Microsolvation and sp²-stereoinversion of monomeric α-(2,6-di-tert-butylphenyl)vinyllithium as measured by NMR

• Rudolf Knorr,
• Monika Knittl and
• Eva C. Rossmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2521–2530, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.263

• -type electron pair at C-α (Scheme 1 or Scheme 2) is a somewhat stronger σ-electron donor if coordinated to Li+(THF)3 than if coordinated to Li+(Et2O)2 or to Li+(TMEDA). Of course, the accompanying σ-inductive effect of the α-aryl group contributes likewise to 2JH,H in both 4 and the “parent” olefin 8a

Oxidative phenylamination of 5-substituted 1-hydroxynaphthalenes to N-phenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone monoimines by air and light “on water”

• Julio Benites,
• Juan Meléndez,
• Cynthia Estela,
• David Ríos,
• Luis Espinoza,
• Iván Brito and
• Jaime A. Valderrama

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2448–2452, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.255

• substitution at the 4-position of compound 1 followed by oxidation of the aminonaphthol intermediate, yield the N-phenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone-4-imines. A mechanism involving radical cation intermediates is supported by the rather high product yields resulting from the reaction of 1,5-DHN (1) with electron-donor

• substituted phenylamines. Given the totally green and high yield access to compound 6 from 1,5-DHN (1) and 4-hydroxyphenylamine, we decided to study the reaction scope to include 5-acetylamino-1-hydroxynaphthalene (5) as a 1-hydroxynaphthalene substrate and phenylamines containing electron-donor and acceptor

• concluded that the oxidative arylamination of 1,5-DHN (1) is favorable with arylamines containing electron-donor substituents. Bearing in mind that the formation of the quinone monoimines 6–10 under the above experimental conditions requires aerial oxidation reactions, most likely mediated by oxygen species

Visible light photoredox-catalyzed deoxygenation of alcohols

• Daniel Rackl,
• Viktor Kais,
• Peter Kreitmeier and
• Oliver Reiser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2157–2165, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.223

• light in the presence of [Ir(ppy)2(dtb-bpy)](PF6) as visible light photocatalyst and Hünig’s base as sacrificial electron donor in an acetonitrile/water mixture generally gave good to excellent yields of the desired defunctionalized compounds. Functional group tolerance is high but the protocol

• byproducts. Related to this work, Stephenson et al. elegantly succeeded in the direct deoxygenation of alcohols by their in situ conversion to iodides using triphenylphospine and iodine followed by visible light-mediated reduction with amines as stoichiometric sacrificial electron donor and fac-Ir(ppy)3 (ppy

• ; dtb-bpy = 4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine] as photocatalysts, Hantzsch ester (diethyl 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate) as hydrogen donor, and iPr2NEt as sacrificial electron donor in DMF (Scheme 3). Light generated from a high power LED was channeled into the reaction solution in

The effect of permodified cyclodextrins encapsulation on the photophysical properties of a polyfluorene with randomly distributed electron-donor and rotaxane electron-acceptor units

• Aurica Farcas,
• Ana-Maria Resmerita,
• Pierre-Henri Aubert,
• Flavian Farcas,
• Iuliana Stoica and
• Anton Airinei

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2145–2156, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.222

Photo, thermal and chemical degradation of riboflavin

• Muhammad Ali Sheraz,
• Sadia Hafeez Kazi,
• Sofia Ahmed,
• Zubair Anwar and
• Iqbal Ahmad

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1999–2012, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.208

• ]. Anaerobic photobleaching of RF in the absence of an added electron donor has been investigated by Holmström and Oster [81]. The anaerobic irradiation of RF causes intramolecular photoreduction of the isoalloxazine ring which leads to the fading of yellow color. However, if air is introduced into the

Influence of perylenediimide–pyrene supramolecular interactions on the stability of DNA-based hybrids: Importance of electrostatic complementarity

• Christian B. Winiger,
• Simon M. Langenegger,
• Oleg Khorev and
• Robert Häner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1589–1595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.164

• aedamers (aromatic electron donor acceptor oligomers) pioneered by Iverson and coworkers [18][36][37]. They consist of face-to-face stacked electron-rich naphthalene and electron-poor naphthalenediimide (NDI) chromophores and belong to the broader area of foldamers [38]. DNA has been described as a

Organic synthesis using photoredox catalysis

• Axel G. Griesbeck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1097–1098, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.107

• catalysis or light-driven charge separation, which leads to an energy harvesting process by taking advantage of the reduction products and filling the holes by a sacrificial electron donor, water. Fortunately, we can use the waste product from this process, oxygen, for breathing. For applications in organic

The Ugi four-component reaction as a concise modular synthetic tool for photo-induced electron transfer donor-anthraquinone dyads

• Sarah Bay,
• Gamall Makhloufi,
• Christoph Janiak and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1006–1016, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.100

• electronics [2], photonics [3], and bioanalytics [4][5][6]. Therefore, the design of well-defined monomolecular structures with electron-donor (Do) and acceptor (Acc) substitution, so called Do–Acc dyads, is a topical field with a paramount academic and technological interest [7][8]. Tailor-made Do–Acc

Visible light mediated intermolecular [3 + 2] annulation of cyclopropylanilines with alkynes

• Theresa H. Nguyen,
• Soumitra Maity and
• Nan Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 975–980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.96

• compounds [21][22][23][24][25][26]. Amines have been used as an electron donor to reduce the excited state of photocatalysts, while they are oxidized to amine radical cations. Our group and others have taken advantage of this facile redox process and developed a number of synthetic methods that harness the

Tailoring of organic dyes with oxidoreductive compounds to obtain photocyclic radical generator systems exhibiting photocatalytic behavior

• Christian Ley,
• Julien Christmann,
• Ahmad Ibrahim,
• Luciano H. Di Stefano and
• Xavier Allonas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 936–947, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.92

• , an electron acceptor and an electron donor leading to energy conversion through electron transfer, was the basis of the so called three-component systems. In this paper, an experimental work combining Rose bengal dye with a triazine derivative as electron acceptor and ethyl 4-(dimethylamino)benzoate

• as electron donor, will underline the benefit of the photocyclic behavior of three-component systems leading to the dye regeneration. A thermodynamic approach of the photocycle is presented, followed by a mechanistic and computational study of ideal photocycles, in order to outline the specific

• on the Rose Bengal as dye, and a triazine derivative (TA) as an acceptor (coinitiator). In addition, an amine (ethyl 4-(dimethylamino)benzoate, EDB) was chosen as redox (electron donor) additive for the PCIS (see Scheme 1). Type II photoinitiating system In Scheme 2, the typical reaction mechanism of

Metal and metal-free photocatalysts: mechanistic approach and application as photoinitiators of photopolymerization

• Jacques Lalevée,
• Sofia Telitel,
• Pu Xiao,
• Marc Lepeltier,
• Frédéric Dumur,
• Fabrice Morlet-Savary,
• Didier Gigmes and
• Jean-Pierre Fouassier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 863–876, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.83

• radical Rad-m (from the decomposition of a suitable electron donor as before) is converted into another radical Rad-1 (upon addition of a convenient radical source), this novel radical being able to favorably react with PIC•+. Such a process should be likely more feasible. According to these different

• reduced through a photoinduced electron transfer with an electron donor eD. A suitable B-Y (or B-Y+) compound leads to a regeneration of PIC and the formation of a radical and an anion (or a radical and a neutral product). Therefore, FRP can be achieved. Examples of PICs in the photopolymerization area

• through a subsequent Ph•/R3SiH hydrogen abstraction and R3Si•/PIC•+ interaction, respectively (the eA serves both as an electron donor and a radical mediator source) [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]. The Ph2I+/R3Si• interaction increases the yields in both phenyl radicals and silylium species [45][46][47

Domino reactions of 2H-azirines with acylketenes from furan-2,3-diones: Competition between the formation of ortho-fused and bridged heterocyclic systems

• Alexander F. Khlebnikov,
• Mikhail S. Novikov,
• Viktoriia V. Pakalnis,
• Roman O. Iakovenko and
• Dmitry S. Yufit

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 784–793, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.74

• [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] under different conditions is quite common. Moreover, everybody who works with 3-aryl-2H-azirines faces the problem of their storage, because these compounds, both with unsubstituted and an electron-donor substituted benzene ring, fast transform

• proportion of cis-isomer 4 than of trans-isomer 5 is a result of thermodynamic control. We also recommend storing liquid 3-aryl-2H-azirines, both with unsubstituted and an electron-donor substituted benzene ring, over anhydrous K2CO3. Experimental General methods Melting points were determined on a hot stage

Direct and indirect single electron transfer (SET)-photochemical approaches for the preparation of novel phthalimide and naphthalimide-based lariat-type crown ethers

• Dae Won Cho,
• Patrick S. Mariano and
• Ung Chan Yoon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 514–527, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.47

• understanding of the factors controling the chemical selectivities and efficiencies. For example, we have demonstrated that intramolecular SET-photochemical reactions of linked α-trimethylsilyl n-electron donor-phthalimides/naphthalimides produce functionalized macrocyclic poly-ethers, -thioethers, -amides, and

• chain linking the α-trimethylsilyl n-electron donor centers and the arylimide acceptors play important roles in controlling the rate of formation of the zwitterionic biradicals 21 and 22 and, thus, affecting the yield of the macrocyclic products [31][33][34][65][66][67]. Importantly, these efforts

• electron donor sites in these substances are ideally suited to capture cations in the form of chelate structures [70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79]. Several practical synthetic protocols have been developed to prepare members of the crown ether familiy. In most cases, the approaches utilize the

Charge-transfer interaction mediated organogels from 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid appended pyrene

• Jun Hu,
• Jindan Wu,
• Qian Wang and
• Yong Ju

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2877–2885, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.324

• ability of 2,3-dihydroxyiminooleanolic acid, adenineoleanolic acid conjugates as well as the fan-shaped C3 and molecular tweezers based on glycyrrhetinic acid [42][43][44]. In this paper, 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid–pyrene (GA-Pyrene, 3) as the electron donor, and 2,4,7-trinitrofluorenone (TNF, 4) as the

The chemistry of amine radical cations produced by visible light photoredox catalysis

• Jie Hu,
• Jiang Wang,
• Theresa H. Nguyen and
• Nan Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1977–2001, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.234

• organic molecules such as amines. The photoexcited state is both more oxidizing and more reducing than the ground state. It can be quenched reductively by accepting an electron from an electron donor or oxidatively by donating an electron to an electron acceptor. Amines are often used as an electron donor

• to reductively quench the photoexcited state while they are oxidized to amine radical cations. This single-electron transfer process was investigated intensively in the late 1970s and early 1980s because amines were used as a sacrificial electron donor in water splitting [31][32] and carbon dioxide

• reduction [33][34]. Since 2008, seminal works from MacMillan, Yoon, and Stephenson have reinvigorated the field of visible light photoredox catalysis [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. The use of amines as both the electron donor and the substrate, rather than just the electron donor, has become a major

Computational study of the rate constants and free energies of intramolecular radical addition to substituted anilines

• Andreas Gansäuer,
• Meriam Seddiqzai,
• Tobias Dahmen,
• Rebecca Sure and
• Stefan Grimme

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1620–1629, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.185

• addition reaction of 9 that has the most electrophilic radical center due to ester substitution. The more nucleophilic radicals 8 and 10 react slower than 1. The –OMe group in 10 is a better electron donor than the –Me group in 8, which should make it more nucleophilic and lead to a slower radical addition

An organocatalytic route to 2-heteroarylmethylene decorated N-arylpyrroles

• Alexandre Jean,
• Jérôme Blanchet,
• Jacques Rouden,
• Jacques Maddaluno and
• Michaël De Paolis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1480–1486, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.168

• preparation of N-arylpyrroles is an active field of investigation [5]. Depending on their substituents, N-arylpyrroles could also be electron donor/acceptor molecules with a dual fluorescence ability suggesting attractive optoelectronic applications [6][7]. If the N-arylation of pyrroles is possible by

• ideal for the preparation of electron donor/acceptor N-arylpyrroles as demonstrated in this study. In addition, we documented an efficient C–H oxidation of the bis(heteroaryl)methylene position promoted by CAN. Experimental General: 1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded in deuterated chloroform on Bruker

True and masked three-coordinate T-shaped platinum(II) intermediates

• Manuel A. Ortuño,
• Salvador Conejero and
• Agustí Lledós

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1352–1382, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.153

• blocked somehow to prevent undesirable contacts, and in most cases, bulky ligands are required to protect the empty coordination site. Strong electron-donor ligands also help stabilizing the formally 14-electron compounds. It is worthy of note that almost all of them are cationic. The first true T-shaped

Efficient Cu-catalyzed base-free C–S coupling under conventional and microwave heating. A simple access to S-heterocycles and sulfides

• Silvia M. Soria-Castro and
• Alicia B. Peñéñory

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 467–475, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.50

• . Electron-donor and electron-acceptor substituents are tolerated, and polysubstitution can also be successfully accomplished. Experimental Representative experimental procedures for the Cu-catalyzed base-free C–S coupling Method A: The reactions were carried out in a 10 mL two-necked Schlenk tube, equipped

Synthesis of SF₅-containing benzisoxazoles, quinolines, and quinazolines by the Davis reaction of nitro-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes

• Petr Beier and
• Tereza Pastýříková

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 411–416, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.43

• arylacetonitriles to provide the SF5-containing benzisoxazoles. Good yields were obtained with arylacetonitriles containing the electron-neutral or electron-donor group, while those with the electron-acceptor group were found to be unreactive. Reductions of the benzisoxazoles gave ortho-aminobenzophenones in high

• with electron-donor groups were found to be unreactive [7]. Addition of 1.5 equiv of 6a and 3 to a solution of 10 equiv NaOH in ethanol produced a deep red–brown reaction mixture with the formation of a brown precipitate after a few minutes of stirring. After a further 15–30 minutes the precipitate

• amount of base and 6 were varied. Next, an investigation of the scope of the reaction was carried out. The presence of electron-donor groups on the benzene ring of 6 gave good yields of benzisoxazoles 7; however, the reaction with (4-chlorophenyl)acetonitrile (6b) provided only traces of 7b (no

Highly selective synthesis of (E)-alkenyl-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes through Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction

• George Iakobson and
• Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1185–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.131

• unavailable, and the reaction in ortho-positions would give too strained a product. The formation of the cyclized side product is not restricted to compounds with an electron-donor substituent on the aromatic ring. Similarly to 8d, the cyclic product was detected by GCMS in diazotization of compound 8c

Control over molecular motion using the cis–trans photoisomerization of the azo group

• Estíbaliz Merino and
• María Ribagorda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1071–1090, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.119

• type (o- or p-(X)–C6H4–N=N–Ar): The π→π* and n→π* bands are very close or collapsing in the UV–vis region. In this case, the azocompounds have electron-donor substituents (X) in the ortho or para positions (orange colour). Pseudo-stilbene type [(X)–C6H4–N=N–C6H4–(Y)]: The absorption band corresponding

• fluorescence emitted by the pyridinium salt free cyclophane. The azobenzene trans-10 is conveniently replaced with electron donor units, so that when it is associated, as azo-10∙11, the fluorescence is completely inhibited by charge-transfer interactions. The photoexcitation carried out by irradiation with

The effect of the formyl group position upon asymmetric isomeric diarylethenes bearing a naphthalene moiety

• Renjie Wang,
• Shouzhi Pu,
• Gang Liu and
• Shiqiang Cui

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1018–1026, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.114

• fatigue resistance and thermal stability [2][36]. In general, the photochromic reactivity of diarylethenes mainly depends on heteroaryl groups and different electron-donor/acceptor substituents. The formyl group can be modified to form various chemical groups and it can also be connected with different

Hybrid super electron donors – preparation and reactivity

• Jean Garnier,
• Douglas W. Thomson,
• Shengze Zhou,
• Phillip I. Jolly,
• Leonard E. A. Berlouis and
• John A. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 994–1002, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.112

• motif, 6, which marks a weaker donor. To extend the capabilities of such reagents, we now set out to design the first neutral, organic ground-state donor that could, at room temperature, reduce aryl iodides to aryl radicals (thereby acting as a single-electron donor) as opposed to aryl anions. Hybrid

• bromide (16) [34] with N-methylimidazole (17) afforded disalt 19. Deprotonation with NaH (15 equiv) in DMF then afforded the electron donor 11 in situ; this was reacted with iodine to afford the oxidised diiodide salt, and this was subjected to anion exchange to afford the bis(hexafluorophosphate) salt 21

• ], and so its capability as an electron donor was tested. To test reactivity, donor 11 was prepared in situ and treated with the substrates 28 and 30 at room temperature (Scheme 2). Simple substrate 28 [35] was added to 11, prepared by adding disalt 19 (1.5 equiv) to excess sodium hydride (15 equiv). As

Thiophene-based donor–acceptor co-oligomers by copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

• Stefanie Potratz,
• Amaresh Mishra and
• Peter Bäuerle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 683–692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.76

• electronic communication between the chromophores [21][22][23][31]. It has also been shown that a 1,2,3-triazole can act as a strong σ-electron donor [26] or as a weak π-electron acceptor [15]. In this study, we aimed at the combination of electron-rich (oligo)thiophenes as donors and electron-deficient