A three-armed cryptand with triazine and pyridine units: synthesis, structure and complexation with polycyclic aromatic compounds

• Claudia Lar,
• Adrian Woiczechowski-Pop,
• Attila Bende,
• Ioana Georgeta Grosu,
• Natalia Miklášová,
• Elena Bogdan,
• Niculina Daniela Hădade,
• Anamaria Terec and
• Ion Grosu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1370–1377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.115

• libraries [2][25][34][35]) allowed accessing of more sophisticated architectures. In a previous work [32] we reported the formation of a host–guest complex between a cryptand having pyridine units in the bridges and 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene caps (1, Figure 1). Surprisingly, no complexation ability of cryptand

• [32] revealed its selective absorption ability for N2 and CO2 in the solid state. The low complexation ability of cryptand 1 in solution for aromatic guests is due to the unfavorable conformation of the 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene central units in which the peripheral aromatic rings are twisted with

• respect to the central benzene ring. In such twisted conformations there is a remarkable steric hindrance between the ortho hydrogen atoms of the central benzene ring and the ortho' hydrogen atoms of the peripheral aromatic units. These conformations are not favorable for a complexation of aromatic guests

A selective removal of the secondary hydroxy group from ortho-dithioacetal-substituted diarylmethanols

• Anna Czarnecka,
• Emilia Kowalska,
• Agnieszka Bodzioch,
• Joanna Skalik,
• Marek Koprowski,
• Krzysztof Owsianik and
• Piotr Bałczewski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1229–1237, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.105

• patent literature [44]. Benzophenones were also reduced to diarylmethanes using supercritical iPrOH at 350 °C [1], BF3·OEt2/H2O [33] and PhSiH3/MoCl2O2(H2O)2 [45]. The reductive deoxygenation reactions of diarylmethanols proceed via carbocationic species, which are formed by protonation or complexation

• diarylmethanes. Most probably, electron-donating groups on aryls facilitate both Zn complexation and stabilization of the intermediate carbocationic species formed. Conclusion In summary, a new example of the selective functional group transformation of diarylmethanols (Ar1Ar2CH(OH)) to diarylmethanes (Ar1Ar2CH2

An uracil-linked hydroxyflavone probe for the recognition of ATP

• Márton Bojtár,
• Péter Zoltán Janzsó-Berend,
• Dávid Mester,
• Dóra Hessz,
• Mihály Kállay,
• Miklós Kubinyi and
• István Bitter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 747–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.63

• a uracil nucleobase to the known 4’-dimethylamino-hydroxyflavone fluorophore. Results: The complexation of this scaffold with ATP is already known. The complex is held together by stacking and electrostatic interactions. To achieve multi-point recognition, we designed the uracil-appended version of

• . Conclusions: The first, uracil-containing fluorescent ATP probe based on a hydroxyflavone fluorophore was synthesized and evaluated. A selective complexation with ATP was observed and a ratiometric response in the excitation spectrum. Keywords: ATP sensing; base-pairing; fluorescent probes; 3-hydroxyflavone

• interactions, which prompted us towards the synthesis of UHF by click chemistry. Fluorescence spectroscopy revealed a selective complexation with ATP with an association constant of around 2∙104 M−1 and a ratiometric response in the excitation spectrum. Results and Discussion Structure and calculations Based

Heterogeneous Pd catalysts as emulsifiers in Pickering emulsions for integrated multistep synthesis in flow chemistry

• Katharina Hiebler,
• Georg J. Lichtenegger,
• Manuel C. Maier,
• Eun Sung Park,
• Renie Gonzales-Groom,
• Bernard P. Binks and
• Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 648–658, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.52

• economical aspects [13]. One possibility to prepare heterogeneous transition metal catalysts is to immobilise palladium directly on a solid support such as activated carbon [14], zeolites [15], modified silica [16][17][18] or molecular sieves [19] to name but a few. Another option is the complexation of

An air-stable bisboron complex: a practical bidentate Lewis acid catalyst

• Longcheng Hong,
• Sebastian Ahles,
• Andreas H. Heindl,
• Gastelle Tiétcha,
• Andrey Petrov,
• Zhenpin Lu,
• Christian Logemann and
• Hermann A. Wegner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 618–625, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.48

• -dimethyl-5,10-dihydroboranthrene (A in Scheme 1), developed in our group [13]. A complexation was confirmed by a high field shift of the aromatic protons compared with the non-coordinated catalyst A. As shown in Scheme 2, besides 1,2-diphenylhydrazine (1d), most of the Lewis bases including monodentate 1a

• optimized procedure, BBr3 was used to replace BCl3 and the dimerization reaction can be carried out in a normal Schlenk tube without any solvent. The methylation reagent, AlMe3 can be added in situ followed by the complexation with pyridazine. The one-pot procedure is also applicable to the synthesis of

• reactions were carried out and the results showed that the catalytic activity of the complex in IEDDA reactions depended on its performance in ligand exchange with the diazine substrates. Experimental Complexation of 5,10-dimethyl-5,10-dihydroboranthrene with Lewis bases: In the glovebox, 5,10-dimethyl-5,10

From dipivaloylketene to tetraoxaadamantanes

• Gert Kollenz and
• Curt Wentrup

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.1

• derivatives were prepared from 3 in order to examine their host–guest properties by ESI mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. Some tetraoxaadamantanes were also examined in this way. For example, compound 30 (Figure 1) was found to have a particular affinity for complexation with choline [26][36], and the

The use of 4,4,4-trifluorothreonine to stabilize extended peptide structures and mimic β-strands

• Yaochun Xu,
• Isabelle Correia,
• Tap Ha-Duong,
• Nadjib Kihal,
• Jean-Louis Soulier,
• Julia Kaffy,
• Benoît Crousse,
• Olivier Lequin and
• Sandrine Ongeri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2842–2853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.276

• in good yield starting from the N-benzylation of L-proline in the presence of KOH, then activation of the carboxylic acid functionality of 10 using SOCl2 at low temperature, followed by condensation with 2-aminobenzophenone (Scheme 2). Complexation of 11 with nickel nitrate and glycine under basic

Binding abilities of polyaminocyclodextrins: polarimetric investigations and biological assays

• Marco Russo,
• Daniele La Corte,
• Annalisa Pisciotta,
• Serena Riela,
• Rosa Alduina and
• Paolo Lo Meo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2751–2763, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.271

• between our materials and polyanions were investigated by studying the binding with sodium alginate. Finally, the complexation abilities of the same materials towards polynucleotides were assessed by studying their interaction with the model plasmid pUC19. Our results positively highlight the ability of

• synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles, and systems for the complexation and cell transfection of genetic material [17][18][19][20][21][22]. In particular, the complexation and transfection of polynucleotides also have been successfully accomplished by means of polycationic cyclodextrin or calixarene

• preliminary investigation of the polarimetric behaviour of free AmCDs was a prerequisite before addressing their complexation abilities by means of polarimetry. Thus, the relevant molar optical rotations Θ were measured at different pH values, in order to study the possible effect of the progressive

Binding abilities of a chiral calix[4]resorcinarene: a polarimetric investigation on a complex case of study

• Marco Russo and
• Paolo Lo Meo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2698–2709, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.268

• constant. As we will discuss in detail later, complexation of substrates 1–12 with CAP leads in several cases to the formation of 2:1 complexes, either alone or together with the corresponding 1:1 complexes (as accounted for by the analysis of the relevant Job plots). In these cases, Equation 1 cannot be

Synthesis and supramolecular properties of regioisomers of mononaphthylallyl derivatives of γ-cyclodextrin

• Markéta Bláhová,
• Sergey K. Filippov,
• Lubomír Kováčik,
• Jiří Horský,
• Simona Hybelbauerová,
• Zdenka Syrová,
• Tomáš Křížek and
• Jindřich Jindřich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2509–2520, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.248

• complexation of the alkylation agent to the CD cavity and orientation of the agent´s reactive center towards the 3-OH group [11][12][13]. Here, we report the preparation of regioisomers of novel mononaphthylallyl γ-CD (NA-CD), i.e., 3-(naphthalene-2-yl)prop-2-en-1-yl γ-CD, which is interesting for several

• were studied by a set of methods allowing characterization of supramolecular behavior at various levels – from binary complexation, over supramolecular oligomers to large assemblies; namely by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) [16], 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR), dynamic

• absence of the significant concentration dependence of chemical shifts of the CD hydrogens does not disqualify inclusion complexation because changes of chemical shifts by 0.01 ppm or less were observed upon inclusion of an aromatic guest into the γ-CD cavity [41]. To reconcile the absence of interactions

Synthesis and photophysical properties of novel benzophospholo[3,2-b]indole derivatives

• Mio Matsumura,
• Mizuki Yamada,
• Atsuya Muranaka,
• Misae Kanai,
• Naoki Kakusawa,
• Daisuke Hashizume,
• Masanobu Uchiyama and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2304–2309, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.226

• , respectively. The reaction of 3 with methyl triflate afforded phospholium triflate 7. Phosphole 3 was treated with chloro(dimethyl sulfide)gold in CH2Cl2, resulting in P-complexation and thus affording the gold complex 8. The borane complex 9 was readily prepared from 3 by treating with borane in THF. The

Structural diversity in the host–guest complexes of the antifolate pemetrexed with native cyclodextrins: gas phase, solution and solid state studies

• Magdalena Ceborska,
• Magdalena Zimnicka,
• Aneta Aniela Kowalska,
• Kajetan Dąbrowa and
• Barbara Repeć

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2252–2263, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.222

• /bjoc.13.222 Abstract The complexation of the antifolate pemetrexed (PTX) with native cyclodextrins was studied. This process, along with the findings gathered for the structurally related folic acid was treated as a model for exploiting host–guest interactions of this class of guest molecules in the

• gas phase, in solution and in the solid state. Mass spectrometry was employed for the investigation of the architecture and relative gas-phase stabilities of these supramolecular complexes. The mode of complexation was further tracked by 1D and 2D NMR proving the formation of the exclusion-type

• interacts with hydroxy groups of the wider rim of α-CD (CD#OH2 and CD#OH3). Changes upon complexation are also seen for PTX#H1 while the chemical shift of amidic proton PTX#H2 does not change at all, suggesting the lack of any interactions with the host molecule. In addition, the obtained data suggests that

Superstructures with cyclodextrins: Chemistry and applications IV

• Gerhard Wenz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2157–2159, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.215

• insulin and lysozyme were also conjugated to the guest adamantane. The complexation of these conjugates by pegylated β-CD gives rise to superstructures which provide slow release and maintain full biological activity [21]. Significant progress was also achieved in the field of CD rotaxanes. A [3]-rotaxane

Complexation of molecular clips containing fragments of diphenylglycoluril and benzocrown ethers with paraquat and its derivatives

• Leonid S. Kikot',
• Catherine Yu. Kulygina,
• Alexander Yu. Lyapunov,
• Svetlana V. Shishkina,
• Roman I. Zubatyuk,
• Tatiana Yu. Bogaschenko and
• Tatiana I. Kirichenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2056–2067, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.203

• , Kharkiv, Ukraine 10.3762/bjoc.13.203 Abstract The complexation of molecular clips containing fragments of diphenylglycoluril and benzocrown ethers with paraquat and its derivatives has been studied both in solution and in the solid state. In this paper we studied the influence of the crown ether ring

• size and the nature of the substituents at the nitrogen atoms of the paraquat derivatives on the composition and stability of these complexes. Keywords: complexation; crown ethers; "host–guest chemistry"; molecular clips; paraquat; Introduction After the first report on the synthesis of crown ethers

• and their complexation properties made by Pedersen in 1967, "host–guest chemistry" attracted great attention [1]. In subsequent years, various types of crown compounds have been obtained, their complexation with metal ions, ammonium, and alkylammonium salts has been extensively studied. After Stoddart

p-tert-Butylthiacalix[4]arenes functionalized by N-(4’-nitrophenyl)acetamide and N,N-diethylacetamide fragments: synthesis and binding of anionic guests

• Alena A. Vavilova and
• Ivan I. Stoikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1940–1949, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.188

• -diethylacetamide groups in cone and partial cone conformations have been synthesized. Their complexation ability towards a number of tetrabutylammonium salts n-Bu4NX (X = F−, Cl−, Br−, I−, CH3CO2−, H2PO4−, NO3−) was studied by UV spectroscopy. The effective receptor for the anions studied as well as selective

• of 3.55 × 103–7.94 × 105 M−1. Besides, the binding selectivity for F−, Cl−, CH3CO2−, and H2PO4− anions against other anions was in the range of 4.1–223.9. Substituting one or two fragments in the macrocycle with N,N-diethylacetamide groups significantly reduces the complexation ability of the

• ,N-diethylacetamide fragment and its further functionalization with the N-(4’-nitrophenyl)acetamide moiety. We also calculated the proposed model of anion binding for the new and previously synthesized thiacalix[4]arenes and compared their complexation properties toward number of singly charged

Mechanochemical synthesis of small organic molecules

• Tapas Kumar Achar,
• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1907–1931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.186

• another 1 equiv of Pd(OAc)2 resulted in a second C–H activation to give dicyclopalladated complex F in 7.5 h (Scheme 46). It is notable that the monocyclopalladated complexation generally takes 3 days in solution and dicyclopalladated complex in solution was never been identified [178]. Recently

β-Cyclodextrin- and adamantyl-substituted poly(acrylate) self-assembling aqueous networks designed for controlled complexation and release of small molecules

• Liang Yan,
• Duc-Truc Pham,
• Philip Clements,
• Stephen F. Lincoln,
• Jie Wang,
• Xuhong Guo and
• Christopher J. Easton

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1879–1892, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.183

• Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia 10.3762/bjoc.13.183 Abstract Three aqueous self-assembling poly(acrylate) networks have been designed to gain insight into the factors controlling the complexation and release of small molecules within them. These

• substituted poly(acrylate)s, PAAADen, PAAADhn and PAAADddn, respectively, such that the ratio of β-CDen to adamantyl substituents is ca. 3:1. The variation of the characteristics of the complexation of the dyes methyl red, methyl orange and ethyl orange in these three networks and by β-cyclodextrin, β-CD, and

• PAAβ-CDen alone provides insight into the factors affecting dye complexation. The rates of release of the dyes through a dialysis membrane from the three aqueous networks show a high dependence on host–guest complexation between the β-CDen substituents and the dyes as well as the structure and the

Pd(OAc)₂/Ph₃P-catalyzed dimerization of isoprene and synthesis of monoterpenic heterocycles

• Dominik Kellner,
• Maximilian Weger,
• Andrea Gini and
• Olga García Mancheño

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1807–1815, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.175

• by a base-catalyzed β-hydrogen elimination. Finally, the isoprene dimer 2-TT is liberated by complexation of the Pd(0) with two other molecules of isoprene, regenerating the complex I that enters in the next catalytic cycle. Functionalization of the tail-to-tail dimer: Synthesis of monoterpenic O

An efficient Pd–NHC catalyst system in situ generated from Na₂PdCl₄ and PEG-functionalized imidazolium salts for Mizoroki–Heck reactions in water

• Nan Sun,
• Meng Chen,
• Liqun Jin,
• Wei Zhao,
• Baoxiang Hu,
• Zhenlu Shen and
• Xinquan Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1735–1744, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.168

• Mizoroki–Heck cross-coupling reactions [64][65]. These electron-donating groups could provide a flexible environment for the Pd center and thus favoring the complexation and the migratory insertion of an alkene. Cavell reported that a pyridine functionalized Pd–NHC complex showed outstanding catalytic

Block copolymers from ionic liquids for the preparation of thin carbonaceous shells

• Sadaf Hanif,
• Bernd Oschmann,
• Dmitri Spetter,
• Muhammad Nawaz Tahir,
• Wolfgang Tremel and
• Rudolf Zentel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1693–1701, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.163

• with unique properties. Alternatively, it is possible to coordinate low molar mass ionic liquids to polymers by complexation of their anions to cyclodextrin side chains. This can have an influence on their lower critical solution temperature (LCST) [10][11]. Beside their use as organic solvent, they

Molecular recognition of N-acetyltryptophan enantiomers by β-cyclodextrin

• Spyros D. Chatziefthimiou,
• Mario Inclán,
• Petros Giastas,
• Athanasios Papakyriakou,
• Konstantina Yannakopoulou and
• Irene M. Mavridis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1572–1582, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.157

• complexation (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1). The inflection point of the graphs at 0.5 indicates a 1:1 stoichiometry for both enantiomers. The tryptophan protons were affected differently upon complexation (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S2), i.e., the graphs due to shifts of the indole’s

• complexation modes, one involving the indole phenyl ring with one host only and the aliphatic chain with two host molecules. The fact that the second mode takes place mainly when there is an excess of host concentration indicates that the inclusion of the indole moiety is the predominant mode of interaction

• studies in aqueous solution show that both enantiomers form similar, but not identical complexes with β-CD. L-NAcTrp induces larger shifts of β-CD cavity protons, suggesting stronger binding. For both enantiomers the prevailing complexation mode involves insertion in the cavity with the N-acetyl group in

Chemical systems, chemical contiguity and the emergence of life

• Terrence P. Kee and
• Pierre-Alain Monnard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1551–1563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.155

• protocellular systems. The metal-sensitivity issue could be partially resolved using mixed amphiphile membranes [20] or trapping of the metal ions via complexation [21]. Uptake and transduction of energy (light, geothermal, or chemical energy) is essential to permit the emergence of truly (semi-)autonomous

Synthesis and metal binding properties of N-alkylcarboxyspiropyrans

• Alexis Perry and
• Christina J. Kousseff

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1542–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.154

• binding occurs as a result of stabilisation of the zwitterionic merocyanine isomer via phenoxide–metal complexation [17] (Figure 1). Commonly, merocyanines undergo photoreversion to their corresponding spiropyran under visible light irradiation and metal complexation is usually achieved either in darkness

• metals was in the order Zn2+ > Mg2+ > Co2+ > Ni2+. Binding to Ni2+ was considerably less effective than for other divalent metal cations and this was particularly pronounced for non-carboxylate 9, wherein 9–Ni2+ complexation did not exceed background [merocyanine]. Merocyanine complexation of Cu2+ was

• /fluorimetric receptors for metal cations via complexation of the merocyanine isomer. Consequently, we have assessed the metal binding behaviour of spiropyrans bearing N-acetic acid through to N-dodecanoic acid tethers by 1H NMR and UV–vis spectroscopy. All compounds tested displayed a strong preference for

Mechanochemistry-assisted synthesis of hierarchical porous carbons applied as supercapacitors

• Desirée Leistenschneider,
• Nicolas Jäckel,
• Felix Hippauf,
• Volker Presser and
• Lars Borchardt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1332–1341, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.130

• −1 indicates complexation [51]. The sample Polymer-SF-3 was investigated by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MALDI–TOF) revealing a weight-averaged molar mass (Mw) of 2015.6 g mol−1, which is equivalent to 6 monomeric units. Synthesis of the

Strategies toward protecting group-free glycosylation through selective activation of the anomeric center

• A. Michael Downey and
• Michal Hocek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1239–1279, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.123

• this section we highlight some very elegant examples of transition metal-catalyzed glycosylation strategies that have been successful even in the presence of other unprotected hydroxy groups in the molecules. 3.4.1 Au(III)–alkynyl complexation: The Finn group [62] developed a protecting-group-free Au