Efficient synthesis of fluorinated triphenylenes with enhanced arene–perfluoroarene interactions in columnar mesophases

• Yang Chen,
• Jiao He,
• Hang Lin,
• Hai-Feng Wang,
• Ping Hu,
• Bi-Qin Wang,
• Ke-Qing Zhao and
• Bertrand Donnio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3263–3273, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.270

• expand this chemistry, enabling access to new π-extended molecular systems that might be challenging to synthesize through conventional synthetic routes. This dual focus highlights the study’s potential to advance both the design of functional materials and the development of innovative synthetic

Copper-catalyzed yne-allylic substitutions: concept and recent developments

• Shuang Yang and
• Xinqiang Fang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2739–2775, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.232

• ). Preliminary mechanistic studies have ruled out the 1,3-sigmatropic shift, indicating that the reaction proceeds through a nucleophilic substitution–annulation process of a reactive π-extended copper-allenylidene intermediate (Scheme 43). At the same time, Qi and Xu et al. [79] also realized the dearomative

The Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction in its maturity: innovation and improvements since its 21st birthday (2019–2023)

• Cristina Martini,
• Muhammad Idham Darussalam Mardjan and
• Andrea Basso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1839–1879, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.162

Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of cyanoarenes, nitroarenes, quinolines, and pyridines under mild conditions with a proton-exchange membrane reactor

• Koichi Mitsudo,
• Atsushi Osaki,
• Haruka Inoue,
• Eisuke Sato,
• Naoki Shida,
• Mahito Atobe and
• Seiji Suga

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1560–1571, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.139

• more π-extended aniline was easily obtained in a high yield. Reduction of quinolines to tetrahydroquinolines The electrochemical reduction of quinolines was performed using a PEM reactor. First, several different cathode catalyst were examined for the reduction of quinoline (6a) (Table 5). Because 4.0

Synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds by late-stage extrusion of chalcogen fragments

• Aissam Okba,
• Pablo Simón Marqués,
• Kyohei Matsuo,
• Naoki Aratani,
• Hiroko Yamada,
• Gwénaël Rapenne and
• Claire Kammerer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 287–305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.30

• ” is particularly interesting, since the as-prepared π-extended structures can undergo in-depth structural characterization and electronic investigations in situ at the single molecule scale, thanks to scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy. The synthetic route relying on O-extrusion was thus

Biphenylene-containing polycyclic conjugated compounds

• Cagatay Dengiz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1895–1911, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.141

• -dibora-2,5-cyclohexadiene structure (Scheme 16) in addition to a π-extended linear POA (Scheme 17) [50]. The preparation of v- and z-shaped POAs 77 and 78 was carried out starting from 2-bromobiphenylene (74). Initial steps involved ortho-directed lithiation and subsequent treatment with Me3SiCl

Unravelling a trichloroacetic acid-catalyzed cascade access to benzo[f]chromeno[2,3-h]quinoxalinoporphyrins

• Chandra Sekhar Tekuri,
• Pargat Singh and
• Mahendra Nath

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1216–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.89

• incorporated at the porphyrin periphery and different metal ions in the porphyrin core to modulate ground-state and excited-state characteristics of easily accessible meso-tetraarylporphyrins. Some of these π-extended tetrapyrrolic macrocycles have emerged as potential candidates in photodynamic therapy and

Construction of hexabenzocoronene-based chiral nanographenes

• Ranran Li,
• Di Wang,
• Shengtao Li and
• Peng An

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 736–751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.54

• regioselectively at 0 °C, affording the desired π-extended [7]helicene 35 and [9]helicene 37 in 76 and 84% yields, respectively. Single-crystal structures of racemic 35 and 37 revealed the P/M enantiomers repectively, and the P/M racemization barriers of 35 and 37 were determined as 42.4 and 41.6 kcal/mol

• , respectively by DFT calculation. The enantiopure isomers of the π-extended helicenes were evaluated as excellent circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) emitters with a glum of 7.44 × 10−3 for 37, which is around 10-fold higher than 35. Chiral “HBC-dimers” and “HBC trimers” The combination of two or more HBCs

• . Wang and co-workers constructed double π-extended undecabenzo-[7]helicene 125, which composed of five HBC units and 186 sp2 carbon atoms [53]. As shown in Scheme 15, a hexaphenylbenzene with four alkyne substitutions was constructed initially. A Sonogashira coupling from 122 to 123, followed by a Diels

Comparative study of thermally activated delayed fluorescent properties of donor–acceptor and donor–acceptor–donor architectures based on phenoxazine and dibenzo[a,j]phenazine

• Saika Izumi,
• Prasannamani Govindharaj,
• Anna Drewniak,
• Paola Zimmermann Crocomo,
• Satoshi Minakata,
• Leonardo Evaristo de Sousa,
• Piotr de Silva,
• Przemyslaw Data and
• Youhei Takeda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 459–468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.48

• , the one-less number of donor units in the molecular scaffold led to lower solubility in organic solvents and thermal stability, presumably due to the less steric hindrance around the π-extended conjugated acceptor unit with the unsymmetric molecule structure. The OLEDs fabricated with the D–A emitter

Recent advances in the application of isoindigo derivatives in materials chemistry

• Andrei V. Bogdanov and
• Vladimir F. Mironov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1533–1564, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.111

• . Monothienylisoindigos bearing π-extended electron-donor backbones. Role of fluorination and the molecular weight on OSC efficiency on the base of the bithiopheneisoindigo series. Trithiopheneisoindigo polymers with variation in the substituent structure. Polymeric thienyl-linked bisisoindigos for OSCs. Isoindigo

A straightforward conversion of 1,4-quinones into polycyclic pyrazoles via [3 + 2]-cycloaddition with fluorinated nitrile imines

• Greta Utecht-Jarzyńska,
• Karolina Nagła,
• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Heinz Heimgartner,
• Marcin Palusiak and
• Marcin Jasiński

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1509–1517, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.108

• considerable attention of other groups [18][19] and recently has been applied for the preparation of some π-extended pyrazole derivatives, which exhibited promising biological activity [20]. In a series of our recent publications, efficient syntheses of fluoromethylated five- and six-membered N,S-heterocycles

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

• ]helicene 12 was equal to 2.92 eV [42]. The Egopt values for its π-extended analogs were 2.45 eV (10a), 2.76 eV (10b) and 2.85 eV (10c), suggesting a higher HOMO and lower oxidation potential, which are typically desired characteristics when designing organic materials. Unfortunately, for all azine-fused [6

Synthetic approaches to bowl-shaped π-conjugated sumanene and its congeners

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2212–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.186

Bipyrrole boomerangs via Pd-mediated tandem cyclization–oxygenation. Controlling reaction selectivity and electronic properties

• Liliia Moshniaha,
• Marika Żyła-Karwowska,
• Joanna Cybińska,
• Piotr J. Chmielewski,
• Ludovic Favereau and
• Marcin Stępień

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 895–903, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.81

• materials, this strategy has so far remained relatively unexplored [27]. As a part of our ongoing research on π-extended electron-deficient oligopyrroles [13][28][29][30][31], we have recently reported that Pd(II)-mediated double C–H activation can be a useful tool for conversion of 1,n-dipyrrolylalkanes

One-pot synthesis of dicyclopenta-fused peropyrene via a fourfold alkyne annulation

• Ji Ma,
• Yubin Fu,
• Junzhi Liu and
• Xinliang Feng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 791–797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.72

• an efficient method to develop π-extended aromatic hydrocarbons with cyclopenta moieties. Keywords: alkyne annulation; cyclopenta-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; nonplanarity; peropyrene; regioselectivity; Introduction Significant efforts have been recently devoted to the synthesis of

Efficient synthesis of 3,6,13,16-tetrasubstituted-tetrabenzo[a,d,j,m]coronenes by selective C–H/C–O arylations of anthraquinone derivatives

• Seiya Terai,
• Yuki Sato,
• Takuya Kochi and
• Fumitoshi Kakiuchi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 544–550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.51

• multiarylated anthraquinone derivatives [16][17][18][19][20]. Using this method, we have synthesized various π-extended aromatic compounds such as multiarylated acenes [16][18][20], dibenzo[h,rst]pentaphenes and dibenzo[fg,qr]pentacenes [19]. In the course of our reaction development, it was found that an

Synthesis of triphenylene-fused phosphole oxides via C–H functionalizations

• Md. Shafiqur Rahman and
• Naohiko Yoshikai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 524–529, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.48

• synthesis of π-extended phospholes. In this respect, our attention focused on the fusion of phosphole with triphenylene, which represents one of the most common disc-like PAH motifs in organic materials chemistry [19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Herein, we report on the synthesis of triphenylene-fused

• strong blue fluorescence in solution. The absorption and emission profiles of the π-extended phosphole oxide revealed their characteristics as hybrids of 2,3-dialkoxytriphenylene and 1-phenyl-2,3-dialkylbenzo[b]phosphole. We anticipate that the key intermediate of the present synthesis, 3, and related

• benzo[b]phospholes accessible by the three-component assembly hold promise for further explorations inot novel π-extended phosphole derivatives. Examples of functional molecules based on π-extended phospholes. ORTEP drawings of compound 8a (thermal ellipsoids set at 50% probability). a) top view; b

Identification of optimal fluorescent probes for G-quadruplex nucleic acids through systematic exploration of mono- and distyryl dye libraries

• Xiao Xie,
• Michela Zuffo,
• Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou and
• Anton Granzhan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1872–1889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.183

• ), the absorption spectra of the dyes are blue-shifted with respect to the prototype dye 1a. Conversely, strongly electron-donating (1b, 1d) or π-extended (1k, 1Þ) Ar units lead to bathochromic shifts of absorption bands (Table 1 and Figure 4A). The influence of the heterocyclic core is equally important

Synthesis and characterization of π–extended “earring” subporphyrins

• Haiyan Guan,
• Mingbo Zhou,
• Bangshao Yin,
• Ling Xu and
• Jianxin Song

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1956–1960, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.170

• 10.3762/bjoc.14.170 Abstract A π-extended “earring” subporphyrin 3 was synthesized from β,β′-diiodosubporphyrin and diboryltripyrrane via a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling and following oxidation. Its Pd complex 3Pd was also synthesized and both of the compounds were fully characterized by 1H NMR, MS and X-ray

• 3Pd is further red-shifted and more intense. Keywords: aromaticity; earring subporphyrin; π-extended; supramolecular chemistry; Findings Since its first synthesis in 2006 [1][2], subporphyrin, the lowest homolog of porphyrins, has received considerable attention [3][4][5][6][7][8] due to its 14π

• cavities π-extended “earring” porphyrins through the aforementioned Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction and subsequent oxidation [38]. In this case β,β′-dibromo/tetrabromoporphyrins and diboryltripyrrane were applied as reactants. We discovered that both the π-extended “earring” porphyrins and the

Recent advances in phosphorescent platinum complexes for organic light-emitting diodes

• Cristina Cebrián and
• Matteo Mauro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1459–1481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.124

• distortions. Recently, Che and co-workers reported a series of asymmetric tridentate C^N^N platinum(II) complexes with π-extended moieties, compounds 22 (Figure 10) [53]. Depending on the ancillary ligand, these complexes showed emission arising from several contributions, being 3MLCT and 3ILCT, together with

One hundred years of benzotropone chemistry

• Arif Dastan,
• Haydar Kilic and
• Nurullah Saracoglu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1120–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.98

Syntheses of dibenzo[d,d']benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b']difuran derivatives and their application to organic field-effect transistors

• Minh Anh Truong and
• Koji Nakano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 805–812, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.79

• has been reported to demonstrate an excellent OFET mobility of 3.6 cm2·V−1·s−1 [19]. Previously, we have reported the synthesis of dibenzo[d,d']benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difurans (anti-DBBDFs), which is also a π-extended homologue of BDF [35]. The OFET devices with an anti-DBBDF skeleton exhibited p-type

• from the surface. The more π-extended syn-DNBDF 6 afforded higher performances than syn-DBBDF 5. OFETs fabricated on the bare and HMDS-treated Si/SiO2 substrates at Tsub = 30 °C showed a field-effect mobility of 2.3 × 10−2 cm2·V−1·s−1 (Ion/Ioff = 103) and 2.0 × 10−2 cm2·V−1·s−1 (Ion/Ioff = 103

Tetrathiafulvalene-based azine ligands for anion and metal cation coordination

• Awatef Ayadi,
• Aziz El Alamy,
• Olivier Alévêque,
• Magali Allain,
• Nabil Zouari,
• Mohammed Bouachrine and
• Abdelkrim El-Ghayoury

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1379–1391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.149

• molecular (HOMO) orbitals develop exclusively on the TTF fragment. The LUMO orbital for ligand L1 is essentially distributed on the nitrophenylhydrazino group with a small participation of the pyridyl ring, while for ligand L2 it is distributed on the π-extended system with a small participation of the

Single-molecule conductance of a chemically modified, π-extended tetrathiafulvalene and its charge-transfer complex with F₄TCNQ

• Raúl García,
• M. Ángeles Herranz,
• Edmund Leary,
• M. Teresa González,
• Gabino Rubio Bollinger,
• Marius Bürkle,
• Linda A. Zotti,
• Yoshihiro Asai,
• Fabian Pauly,
• Juan Carlos Cuevas,
• Nicolás Agraït and
• Nazario Martín

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1068–1078, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.120

• -molecule electrical transport properties of a molecular wire containing a π-extended tetrathiafulvalene (exTTF) group and its charge-transfer complex with F4TCNQ. We form single-molecule junctions using the in situ break junction technique using a homebuilt scanning tunneling microscope with a range of

• end [15][16]. Furthermore, extended TTF cruciform molecules, formed by two orthogonally placed, π-conjugated moieties bearing the 1,3-dithiole rings at the ends, have also been used for single-molecule measurements [17]. A singular TTF analogue is the so-called π-extended TTF (exTTF, (9,10-bis(1,3

• the molecule does not form molecular junctions in the experiments. Conclusion We have synthesized a molecular wire containing a π-extended tetrathiafulvalene (exTTF) group and studied its single-molecule electrical transport properties along with those of its charge-transfer complex with F4TCNQ

Donor–acceptor type co-crystals of arylthio-substituted tetrathiafulvalenes and fullerenes

• Xiaofeng Lu,
• Jibin Sun,
• Shangxi Zhang,
• Longfei Ma,
• Lei Liu,
• Hui Qi,
• Yongliang Shao and
• Xiangfeng Shao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1043–1051, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.117

• have been carried out. To this regard, introduction of substituents onto the peripheral sites [43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54] and expansion of the π-systems have been reported [55][56][57][58][59]. As reported, the π-extended TTFs (exTTF) can encapsulate fullerenes in solution, and