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Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation

  • Francesca Liguori,
  • Carmen Moreno-Marrodán and
  • Pierluigi Barbaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 589–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.53

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Published 02 Mar 2021

Synthesis of trifluoromethyl ketones by nucleophilic trifluoromethylation of esters under a fluoroform/KHMDS/triglyme system

  • Yamato Fujihira,
  • Yumeng Liang,
  • Makoto Ono,
  • Kazuki Hirano,
  • Takumi Kagawa and
  • Norio Shibata

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 431–438, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.39

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  • success of our DMF-free systems lies in the generation of sterically demanding cationic species, [P4-t-Bu]H+ or glyme capsulized K+, resulting in the stabilization of CF3− from HCF3 by ion separation. The sterically demanding [P4-t-Bu]H+ or encapsulation of K+ by glymes effectively inhibits the contact of
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Published 12 Feb 2021

Helicene synthesis by Brønsted acid-catalyzed cycloaromatization in HFIP [(CF3)2CHOH]

  • Takeshi Fujita,
  • Noriaki Shoji,
  • Nao Yoshikawa and
  • Junji Ichikawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 396–403, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.35

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  • fluorine, which helps to generate cations but does not affect cationic reactions [23][24][25][26][27]. Thus, HFIP greatly facilitates reactions via cationic intermediates [28]. In the presence of a catalytic amount of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid in HFIP, (biaryl-2-yl)acetoaldehydes or their acetal
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Published 09 Feb 2021

Mesoionic tetrazolium-5-aminides: Synthesis, molecular and crystal structures, UV–vis spectra, and DFT calculations

  • Vladislav A. Budevich,
  • Sergei V. Voitekhovich,
  • Alexander V. Zuraev,
  • Vadim E. Matulis,
  • Vitaly E. Matulis,
  • Alexander S. Lyakhov,
  • Ludmila S. Ivashkevich and
  • Oleg A. Ivashkevich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 385–395, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.34

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  • -generator and blowing agent [1][2]. Moreover, it is a useful building block in organic synthesis, including various multicomponent reactions opening the way to diverse fused heterocycles [3]. Salts with anionic tetrazole, i.e., aminotetrazolates 2, and cationic ones, i.e., aminotetrazolium salts 3, are
  • following reasons: in case of chloroform, the solvent can form hydrogen bonds with the nitrogen atoms of the 8a molecule, whereas for methanol and water solutions, the solvent can act as a proton donor, and as a result, compound 8a may exist in the 1,3-di-tert-butyl-5-aminotetrazolium cationic form. To
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Published 08 Feb 2021

CF3-substituted carbocations: underexploited intermediates with great potential in modern synthetic chemistry

  • Anthony J. Fernandes,
  • Armen Panossian,
  • Bastien Michelet,
  • Agnès Martin-Mingot,
  • Frédéric R. Leroux and
  • Sébastien Thibaudeau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 343–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.32

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  • the 6-31G* level allowed, by calculating fragment orbitals (FO), the identification of the nature of this attractive interaction [25]. The latter arose from a homoconjugation interaction (−5.3 kcal⋅mol−1) of one fluorine lone pair (πnF FO) with the empty 2pC orbital of the cationic carbon center
  • spectroscopic evidence for the complete ionization of several α-(trifluoromethyl) alcohol precursors 9a–c in a superacidic FSO3H–SbF5–SO2 medium. They also brought experimental 19F NMR variation values up to Δδ = +24.8 ppm (Scheme 3). This suggests a partial stabilization of the cationic center by
  • partial stabilization of the cationic center by the phenyl groups. Similarly, Laali et al. observed significant 19F NMR downfield chemical shifts upon the formation of α-(trifluoromethyl)pyrenylcarbenium- and α-(trifluoromethyl)anthracenylcarbenium ions 12a–d from the corresponding carbinols 11a–d (Scheme
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Published 03 Feb 2021

The preparation and properties of 1,1-difluorocyclopropane derivatives

  • Kymbat S. Adekenova,
  • Peter B. Wyatt and
  • Sergazy M. Adekenov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 245–272, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.25

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  • opening was attributed to the stabilization of the developing cationic center by the +M effect of the fluorine atoms. The formation of the 2,2-difluorohomoallyl cation or 3,3-difluorocyclobutyl cation did not occur as a result of the strong destabilization by the −I effect of the fluorine atoms [96]. On
  • the other hand, the principal ring-opened product of 105 derives from the cleavage of the distal bond. In this case, the methyl substituent was superior to the two fluorine atoms in stabilizing an adjacent cationic center in B. Therefore, the ring opening proceeded via the disruption of the C–C bond
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Published 26 Jan 2021

Multiswitchable photoacid–hydroxyflavylium–polyelectrolyte nano-assemblies

  • Alexander Zika and
  • Franziska Gröhn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 166–185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.17

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  • pH-responsive nano-assemblies with switchable size and structure are formed by the association of a photoacid, anthocyanidin, and a linear polyelectrolyte in aqueous solution. Specifically, anionic disulfonated naphthol derivatives, neutral hydroxyflavylium, and cationic poly(allylamine) are used as
  • , pH, and temperature. In this respect, it is highly desirable to establish novel supramolecular nanoscale structures in aqueous solution that can respond to multiple triggers. Herein, we studied a multi-responsive system based on the self-assembly of a cationic polyelectrolyte and two organic
  • shows the transformation of B to Cc with the fluorescence band changing from λ = 300 nm to λ = 400 nm. Formation and switching cycles of the ternary assemblies In the first step, the supramolecular assemblies were formed by mixing the photoacid 1N36S with Flavy and adding the cationic polyelectrolyte
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Published 19 Jan 2021

Insight into functionalized-macrocycles-guided supramolecular photocatalysis

  • Minzan Zuo,
  • Krishnasamy Velmurugan,
  • Kaiya Wang,
  • Xueqi Tian and
  • Xiao-Yu Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 139–155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.15

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  • selectively obtained over the conventional 9,10:9',10'-cyclodimers by the supramolecular photocyclodimerization of 2-anthracenecarboxylate (AC) with the aid of β-CD-functionalized cationic derivatives as chiral catalysts (Figure 7) [25]. Due to the electrostatic interactions between cationic CD and anionic AC
  • due to the reduced electrostatic repulsion between the carboxylate groups of AC and the cationic ammonium groups of WP6. Although the selectivity is enhanced, the reaction rate constant of AC with WP6 is 4 times slower compared to that without any host molecule, which may be due to the mismatching
  • ], Copyright 2000 American Chemical Society. Structures of the modified CDs as chiral sensitizing hosts. Adapted with permission from [24], Copyright 2000 American Chemical Society. Supramolecular 1:1 and 2:2 complexations of AC with the cationic β-CD derivatives 16–21 and subsequent photocyclodimerization to
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Published 18 Jan 2021

Supramolecular polymerization of sulfated dendritic peptide amphiphiles into multivalent L-selectin binders

  • David Straßburger,
  • Svenja Herziger,
  • Katharina Huth,
  • Moritz Urschbach,
  • Rainer Haag and
  • Pol Besenius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 97–104, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.10

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  • of multivalent interactions is the extracellular adhesion protein L-selectin. L-Selectin plays a critical role in inflammation processes by supporting the migration of leukocytes to inflammatory sites via adhesion to endothelial cells [19][20][21]. On a molecular level, a cationic binding site [22
  • ] promotes the binding of ligands exhibiting a high local negative charge density, such as sulfotyrosinated P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) [23] or heparin [24]. A versatile synthetic ligand that takes advantage of binding to cationic target sites, is dendritic polyglycerol sulfate [25] (dPGS), due
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Published 12 Jan 2021

Progress in the total synthesis of inthomycins

  • Bidyut Kumar Senapati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 58–82, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.7

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  • total synthesis of naturally occurring inthomycin C ((–)-3) in excellent yield and enantiopurity by employing a cationic oxazaborolidinium-catalyzed asymmetric Mukaiyama aldol reaction and Stille coupling as the key steps (Scheme 7). Treatment of compound 75 with tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride (TBAF) in
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Published 07 Jan 2021

Synthesis, crystal structures and properties of carbazole-based [6]helicenes fused with an azine ring

  • Daria I. Tonkoglazova,
  • Anna V. Gulevskaya,
  • Konstantin A. Chistyakov and
  • Olga I. Askalepova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 11–21, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.2

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  • electroactive materials [52][53][54]. Carbazole-based [6]helicenes [42] and [7]helicenes [50] showed deep blue electroluminescence and have been investigated in OLED devices. Some carbazole-based [5]- and [6]helicenes have been used as visible light photoinitiators for cationic and radical polymerization [41
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Published 04 Jan 2021

Pentannulation of N-heterocycles by a tandem gold-catalyzed [3,3]-rearrangement/Nazarov reaction of propargyl ester derivatives: a computational study on the crucial role of the nitrogen atom

  • Giovanna Zanella,
  • Martina Petrović,
  • Dina Scarpi,
  • Ernesto G. Occhiato and
  • Enrique Gómez-Bengoa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3059–3068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.255

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  • of a triple bond, which has ultimately led to the total synthesis of several natural compounds [2][8]. The gold-catalyzed rearrangement of suitably substituted propargylic esters in particular provides a platform for cascade processes that involve a cationic or an allene intermediate generated in the
  • at C3) could stabilize the pentadienyl cationic intermediate 6, and thus relenting the 4π-electrocyclization, causing either the degradation of the starting material or the formation of unwanted side products. In fact, preliminary experimental results with 5 pointed in this direction, and we decided
  • Gaussian suite of programs, using the 6-31G(d,p) basis set for nonmetallic atoms and SDD for Au. The alkynyl–gold(I) cationic complex I (Figure 2) was considered as the starting point of the mechanism (ΔG = 0 kcal⋅mol−1), and all reported energy values in the following discussion are relative to this
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Published 15 Dec 2020

Selected peptide-based fluorescent probes for biological applications

  • Debabrata Maity

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2971–2982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.247

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  • excimer (490 nm) to monomer emission (406 nm, Figure 3B). Thus, monitoring the relative fluorescence intensities at two wavelengths (F406/F490) allowed the ratiometric detection of nucleic acids. Schmuck et al. reported a similar cationic peptide beacon 3 coupled with a FRET pair, a naphthalene donor and
  • ) [42]. Probe 6 has a central lysine spacer which is connected to two symmetric peptidic arms. Each arm contains a cationic lysine as a positively charged head group and a pyrene moiety at the end of the γ-aminobutyric acid linker. Compound 6 is mostly in folded conformation in solution and emits pyrene
  • heparin stabilizes the tetrameric structure, without its tryptase dissociates into inactive monomers. The reported cationic ligand binds at the rim of anionic residues around the entrance of the central pore, blocks the access to the active sites, and inhibits enzyme activity. Schmuck et al. reported a
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A novel and robust heterogeneous Cu catalyst using modified lignosulfonate as support for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

  • Bingbing Lai,
  • Meng Ye,
  • Ping Liu,
  • Minghao Li,
  • Rongxian Bai and
  • Yanlong Gu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2888–2902, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.238

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  • organic reactions in our previous work. In 2014 [14], LS were used by our group, for the first time, as a solid support of cationic catalysts. The obtained catalysts were then successfully applied to many organic transformations, in which the catalysts showed not only high activity but also good
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On the mass spectrometric fragmentations of the bacterial sesterterpenes sestermobaraenes A–C

  • Anwei Hou and
  • Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2807–2819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.231

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  • initiate a cationic cyclisation cascade, leading to structurally highly complex and usually polycyclic terpenes in just one enzymatic transformation. The initially formed products are non-functionalised terpene hydrocarbons or, if the terminal cationic intermediate of the cyclisation cascade is trapped by
  • rearrangement to a2•+ and a hydride shift to b2•+ (Scheme 3A). This hydride migration is in reverse order compared to a similar step along the cationic cyclisation cascade during the biosynthesis of 2 (Scheme S1 in Supporting Information File 1). The subsequent inductive ring opening to c2•+ and α-cleavage of
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Published 19 Nov 2020

A heterobimetallic tetrahedron from a linear platinum(II)-bis(acetylide) metalloligand

  • Matthias Hardy,
  • Marianne Engeser and
  • Arne Lützen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2701–2708, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.220

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  • large (supra-)molecular entities with astonishing accuracy [55][56]. We minimized the structures of the cationic units of all possible diastereomers of cage 4 (Figure 6). From these models we could derive a theoretically expected diameter of dcalc = 31 Å that nicely corroborates the solvodynamic
  • equivalent positions of P atoms. Detailed excerpt of the 31P NMR spectrum of 4 (202 MHz, acetonitrile-d3, 298 K). 1H NMR and DOSY spectrum of heterobimetallic assembly 4 (500 MHz, acetonitilre-d3, 298 K). GFN2-xTB minimized gas phase models of the cationic units of all possible diastereomers of 4. Color code
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Published 03 Nov 2020

Synthesis and characterization of S,N-heterotetracenes

  • Astrid Vogt,
  • Florian Henne,
  • Christoph Wetzel,
  • Elena Mena-Osteritz and
  • Peter Bäuerle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2636–2644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.214

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  • [22][27], organic field-effect transistors [28], or sensors [23]. The interesting structure–property relationships of the S,N-heteroacene series inspired as well theoretical work. In this respect, De Simone et al. computed electronic spectra of the neutral, charged radical cationic, and dicationic
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Published 26 Oct 2020

Water-soluble host–guest complexes between fullerenes and a sugar-functionalized tribenzotriquinacene assembling to microspheres

  • Si-Yuan Liu,
  • Xin-Rui Wang,
  • Man-Ping Li,
  • Wen-Rong Xu and
  • Dietmar Kuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2551–2561, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.207

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  • attention for potential applications in host–guest recognition, such as gas storage and cationic complexation [31][32][33]. In the past years, the recognition of the biological and pharmaceutical relevance of fullerenes, such as their photodynamic activity, phototoxicity, HIV-1 protease inhibitor ability
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NMR Spectroscopy of supramolecular chemistry on protein surfaces

  • Peter Bayer,
  • Anja Matena and
  • Christine Beuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2505–2522, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.203

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  • protein assembling properties of calixarene ligands can further be fine-tuned by introducing additional substituents [27][28]. Gordo et al. [40] designed a cationic guanidiniomethyl-calix[4]arene with two hydrophobic loops at the narrow rim to stabilize the tetramer interface of the p53 tetramerization
  • perturbation and line broadening observed in the 1H,15N-HSQC titrations. The smallest ligand 4PSA showed the highest specificity, locating to the hydrophobic triad, where ubiquitin binds many of its protein interaction partners, which is surrounded by cationic residues. The flat, hydrophobic pyrene core can
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Published 09 Oct 2020

Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis

  • Callum Prentice,
  • James Morrisson,
  • Andrew D. Smith and
  • Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197

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  • ]-radical shift generates α-amino radicals 248•. Simultaneously, 249 is reduced by the reduced photocatalyst to give radical anion 249•− that can then undergo a cation exchange with chiral cationic acid 250 and form a chiral ion pair 251. The two radical species then couple enantioselectively within the
  • intramolecular fashion, using alkenes 262, and an intermolecular fashion, using alkene 263 and cyclopentadiene 264 (Scheme 42) [104]. Using a similar strategy to Luo et al., Nicewicz et al. uses a preformed chiral photocatalyst composed of a cationic triaryl pyrillium, TP, twinned with a chiral counterion 265
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Efficient [(NHC)Au(NTf2)]-catalyzed hydrohydrazidation of terminal and internal alkynes

  • Maximillian Heidrich and
  • Herbert Plenio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2080–2086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.175

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  • ; Introduction Cationic gold complexes with weakly coordinating counterions (which are often considered to be solvent-separated ions) [1][2][3], render powerful catalysts for the transformation of organic substrates [4][5][6], specifically the reactions of alkynes with a variety of heteroatom nucleophiles
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Reactions of 3-aryl-1-(trifluoromethyl)prop-2-yn-1-iminium salts with 1,3-dienes and styrenes

  • Thomas Schneider,
  • Michael Keim,
  • Bianca Seitz and
  • Gerhard Maas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2064–2072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.173

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  • cyclobutene and several cationic intermediates and mainly yield 2-(1-phenylvinyl)indenes. In a similar reaction cascade, a fulvene derivative was obtained with 1,4-diphenylbutadiene as the substrate. Keywords: alkynes; aromatic substitution; cyclization; cycloaddition; iminium salts; Introduction In recent
  • -substituted iminium groups with electron-rich (hetero)aromatics are known [18][24]. Furthermore, 1-(trifluoromethyl)indenes have recently been generated by cationic cyclization of β-aryl trifluoromethyl enones under superacid conditions [42][43][44]. Styrenes are also known to behave as dienes in [4 + 2
  • analogous to 21 could be isolated [56]. A cationic 1,5-cylization converts 21 into cyclopentene 22, from which fulvene 19 is formed by deprotonation and a formal 1,4-shift of the NMe2 group. The details of this rearrangement are not known, an N,N-dimethyldihydropyrrolium intermediate may be involved
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Naphthalene diimide–amino acid conjugates as novel fluorimetric and CD probes for differentiation between ds-DNA and ds-RNA

  • Annike Weißenstein,
  • Myroslav O. Vysotsky,
  • Ivo Piantanida and
  • Frank Würthner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2032–2045, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.170

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  • molecules. In addition to the pH value, the hydrolysis also depends on the position of cationic ammonium groups, namely, the distance of the charged group from the imide position is proportional to its stability [24]. However, too long side chains can interfere with threading intercalation into ds-DNA/RNA
  • preparative HPLC and treatment with 1 M HCl solution, NDI 5 with three cationic substituents at the imide and bay positions could be obtained in 44% yield. The 1H, 13C NMR data, and high-resolution mass spectra correspond well with the structures of all new compounds synthesised. Spectrophotometric properties
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Published 19 Aug 2020

pH- and concentration-dependent supramolecular self-assembly of a naturally occurring octapeptide

  • Goutam Ghosh and
  • Gustavo Fernández

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2017–2025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.168

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  • , as mentioned above. The pH-responsive self-assembling behavior of peptides has a great importance in drug delivery, and since PEP-1 contains rich cationic residues, such as Arg, this system can be an interesting potential candidate for DDS and as an antibacterial agent [71]. Biocompatibility, drug
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Published 17 Aug 2020

Automated high-content imaging for cellular uptake, from the Schmuck cation to the latest cyclic oligochalcogenides

  • Rémi Martinent,
  • Javier López-Andarias,
  • Dimitri Moreau,
  • Yangyang Cheng,
  • Naomi Sakai and
  • Stefan Matile

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2007–2016, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.167

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  • offsetting a charge repulsion of the extra lysine residues, and thus allowing the formation of stable cationic nanofibers. These nanoaggregates, assembled from the monomer 16, are efficient gene transfection vectors. However, the control peptide 17, which cannot self-assemble into nanotubes, shows negative
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