Regioselectivity of glycosylation reactions of galactose acceptors: an experimental and theoretical study

• Enrique A. Del Vigo,
• Carlos A. Stortz and
• Carla Marino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2982–2989, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.294

• regioselectivities were achieved in favor of the 1→3 products due to the equatorial orientation of the OH-3 group. A molecular modeling approach endorsed this general trend of favoring O-3 substitution, although it showed some failures to explain subtler factors governing the difference in regioselectivity between

Chemical tuning of photoswitchable azobenzenes: a photopharmacological case study using nicotinic transmission

• Lorenzo Sansalone,
• Jun Zhao,
• Matthew T. Richers and
• Graham C. R. Ellis-Davies

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2812–2821, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.274

• maintains the near-ideal chemical properties of Hecht’s 4FAB chromophores [12][13] (see below). The final synthetic challenge was the installation of a maleimide onto chromophore 2. The original AB photoswitchable probes which were cross-linked to cysteine mutants had amides with a reverse orientation [19

Emission solvatochromic, solid-state and aggregation-induced emissive α-pyrones and emission-tuneable 1H-pyridines by Michael addition–cyclocondensation sequences

• Natascha Breuer,
• Irina Gruber,
• Christoph Janiak and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2684–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.262

• excited state [59]. Plotting Stokes shifts Δν̃ against the orientation polarizabilities Δƒ of the respective solvents (Lippert plot) [60] gives a reasonable linear correlation with a moderate fit of r2 = 0.970 (Figure 13). The orientation polarizabilities Δƒ were calculated according to Equation 1 where

Probing of local polarity in poly(methyl methacrylate) with the charge transfer transition in Nile red

• Aydan Yadigarli,
• Qimeng Song,
• Sergey I. Druzhinin and
• Holger Schönherr

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2552–2562, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.248

• polarization (rearrangement of atomic bonds and valence angles) a certain dipolar orientation degree of freedom take place in PMMA within the lifetime of excited state of NR. The restriction of the orientational relaxation causes an inhomogeneous broadening of the fluorescence spectrum of NR and its excitation

Self-assembled coordination thioether silver(I) macrocyclic complexes for homogeneous catalysis

• Zhen Cao,
• Aline Lacoudre,
• Cybille Rossy and
• Brigitte Bibal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2465–2472, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.239

• bis-alkylaryl thioether ligand to control the directionality and spatial orientation of its coordination to silver(I). Besides, 9,10-diphenylanthracenes (DPA) with ortho-substituted 9- and 10-aryl groups can exist as syn- or anti-atropisomers whose rotational barrier [46][47] ranges from 21 (ortho-H

Sugar-derived oxazolone pseudotetrapeptide as γ-turn inducer and anion-selective transporter

• Sachin S. Burade,
• Sushil V. Pawar,
• Tanmoy Saha,
• Navanath Kumbhar,
• Amol S. Kotmale,
• Manzoor Ahmad,
• Pinaki Talukdar and
• Dilip D. Dhavale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2419–2427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.234

• presence of oxazolone ring in 2b. Conformational study of 2a The downfield shift of amide NH protons δ > 7.5 ppm in 2a suggested the possible involvement of intramolecular hydrogen bonding [25]. The observed NOESY cross peaks of NH(I)↔NH2 indicated closer proximity and orientation on the same side (Figure

•  2). This is likely to involve (I)NH···NH2 weak intramolecular hydrogen bonding. The amide NH(II) showed strong cross peaks with H-2, H-5 of ring C, H-4 of ring B and weak cross peaks with H-1, H-6 of ring C indicating closer proximity and orientation of these protons on the same side. Appearance of

• strong NOE between NH(II)↔H-4 and weak NOE between NH(II)↔H-2 of ring B indicated the orientation of NH(II) towards the carbonyl group of ring A with the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in a seven-membered ring leading to the γ-turn conformation (Figure 2). The involvement of amide NHs in

In water multicomponent synthesis of low-molecular-mass 4,7-dihydrotetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines

• Irina G. Tkachenko,
• Sergey A. Komykhov,
• Vladimir I. Musatov,
• Svitlana V. Shishkina,
• Viktoriya V. Dyakonenko,
• Vladimir N. Shvets,
• Mikhail V. Diachkov,
• Valentyn A. Chebanov and
• Sergey M. Desenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2390–2397, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.231

• for both isomers (4.4 Hz for A and 11.2 Hz for B) are indicative of different relative orientations of these protons and suggested that these protons in isomer B have trans-orientation, whereas those in isomer A have cis-orientation. Further, NOE between methyl and hydroxy groups for B isomer and a

• merely weak NOE for those groups in isomer A further allowed to propose a cis-orientation of these substituents for isomer B and the opposite one for A (Scheme 4). Antioxidant properties of 9, 11, 14 Among the methods for the antioxidant activity (AOA) estimation, using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl

Excited state dynamics for visible-light sensitization of a photochromic benzil-subsituted phenoxyl-imidazolyl radical complex

• Yoichi Kobayashi,
• Yukie Mamiya,
• Katsuya Mutoh,
• Hikaru Sotome,
• Masafumi Koga,
• Hiroshi Miyasaka and
• Jiro Abe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2369–2379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.229

• constant of 38 ps. Although the clear mechanism is not yet elucidated at the present stage of the investigation, the reason for the two relaxation pathways (energy transfer and ISC) from the S1 state of the benzil unit of Benzil-PIC might be due to the difference in the mutual orientation of benzil and PIC

• units including the structural isomers (isomer A and isomer B). As was discussed above, the energy transfer is due to the overlap of the wave function of the both units, of which mechanism might be sensitive to the difference in the mutual orientation. Effect of triplet–triplet energy transfer Ultrafast

Perspective isomorphs – a new classification of molecular structures based on artistic and chemical concepts

• Jannis Neumann,
• Ansgar Schnurr and
• Hermann A. Wegner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2319–2326, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.224

• equivalent from one standpoint in a specific orientation. We termed such a group of such molecules perspective isomorphs. The general concept is outlined together with a nomenclature system. Furthermore, this concept has been visualized by artistic representations of molecules. The concept of perspective

• molecules (sub-nm) such direct observations of chemical compounds by the human eye are not possible. This results in a different understanding of the spatial relations of these objects and the observer. Because a molecule’s interaction with its environment differs depending on its position and orientation

• ] between molecules or specific parts within molecules, are highly dependent on the orientation of the interacting entities. In contrast, considerations of space on a supramolecular scale [7][8] or even the integration of an actual human viewer are mostly excluded in models of chemical concepts. The

Fluorescent phosphorus dendrimers excited by two photons: synthesis, two-photon absorption properties and biological uses

• Anne-Marie Caminade,
• Artem Zibarov,
• Eduardo Cueto Diaz,
• Aurélien Hameau,
• Maxime Klausen,
• Kathleen Moineau-Chane Ching,
• Jean-Pierre Majoral,
• Jean-Baptiste Verlhac,
• Olivier Mongin and
• Mireille Blanchard-Desce

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2287–2303, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.221

• , thanks to through-space interactions. Modelling suggested that changing the relative orientation/distance of the chromophores would allow cooperative TPA enhancement to be achieved [51]. Thus, multistilbazole molecular structures of different topologies and number of dipolar chromophores, including small

• changes in the topology, relative orientation, and packing of the fluorophores [62]. Another example of fluorophores at two levels concerned the branches and the surface, as depicted in Figure 8. The fluorophore of the branches is the one shown in Figure 6, and the fluorophore of the surface is the one

Harnessing enzyme plasticity for the synthesis of oxygenated sesquiterpenoids

• Melodi Demiray,
• David J. Miller and
• Rudolf K. Allemann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2184–2190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.215

• previously [29]. However, the presence of monocyclic products indicates that this second ring closure does not occur with 12-methoxy-FDP (12). It is suggested that the 12-methoxy group enforces an orientation of the distal 10,11-double bond that is not conducive to the second ring closure. Subsequent

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

• derivatives very fast and thus disable photoisomerization [63]. However, in our enzyme assay no such reducing agents were present, which is why we assume that the photoswitchable diazeno group should still be intact in the enzyme assay mixture. Even if the change in space orientation does not alter binding

1,2,3-Triazolium macrocycles in supramolecular chemistry

• Mastaneh Safarnejad Shad,
• Pulikkal Veettil Santhini and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2142–2155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.211

• effective molarity and the favorable orientation of the substrates inside the cavity [61]. Thus, a nanometer-sized macrocyclic receptor based on a photoactive porphyrin unit and anion-binding pyridinium and 1,2,3-triazolium units 15 was reported by Li and co-workers This receptor was synthesized via well

Multiple threading of a triple-calix[6]arene host

• Veronica Iuliano,
• Roberta Ciao,
• Emanuele Vignola,
• Carmen Talotta,
• Patrizia Iannece,
• Margherita De Rosa,
• Annunziata Soriente,
• Carmine Gaeta and
• Placido Neri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2092–2104, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.207

• evidences for the formation of the (4+)36 pseudo[4]rotaxanes was obtained by a 1H NMR study (Figure 8d). A careful analysis of the ArCH2Ar region of these spectra evidenced again a syn orientation of the aromatic rings of calix[6]-wheels corresponding to a cone conformation, which was also confirmed by the

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

• fragments of molecule) in the antiperiplanar orientation as a result of steric repulsion, the absolute configuration at position 2 was assigned as (2R) in both compounds syn-6 and anti’-6 (Figure 1a). The absolute configuration of the second stereocenter at C3 with the phenyl substituent was determined

Synthesis and anion binding properties of phthalimide-containing corona[6]arenes

• Meng-Di Gu,
• Yao Lu and
• Mei-Xiang Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1976–1983, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.193

• with their adjacent tetrazine rings rather than with the phthalimide units. Most noticeably, the three phthalimide moieties are not cis-configured. The orientation of one phthalimide was just opposite to that of the other two phthalimide segments. It is important to note that corona[3]arene[3

Archangelolide: A sesquiterpene lactone with immunobiological potential from Laserpitium archangelica

• Silvie Rimpelová,
• Michal Jurášek,
• Lucie Peterková,
• Jiří Bejček,
• Vojtěch Spiwok,
• Miloš Majdl,
• Michal Jirásko,
• Miloš Buděšínský,
• Juraj Harmatha,
• Eva Kmoníčková,
• Pavel Drašar and
• Tomáš Ruml

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1933–1944, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.189

• , the potent SERCA inhibitors, manual docking of compound 1 into SERCA followed by MD simulation (1–10 ns) was performed. For this simulation, four different complexes of SERCA and SL were chosen: i) compound 1 positioned correspondingly to the orientation of DTB in the SERCA binding cavity (simulation

• 1); ii) compound 1 rotated by 180° (simulation 2); iii) compound 2 (for comparison) used as a ligand with the orientation equal to DTB (simulation 3); iv) SERCA positioned in a phospholipid membrane to reflect the fact that it is a transmembrane protein, with compound 2 as a ligand (simulation 4

• pronounced in the case of compound 1 rotated by 180°. Therefore, we are convinced that especially the orientation and positions of the side chains of compound 1 are very important for its affinity to SERCA or the lack thereof. Winther and co-workers [22] reported that the dissociation constant of

Inherent atomic mobility changes in carbocation intermediates during the sesterterpene cyclization cascade

• Hajime Sato,
• Takaaki Mitsuhashi,
• Mami Yamazaki,
• Ikuro Abe and
• Masanobu Uchiyama

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1890–1897, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.184

• tightly fixed by the enzyme. As we reported previously, the initial conformation of GFPP, in particular the orientation of six methyl groups (C20–C25), is critical. Therefore, we focused on these methyl groups. While the C20, C21 and C23 methyl groups are quite static in phase I, the other three methyl

Nanopatterns of arylene–alkynylene squares on graphite: self-sorting and intercalation

• Tristan J. Keller,
• Joshua Bahr,
• Kristin Gratzfeld,
• Nina Schönfelder,
• Marcin A. Majewski,
• Marcin Stępień,
• Sigurd Höger and
• Stefan-S. Jester

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1848–1855, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.180

• oriented relative to the HOPG main axis directions with γ(a,d1) = γ(b,d2) = (7 ± 2)°. The backbones are oriented with γ(c,d1) = (30 ± 4)° relative to the HOPG main axis direction d1. An additional nomenclature describes the orientation of the intermolecularly interdigitating OC16H33 (and OC10H21) side

• ), as expected for an electrically more insulating surface region. Therefore, we assume that the side chains are either aligned along one of the HOPG main axis directions, or, as an effect of lacking an interaction partner, are mobile to some extent. Moreover, the relative orientation of the

• shown for clarity). Enlarged areas of Figure 3a (shown in Figure 3b and c) show two template macrocycles 1a (of similar orientation), each of which is filled with one molecule of 2 that appears as a bright hexagon – however, with different orientations. The hexagons of the nanographene 2 in Figure 3c

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

• orientation, possibly due to inter-ring interactions with the CB[6], to give the [6]rotaxane as one single stereoisomer. Considering the ability of γ-CD to form stable 1:2 inclusion complexes, these singly threaded [n]rotaxanes could serve as an entry point to other high order interlocked structures by

• macrocycles in 6R that results in a cooperative interaction so that the formation of 6R is stereoselective. With one less γ-CD in 5R, interactions between the axle and the macrocycles alone are only enough for interlocking the macrocycle, but not sufficient to drive a specific orientation of all the γ-CD

• MHz, D2O, 298 K) of (a) 6R; (b) 5R; and (c) 4R. (a) All the possible sequences of a [6]rotaxane with two CB[6] and three γ-CD interlocked on an axle. Only the sequence on the top left was observed in 6R (with the orientation of the γ-CD disregarded). (b) The four possible relative orientations of the

Norbornadiene-functionalized triazatriangulenium and trioxatriangulenium platforms

• Roland Löw,
• Talina Rusch,
• Tobias Moje,
• Fynn Röhricht,
• Olaf M. Magnussen and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1815–1821, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.175

• and enforces an upright orientation of the free standing functional groups [6]. The length and the nature of the spacer is used to tune the distance and electronic coupling of the functional system on top [1]. Preliminary experiments proved that the electronic coupling to the surface is the decisive

Functional panchromatic BODIPY dyes with near-infrared absorption: design, synthesis, characterization and use in dye-sensitized solar cells

• Quentin Huaulmé,
• Cyril Aumaitre,
• Outi Vilhelmiina Kontkanen,
• David Beljonne,
• Alexandra Sutter,
• Gilles Ulrich,
• Renaud Demadrille and
• Nicolas Leclerc

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1758–1768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.169

• the close to orthogonal orientation of the anchoring groups induced by steric effects in 2 and 4. As a result, while the LUMO orbital largely extends through the BODIPY unit towards the cyanoacrylic acid anchors in the case of 1 and 3, it is completely confined to the BODIPY-vinylthiophene core in 2

Synthesis, photophysical and electrochemical properties of pyridine, pyrazine and triazine-based (D–π–)₂A fluorescent dyes

• Keiichi Imato,
• Toshiaki Enoki,
• Koji Uenaka and
• Yousuke Ooyama

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1712–1721, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.167

• , OUK-2 and OUJ-2, respectively, estimated from DFT calculation at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of theory [47]), Δf is the orientation polarizability, ε is the static dielectric constant, and n is the refractive index of the solvent. The Lippert–Mataga plots (Figure 3) for the three dyes show high

• in various solvents. Correlation of the Stokes shift (νst) and the orientation polarizability (Δf) according to Equation 1 and Equation 2, respectively, for OUY-2, OUK-2 and OUJ-2; solvent (ε, n, Δf): toluene (2.38, 1.4969, 0.0132), 1,4-dioxane (2.21, 1.4224, 0.0205), ethyl acetate (6.02, 1.3724

Water inside β-cyclodextrin cavity: amount, stability and mechanism of binding

• Stiliyana Pereva,
• Valya Nikolova,
• Silvia Angelova,
• Tony Spassov and
• Todor Dudev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1592–1600, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.163

• orientation of the narrow rim hydrogen bonds is CCW; (B) structure with “open” narrow rim; and (C) energy difference between these two configurations at the M062X/6-311++G(d,p)//M062X/6-31G(d,p) level of theory. Schematic representation of β-CD–nH2O complexes (where n = 1–12) with water molecules/clusters

Synthesis and conformational preferences of short analogues of antifreeze glycopeptides (AFGP)

• Małgorzata Urbańczyk,
• Michał Jewgiński,
• Joanna Krzciuk-Gula,
• Jerzy Góra,
• Rafał Latajka and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1581–1591, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.162

• peptide 3 (see Table 3 and Figure 4). Such situation is the result of numerous well defined intra- and interresidual NOE signals of sugar moiety protons (see Table S6, Supporting Information File 1). Although the orientation of the galactose ring is highly ordered, as shown the value of the temperature

• coefficient (see Table 1), its arrangement is not stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond formed by the GalNAc amide proton. Instead, as revealed by the results of the structural calculation, the orientation of the galactose ring probably is locked due to interaction of the Ala4 amide proton and the

• side chain oxygen of Thr3. In case of peptide 3, due to weaker intramolecular hydrogen bonds combined with a high flexibility of the peptide main chain, the fixed orientation of the galactose ring is not observed (see Figure 3 and Figure 4). Such conclusion seems to be confirmed by the small value of