitrile was boiled for 10–15 s and then

• effect: a visually distinguishable color change of the solutions from yellow to dark orange (Figure 5). Other cations did not demonstrate a measurable effect (Figure 6). Complexes 2a–c with Fe2+ in acetonitrile and DMSO were nonfluorescent. According to spectrophotometric titration data and the isomolar

A new analog of dihydroxybenzoic acid from Saccharopolyspora sp. KR21-0001

• Rattiya Janthanom,
• Yuta Kikuchi,
• Hiroki Kanto,
• Tomoyasu Hirose,
• Arisu Tahara,
• Takahiro Ishii,
• Arinthip Thamchaipenet and
• Yuki Inahashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 497–503, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.44

• preparative HPLC of the crude extract, 7.9 mg of 1 was obtained (Scheme 1). Table S1 (Supporting Information File 1) shows the physicochemical properties of 1, which is a yellow oil soluble in MeOH and DMSO. The UV absorption maximum of 1 was at 286 nm (ε = 10238 M−1·cm−1). The molecular formula of 1 was

• . Advanced Marfey’s analysis A volume of 20 µL of 1 M NaHCO3 was added to each 50 µL of the hydrolysate of the de-sulfurized derivative of 1 and 1 mM standard amino acids (ʟ- and ᴅ-alanine). Then, 50 µL of ᴅ-FDLA (10 mg·mL−1 in acetone) was added to the mixtures and mixed well (the color changed from yellow

Pseudallenes A and B, new sulfur-containing ovalicin sesquiterpenoid derivatives with antimicrobial activity from the deep-sea cold seep sediment-derived fungus Pseudallescheria boydii CS-793

• Zhen Ying,
• Xiao-Ming Li,
• Sui-Qun Yang,
• Hong-Lei Li,
• Xin Li,
• Bin-Gui Wang and
• Ling-Hong Meng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 470–478, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.42

• ), monosodium glutamate (0.1 g/flask), and naturally sourced and filtered seawater (acquired from the Huiquan Gulf of the Yellow Sea near the campus of IOCAS, 100 mL/flask) were autoclaved at 120 °C for 20 min before inoculation. The fresh mycelia of the fungus P. boydii CS-793 were incubated in a shaker on PDB

Mechanisms for radical reactions initiating from N-hydroxyphthalimide esters

• Carlos R. Azpilcueta-Nicolas and
• Jean-Philip Lumb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 346–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.35

• of N-Boc-proline-derived TCNHPI ester 104 with q-OAc in MeCN resulted in the formation of a yellow solution, which upon blue light irradiation provided the aminodecarboxylation product 105 in 69% yield. It was hypothesized that the reaction involved the formation of EDA complex 106 that led to the

Substitution reactions in the acenaphthene analog of quino[7,8-h]quinoline and an unusual synthesis of the corresponding acenaphthylenes by tele-elimination

• Ekaterina V. Kolupaeva,
• Narek A. Dzhangiryan,
• Alexander F. Pozharskii,
• Oleg P. Demidov and
• Valery A. Ozeryanskii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 243–253, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.24

• (Scheme 8). In addition to the spectral data confirming the composition and asymmetric structure of compound 16, a clear sign of the emerging acenaphthylene system is its yellow-orange color, which distinguishes the UV-active (yellow-green luminescence) acenaphthylene 16 from the light-beige UV-inactive

Photochromic derivatives of indigo: historical overview of development, challenges and applications

• Gökhan Kaplan,
• Zeynel Seferoğlu and
• Daria V. Berdnikova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 228–242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.23

• (9a, Figure 7) was reported by Wyman and co-workers [37]. Interestingly, compound 9a showed pronounced negative photochromism in benzene with the best E–Z conversion upon irradiation with yellow light (λirr > 520 nm), while in chloroform no photochromism was detected. The formation of the Z-isomer of

• underwent E–Z photoisomerization in benzene upon irradiation with yellow light and returned to E-isomer in darkness at room temperature within about 30 seconds [39]. One year later, Pummerer and Marondel attempted to reproduce this experiment and to detect the Z-isomer of N,N'-dimethylindigo 11a upon

• . Structures of indigo derivatives discussed in this review. Photoswitching of N,N'-diacetylindigo (9a) in CCl4 (c = 17.1 µM; cell length = 5.0 cm) irradiated with blue light (λirr = 350–510 nm): dotted line; irradiated with white light: dashed line; irradiated with yellow light (λirr > 495 nm): solid line

Metal-catalyzed coupling/carbonylative cyclizations for accessing dibenzodiazepinones: an expedient route to clozapine and other drugs

• Amina Moutayakine and
• Anthony J. Burke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 193–204, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.19

• celite and washed with DCM, then, the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give a crude mixture. Further purification by flash chromatography (hexane/AcOEt 1:1), gave the desired compound 5,10-dihydro-11H-dibenzo[b,e][1,4]diazepin-11-one (4a) as a yellow solid yield (0.032 g, 80%). Mp 249–251

Synthesis of the 3’-O-sulfated TF antigen with a TEG-N₃ linker for glycodendrimersomes preparation to study lectin binding

• Mark Reihill,
• Hanyue Ma,
• Dennis Bengtsson and
• Stefan Oscarson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 173–180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.17

• further 48 hours. The reaction mixture was then concentrated and flash chromatography on silica gel (EtOAc/MeOH, 1:0→0:1) yielded a yellow syrup, which was re-dissolved in H2O (30 mL). Dowex® 50WX4 (Na+ form) resin (1.28 g) was added, and the resulting suspension was stirred at room temperature for 16

• hours. Filtration followed by concentration and lyophilisation of the filtrate yielded 2 as a pale-yellow foam (972 mg, 66%). Rf = 0.3 (EtOAc/MeOH, 3:2); [α]D +76 (c 1.0, H2O); 1H NMR (500 MHz, D2O) δ 4.95 (d, J = 3.8 Hz, 1H, H-1GalNAc), 4.62 (d, J = 7.9 Hz, 1H, H-1Gal), 4.41–4.31 (m, 4H, H-2GalNAc, H

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

• black precipitate and a saturated aq solution of NaBF4 (7 mL) was added to the solution. The aqueous layer was extracted with MeNO2 (2 × 30 mL) and the combined organic layers were washed with H2O (2 × 30 mL) and dried with Na2SO4. The solvent was evaporated to give a yellow oil. The residue was

• suspended in CHCl3 (1 mL) and the remaining solid was filtered off to give the product as yellow amorphous solid (2.5 mg, 6.9 µmol, <5%); mp 164–166 °C (decomp.); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CD3CN) δ 4.07 (s, 3H, OCH3), 4.20 (s, 1H, OCH3), 7.68 (s, 1H, 7-H), 8.04 (s, 1H, 10-H), 8.10 (d, 3J = 9 Hz, 1H, 5-H), 8.31 (dd

• 45 min and the crude product was washed with n-hexane (3 mL) and recrystallized from MeOH with addition of HClO4 to give a yellow amorphous solid (29 mg, 79 µmol, 21%); mp 215–217 °C (decomp.); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CD3CN) δ 1.42 (t, 3J = 8 Hz, 3H, CH3), 3.08 (q, 3J = 8 Hz, 2H, CH2), 4.05 (s, 3H OCH3

Optimizing reaction conditions for the light-driven hydrogen evolution in a loop photoreactor

• Pengcheng Li,
• Daniel Kowalczyk,
• Johannes Liessem,
• Mohamed M. Elnagar,
• Dariusz Mitoraj,
• Radim Beranek and
• Dirk Ziegenbalg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 74–91, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.9

• stirring speed of 560 rpm. The regions of interests (ROIs) shown on frame of 1.2 s are denoted as left side (blue ROI), draft tube (green ROI), and right side (yellow ROI). The color of water changed first in the draft tube and then outside the draft tube until the mixing was complete. Thus, the liquid was

• with a heating rate of 10 °C min−1. The resulting yellow solid was then finely grounded using an agate mortar. For the photochemical deposition of the Pt co-catalyst, 6 g of the produced PCN were first dispersed in 340 mL of water and subjected to sonication for 90 min. Subsequently, a mixture

• Supporting Information File 1, Figure S2b), while maintaining a continuous flow of N2 in the headspace through a septum. The resulting suspension exhibited a yellow/greenish color and was subsequently washed with deionized water 3–5 times, followed by drying at 70 °C overnight and grinding. The synthesized

Multi-redox indenofluorene chromophores incorporating dithiafulvene donor and ene/enediyne acceptor units

• Christina Schøttler,
• Kasper Lund-Rasmussen,
• Line Broløs,
• Philip Vinterberg,
• Ema Bazikova,
• Viktor B. R. Pedersen and
• Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 59–73, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.8

• ) degassed with N2 for 15 min was added, and the solution was heated to 105 °C for 18.5 h. The reaction mixture was then allowed to cool to rt, diluted with toluene (20 mL), and washed with 1 M NaOH (3 × 20 mL), and then with H2O (20 mL). The yellow precipitate in the aqueous phase was isolated by filtration

• and washed with H2O before it was purified by flash column chromatography (SiO2, 50%–100% CH2Cl2/heptane) yielding 16 (18 mg, 39 μmol, 25%) as a yellow solid. Rf = 0.18 (50% CH2Cl2/heptane); mp > 260 °C; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CD2Cl2) δ 7.84 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.77 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.75 (d, J = 7.5 Hz

• compound is shown below, in which the hydrogen atoms are omitted for clarity. Atoms are colored grey (carbon), white (hydrogen), brown (bromine), pale-yellow (silicon). Labels of bonds within five-membered ring. Synthesis of IF-DTF ketones 9–12 and dimer 13. Further functionalization of the IF-DTF ketone

Preparing a liquid crystalline dispersion of carbon nanotubes with high aspect ratio

• Keiko Kojima,
• Nodoka Kosugi,
• Hirokuni Jintoku,
• Kazufumi Kobashi and
• Toshiya Okazaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 52–58, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.7

• . (a) Photograph of the DWCNT film. Thicknesses were measured at 7 spots along the yellow dashed line. Scale bar is 1 cm. SEM image at spot (b) A and (c) D. Blue outlined arrows indicate the shear direction of bar-coating. The list of the thickness at each spot in Figure 5a. Supporting Information

Using the phospha-Michael reaction for making phosphonium phenolate zwitterions

• Matthias R. Steiner,
• Max Schmallegger,
• Larissa Donner,
• Johann A. Hlina,
• Christoph Marschner,
• Judith Baumgartner and
• Christian Slugovc

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 41–51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.6

• with allyl alcohol (in both cases using a molar ratio of 1:1.05 and dichloromethane as the solvent). While in the latter case only the starting materials were observed after 24 h at room temperature, the reaction of 1 with acrylonitrile turned yellow during the same time and exclusively yielded the

• between P1 and C15 is slightly longer (1.824(2) Å in 2a; 1.828(3) in 2f) when compared to the P–CH2 distance of a tetra-n-butylphosphonium cation [45]. UV–vis spectroscopy All phosphonium phenolate compounds exhibit a bright yellow color in solution (see inset in Figure 3). Investigating the absorption

• screw-cap vial. The Michael acceptor acrylamide (14.9 mg, 0.21 mmol, 1.05 equiv) was dissolved in 0.5 mL dichloromethane in a separate vial and then added dropwise to the solution of 1. Zwitterion formation was indicated by a color change of the solution to yellow. The reaction mixture was stirred at

Facile access to pyridinium-based bent aromatic amphiphiles: nonionic surface modification of nanocarbons in water

• Lorenzo Catti,
• Shinji Aoyama and
• Michito Yoshizawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 32–40, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.5

• methyl iodide yielding PA-CH3’, followed by ion exchange using an exchange resin to provide PA-CH3 as a yellow solid (74% yield over 2 steps; Figure 2a). Despite its large aromatic framework with a monocationic core, PA-CH3 was found to be soluble in water up to ≈0.9 mM. Using similar procedures

• -doped nanocarbon g-C3N4 was achieved using aromatic micelle (PA-OCH3)n (Figure 6a). The multiple N-atoms bestow g-C3N4 with unique properties that are responsible for its widespread use in catalysis [28]. Subjecting yellow solid PA-OCH3 (1.2 mg, 1.9 μmol) and pale yellow solid g-C3N4 (1.0 mg) to the

• grinding (3 min) and sonication (30 min) protocol provided a clear yellow aqueous solution of (PA-OCH3)n·(g-C3N4)m. The formation of the host–guest structure was confirmed by UV–visible analysis, which showed a new absorption band around 312 nm (Figure 6b). This result showcased the ability of amphiphile

Cycloaddition reactions of heterocyclic azides with 2-cyanoacetamidines as a new route to C,N-diheteroarylcarbamidines

• Pavel S. Silaichev,
• Tetyana V. Beryozkina,
• Vsevolod V. Melekhin,
• Valeriy O. Filimonov,
• Andrey N. Maslivets,
• Vladimir G. Ilkin,
• Wim Dehaen and
• Vasiliy A. Bakulev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 17–24, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.3

• )-5-Amino-1-benzyl-N'-(thiazol-2-yl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboximidamide (3l). Compound 3l was obtained in 88% yield (117 mg) according to the general procedure B (NaOH: 20 mg, 0.5 mmol; amidine 1a: 77 mg, 0.5 mmol; azide 2c: 56 mg, 0.5 mmol; ethanol (2 mL)) as light yellow needles; mp 199–200 °C; 1H

Studying specificity in protein–glycosaminoglycan recognition with umbrella sampling

• Mateusz Marcisz,
• Sebastian Anila,
• Margrethe Gaardløs,
• Martin Zacharias and
• Sergey A. Samsonov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1933–1946, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.144

• ). Graphical representation of the ligands’ starting (in red, licorice) and final (in blue, licorice) positions in regard of the binding site of basic fibroblast factor (in yellow, new cartoon). Graphical representation of the ligand’s starting (in red, licorice) and final (in blue, licorice) poses in regard

• of the binding site of acidic fibroblast factor (in yellow, new cartoon). Graphical representation of the ligand 4 starting (in red, licorice) and final (in blue, licorice) position in regard of binding site of cathepsin K (in yellow, new cartoon). Comparison of the last frame of the US simulation

Construction of diazepine-containing spiroindolines via annulation reaction of α-halogenated N-acylhydrazones and isatin-derived MBH carbonates

• Xing Liu,
• Wenjing Shi,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1923–1932, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.143

• ): yellow solid, 0.370 g, 71%; mp 186–187 °C; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.61 (s, 1H, ArH), 7.75–7.72 (m, 2H, ArH), 7.57–7.53 (m, 1H, ArH), 7.47–7.43 (m, 2H, ArH), 7.35–7.31 (m, 2H, ArH), 7.30–7.27 (m, 5H, ArH), 7.26–7.23 (m, 1H, ArH), 7.22–7.18 (m, 2H, ArH), 7.05–7.02 (m, 1H, ArH), 6.96 (s, 1H, ArH), 6.73

• '-carboxylate (5a): yellow solid, 0.391 g, 68%; mp 189–191 °C; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 9.19 (s, 1H, ArH), 7.73–7.71 (m, 2H, ArH), 7.56–7.53 (m, 1H, ArH), 7.48–7.42 (m, 4H, ArH), 7.38–7.35 (m, 2H, ArH), 7.32–7.31 (m, 1H, ArH), 7.29–7.27 (m, 1H, ArH), 7.14 (t, J = 8.0 Hz, 2H, ArH), 7.09–7.05 (m, 3H, ArH), 6.86

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

• 10 000 cd m−2, electroluminescence ranging from blue to yellow, maximum current of 15 cd/A and higher EQE than 7%. Pyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile-based TADF materials exhibit different visible light emission spectra (Figure 1). Recently, Chen and Lu reported two new orange-red/red TADF emitters composed

• be soluble in common organic solvents and to exhibit non-structured emission peaks in the green-yellow color region of the spectrum. The PL intensity of the compounds in solution was enhanced after deoxygenation, indicating the presence of triplet harvesting by the mechanism of thermally activated

• dried over Na2SO4. After the solvent was removed, the crude yellow product was carefully washed twice with acetonitrile to remove the starting materials. Further purification was achieved using flash chromatography on silica gel (eluent: dichloromethane/petroleum ether 1:2). Compound 4 (0.86 g, 61%) was

Thienothiophene-based organic light-emitting diode: synthesis, photophysical properties and application

• Recep Isci and
• Turan Ozturk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1849–1857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.137

• organic layer was dried over Na2SO4, filtered and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by flash column chromatography eluting with a mixture of n-hexane/CH2Cl2 3:1 and then crystallized from ethanol to give the title compound DMB-TT-TPA (8) as a yellow powder

A novel recyclable organocatalyst for the gram-scale enantioselective synthesis of (S)-baclofen

• Gyula Dargó,
• Dóra Erdélyi,
• Balázs Molnár,
• Péter Kisszékelyi,
• Zsófia Garádi and
• József Kupai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1811–1824, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.133

• ) and triethylamine (1.09 mL, 8.26 mmol, 10.2 equiv) were dissolved in dichloromethane (8.8 mL). Then, a solution of 3,4,5-tris(octadecyloxy)benzoyl chloride (11, 729.3 mg, 0.77 mmol) in dichloromethane (22 mL) was added. To the resulting yellow solution further dichloromethane (12.6 mL) was added, and

• product was purified by preparative thin-layer chromatography (SiO2, hexane/ethyl acetate 2:1, Rf 0.36) to obtain the product (S)-14 as pale-yellow crystals. The products had the same spectroscopic data than those of reported (the absolute configuration was determined by the optical rotation of the

• temperature. Then, the solvent was evaporated, and the crude product was purified by preparative thin-layer chromatography (SiO2, hexane/ethyl acetate/AcOH 2:1:0.01, Rf 0.34) to obtain the product as a pale-yellow foam. To the best of our knowledge, the synthesis of (S)-17 has not been reported so far. TLC