Development of fluorinated benzils and bisbenzils as room-temperature phosphorescent molecules

• Shigeyuki Yamada,
• Takuya Higashida,
• Yizhou Wang,
• Masato Morita,
• Takuya Hosokai,
• Kaveendra Maduwantha,
• Kaveenga Rasika Koswattage and
• Tsutomu Konno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1154–1162, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.102

• low ΦPL of less than 0.02 (Table 1), meaning that most of the excited states of all samples deactivate nonradiatively. At the moment, we cannot certify the origin of the low ΦPL in terms of the molecular properties, for instance, the main pathway of nonradiative deactivation. Experiments are currently

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

• the solution in a polar solvent, apparently because of the high polarity of compound 1. Furthermore, the emission of the solid sample was more efficient than that of the solution, with a PLQY of up to 6%. In order to determine the origin of the emission, PL decay curves of the solid samples of

Cation-induced ring-opening and oxidation reaction of photoreluctant spirooxazine–quinolizinium conjugates

• Phil M. Pithan,
• Sören Steup and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 904–916, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.82

• no more changes were observed in the absorption spectra. All spectrometric titrations were performed at least two times to ensure reproducibility. In general, the absorption spectra were determined in a range between 200 nm and 800 nm and subsequently smoothed with the Origin software function

Regioselectively α- and β-alkynylated BODIPY dyes via gold(I)-catalyzed direct C–H functionalization and their photophysical properties

• Takahide Shimada,
• Shigeki Mori,
• Masatoshi Ishida and
• Hiroyuki Furuta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 587–595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.53

• significantly decreased with the geometry relaxation at the S1 state compared to that of the S0-state structure, which could be the origin of the large Stokes shift for 6a. Therefore, in comparison with the α-substituted compounds 3a and 4a, the less emissive character of the β-ethynyl-substituted derivatives

Room-temperature Pd/Ag direct arylation enabled by a radical pathway

• Amy L. Mayhugh and
• Christine K. Luscombe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 384–390, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.36

• incorporations of nitrobenzene into the polymer chains. The 2-nitrobenzoic acid used to form a silver carboxylate in the reaction system is the origin of the nitrophenyl group. Three different types of chains are represented, corresponding to incorporation of I/nitrophenyl, H/nitrophenyl, and two nitrophenyl end

• reported for decarboxylative coupling between indole and 2-nitrobenzoic acids at 110 °C [18]. Under such conditions, silver carboxylates decompose to produce carbonyl and phenyl radicals, which could explain the origin of nitrobenzene incorporation [19][20]. When the radical trapping agent BHT was added to

Two antibacterial and PPARα/γ-agonistic unsaturated keto fatty acids from a coral-associated actinomycete of the genus Micrococcus

• Amit Raj Sharma,
• Enjuro Harunari,
• Naoya Oku,
• Nobuyasu Matsuura,
• Agus Trianto and
• Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 297–304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.29

• -oxo-10,12-octadecadienoic acid [31] are the plant keto fatty acids containing the dienone moiety with trans,trans-configuration, but congeners with trans,cis-configuration have not been found in nature until the present work (Figure 4). Some of the keto fatty acids of plant origin were shown to

• -Oxo-11,13-tetradecadienoic acid is another example of insect origin, identified from hair pencils of male Amauris butterflies (Amauris albimaculata), which is supposed to be a precursor material for the butterfly pheromone [35]. Furthermore, 4-oxo-2-alkenoic fatty acids were characterized as

Synthesis, liquid crystalline behaviour and structure–property relationships of 1,3-bis(5-substituted-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)benzenes

• Afef Mabrouki,
• Malek Fouzai,
• Armand Soldera,
• Abdelkader Kriaa and
• Ahmed Hedhli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 149–158, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.17

• -rich moieties) and the electron-deficient center of the molecule. The two fluorocarbon chains are symmetrically arranged with respect to the origin of the vector of dipole moment (Figure 6, compound 4b). In compound 4b, which adopts the conformation B (Figure 5b–b”), the fluorinated terminal chains

• ) folds to interact with the molecular electron-deficient center according to an electron D–A interaction, RF1 (RF linked to Oxd 1) remains straight. The dipole moment of compound 2b (Figure 6) originates close Oxd 1. With the presumption that the molecular electron-deficient center is near the origin of

Terpenes

• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2966–2967, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.292

• pheromones, but also have a long standing history as fragrances used by humans. The oxidised derivatives may be of high interest because of their bioactivity, with some of the most important drugs used in medical applications being of terpenoid origin. Two of the most fanous examples include the diterpenoid

Bacterial terpene biosynthesis: challenges and opportunities for pathway engineering

• Eric J. N. Helfrich,
• Geng-Min Lin,
• Christopher A. Voigt and
• Jon Clardy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2889–2906, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.283

• bacteria, only a few terpenes of bacterial origin have been characterized, and their biosynthesis is for the most part poorly understood. The lack of bio-/chemoinformatics platforms to predict terpene core structures coupled with their physicochemical properties have rendered the targeted isolation of

Preparation of anthracene-based tetraperimidine hexafluorophosphate and selective recognition of chromium(III) ions

• Qing-Xiang Liu,
• Feng Yang,
• Zhi-Xiang Zhao,
• Shao-Cong Yu and
• Yue Ding

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2847–2855, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.278

• and excitation spectral lines were adjusted to 5 and 10 nm. The emission spectra were recorded in the range of 375–500 nm. The program Origin 8.0 was employed for data processing. UV–vis titrations For UV–vis titrations, the sample solutions were prepared analogously to fluorescence titrations. The

• concentration of 3 was adjusted to 1.0⋅10−6 M while the concentration of Cr3+ ranged between 0.0 and 36.0⋅10−6 M. The absorption spectra were recorded at 240–300 nm. Origin 8.0 was employed for data processing. X-ray analysis Diffraction data of 3 were collected by a Bruker Apex II CCD diffractometer [56

Arylisoquinoline-derived organoboron dyes with a triaryl skeleton show dual fluorescence

• Vânia F. Pais,
• Tristan Neumann,
• Ignacio Vayá,
• M. Consuelo Jiménez,
• Abel Ros and
• Uwe Pischel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2612–2622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.254

• (17), 426 nm (18), 425 nm (19). This points to the interpretation that the SW emission has its origin in a Lewis adduct between the boron center as acceptor and the solvent as donor. The maxima of the rather broad LW bands of the dyes are observed between 510 and 590 nm in acetonitrile, corresponding

Targeted photoswitchable imaging of intracellular glutathione by a photochromic glycosheet sensor

• Xianzhi Chai,
• Hai-Hao Han,
• Yi Zang,
• Jia Li,
• Xiao-Peng He,
• Junji Zhang and
• He Tian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2380–2389, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.230

• blinking ON/OFF fluorescence signal which ensures the origin of fluorescence signal from the photochromic probe. Hence, the intracellular sensing precision is significantly improved. Conclusion In summary, photochromic glycosheet Glyco-DTE@MnO2 was developed for cell-targeted and photoswitchable

Current understanding and biotechnological application of the bacterial diterpene synthase CotB2

• Ronja Driller,
• Daniel Garbe,
• Norbert Mehlmer,
• Monika Fuchs,
• Keren Raz,
• Dan Thomas Major,
• Thomas Brück and
• Bernhard Loll

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2355–2368, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.228

• will focus particularly on bacterial diterpene synthases, in context with other sesqui- and ditperpene synthases of bacterial, fungal and plant origin. The initial step in diterpene biosynthesis (Figure 1) is the incremental condensation of dimethylallyl diphosphate (1) and isopentylen diphosphate (2

Isolation and biosynthesis of an unsaturated fatty acid with unusual methylation pattern from a coral-associated bacterium Microbulbifer sp.

• Amit Raj Sharma,
• Enjuro Harunari,
• Tao Zhou,
• Agus Trianto and
• Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2327–2332, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.225

• biosynthetically unique: it has an uncommon methylation pattern in its carbon chain, derived from the C-methylation with ʟ-methionine at a carbon originated from a carbonyl carbon of acetate. In this paper, we report the isolation and structure determination of 1 and its biosynthetic origin proven by the feeding

• methyl groups in dinoflagellate compounds are positioned at the carbons derived from the carbonyl carbon of acetate (C1). Precursor labeling studies indicated that the origin of the methyl carbon is not SAM but one carbon fragment derived from the cleavage of another acetate unit (Figure 3C) [15]. The

• ) system of bacterial groups. Therefore, the biosynthetic origin of 1 was investigated by feeding experiments of 13C-labeled precursors (Table 2). Firstly, in order to verify the origin of the carbon backbone, [1-13C]acetate was fed to the culture which gave a high enrichment of the carbons at C1, C3, C5

Aggregation-induced emission effect on turn-off fluorescent switching of a photochromic diarylethene

• Luna Kono,
• Yuma Nakagawa,
• Ayako Fujimoto,
• Ryo Nishimura,
• Yohei Hattori,
• Toshiki Mutai,
• Nobuhiro Yasuda,
• Kenichi Koizumi,
• Satoshi Yokojima,
• Shinichiro Nakamura and
• Kingo Uchida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2204–2212, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.217

• because the proton transfer occurs through an intramolecular hydrogen bond. This is also an origin of a large Stokes shift (8,000–11,000 cm−1) in the emission from the ESIPT state. Consequently, yellow luminescence was observed by UV-excitation [17][18]. Mutai et al. reported an ESIPT luminescence of an

Synthesis and properties of sulfur-functionalized triarylmethylium, acridinium and triangulenium dyes

• Marco Santella,
• Eduardo Della Pia,
• Jakob Kryger Sørensen and
• Bo W. Laursen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2133–2141, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.210

• efficiency was observed by Kotaskova et al. for fluorescein derivatives with one alkylthio group in the 3 position replacing an -OH/-O− group [51]. The origin of reduced fluorescence quantum yields in dyes with alkylthio donor groups in their chromophores is not clear at this point. It may result from

Fluorinated azobenzenes as supramolecular halogen-bonding building blocks

• Esther Nieland,
• Oliver Weingart and
• Bernd M. Schmidt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2013–2019, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.197

• noncovalent interaction between a polarized halogen atom (the halogen bond donor) and a Lewis base (the halogen bond acceptor) [1][2]. A prominent example regarding the origin of halogen bonding can be found in inorganic solid-state chemistry. The structurally diverse group of polyiodides, with its rich

Analysis of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons in grape berry exocarp (Vitis vinifera L.) using in vivo-labeling and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC×GC–MS)

• Philipp P. Könen and
• Matthias Wüst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1945–1961, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.190

• the time of physiological ripening is very complex and significantly influenced by potent flavoring substances of isoprenoid origin like mono- and sesquiterpenes [1][2]. Sesquiterpenes form a structurally diverse subgroup of terpenes consisting of three isoprene units [3]. Since the bicyclic

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

• elucidating the origin of the stereoselectivity in the synthesis of 6R. The 1H spectrum of 4R is generally similar to that of 6R and strong NOE cross peaks between the triazole and CB[6], and also Ha of the anthracene and CB[6] protons were observed (Figure S10 in Supporting Information File 1), confirming

Steroid diversification by multicomponent reactions

• Leslie Reguera,
• Cecilia I. Attorresi,
• Javier A. Ramírez and
• Daniel G. Rivera

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1236–1256, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.121

• . Structures of natural steroids of A) animal and B) plant origin. Ugi-4CR-derived library of androstanic azasteroids with diverse substitution patterns at the phenyl ring (amine component) [23]. Synthesis of a steroidal β-lactam by Ugi reaction of a cholanic aldehyde [14]. Synthetic route to steroidal 2,5

Phylogenomic analyses and distribution of terpene synthases among Streptomyces

• Lara Martín-Sánchez,
• Kumar Saurabh Singh,
• Mariana Avalos,
• Gilles P. van Wezel,
• Jeroen S. Dickschat and
• Paolina Garbeva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1181–1193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.115

• structure was the first of a diterpene cyclase of bacterial origin reported [41]. Isoafricanol synthases were first noticed in S. violaceusniger and S. rapamycinicus based on the presence of 8 in culture headspace extracts as a major sesquiterpene [34][42], followed by the biochemical characterisation of

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

• nature of catalyst incorporation, and hence the origin of color. The reactions containing between 40 µL and 5 µL catalyst show conversion of the substrates directly into the mechanically stable triclinic product phase, according to real-time in situ XRPD analysis (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs): a useful access to the synthesis of benzo-fused γ-lactams

• Edorta Martínez de Marigorta,
• Jesús M. de Los Santos,
• Ana M. Ochoa de Retana,
• Javier Vicario and
• Francisco Palacios

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1065–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.104

• -oxindoles; Introduction Pyrrolidin-2-ones (I, Figure 1) are heterocycles that contain a γ-lactam ring that can be found in many biologically active compounds with natural or synthetic origin [1]. When an aryl group is fused to the 3- and 4-positions of the five-membered heterocycle, isoindolinones (II

Novel (2-amino-4-arylimidazolyl)propanoic acids and pyrrolo[1,2-c]imidazoles via the domino reactions of 2-amino-4-arylimidazoles with carbonyl and methylene active compounds

• Victoria V. Lipson,
• Tetiana L. Pavlovska,
• Nataliya V. Svetlichnaya,
• Anna A. Poryvai,
• Nikolay Yu. Gorobets,
• Erik V. Van der Eycken,
• Irina S. Konovalova,
• Svetlana V. Shiskina,
• Alexander V. Borisov,
• Vladimir I. Musatov and
• Alexander V. Mazepa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1032–1045, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.101

• compounds of both natural and synthetic origin, containing in their structure pyrrole and imidazole rings, display a wide set of pharmacologically significant activities. The most important natural sources of such systems are marine sponges. Since the 70's of 20th century up to date more than 150

Mechanistic investigations on multiproduct β-himachalene synthase from Cryptosporangium arvum

• Jan Rinkel and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1008–1019, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.99

• , Supporting Information File 1). To shed light on the stereochemical course of the 1,3-hydride shift connecting cations D and F, a series of labelling experiments were conducted to determine the origin of the shifting hydrogen (C-1) and its destination (C-10) for 1 (Figure 8). A comparison of the 13C NMR

• ) indicating stereospecific loss of one hydrogen atom. 13C-Labellings are indicated by red dots. Total ion chromatogram of hexane extracts from HcS incubations with A) (R)-NPP, B) (S)-NPP and C) (rac)-NPP. The origin of the two diastereotopic methyl groups in 1. Partial 13C NMR spectrum of A) unlabelled 1, B