Measuring the stereogenic remoteness in non-central chirality: a stereocontrol connectivity index for asymmetric reactions

• Ivan Keng Wee On,
• Yu Kun Choo,
• Sambhav Baid and
• Ye Zhu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1995–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.155

• and restored in the course of the transformations (e.g., Scheme 4A and 4C). Such limitations become obvious in the cases of multistep, multi-intermediate reactions [32][33], particularly in the case of helical chirality where chirality transfer of intermediates is common [34][35][36][37][38][39]. In

Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of helically chiral, planarly chiral and inherently chiral molecules

• Wei Liu and
• Xiaoyu Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1864–1889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.145

• .21.145 Abstract Chiral molecules, distinguished by nonsuperimposability with their mirror image, play crucial roles across diverse research fields. Molecular chirality is conventionally categorized into the following types: central chirality, axial chirality, planar chirality and helical chirality, along

• within this domain. Keywords: asymmetric catalysis; chiral phosphoric acid; helical chirality; inherent chirality; planar chirality; Introduction Since the seminal works by Akiyama [1] and Terada [2] et al. in 2004 demonstrated the application of BINOL-derived chiral phosphoric acids (CPAs) in

• pharmaceutical, agrochemical and asymmetric synthesis as well as materials science, to name a few examples. Molecular chirality is typically classified into four types of chiral elements: central (point) chirality, axial chirality, planar chirality and helical chirality (Figure 2). Moreover, unique forms of

Catalytic asymmetric reactions of isocyanides for constructing non-central chirality

• Jia-Yu Liao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1648–1660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.129

• . Additionally, we provide a perspective on the current limitations and future opportunities, aiming to inspire further advances in this area. Keywords: axial chirality; helical chirality; inherent chirality; isocyanide; planar chirality; Introduction Chirality represents a fundamental property of molecules

• reductive elimination to afford INT-IV. Finally, migration of the Piv group from O to N gave the product 17a. Moreover, the Pd-catalyzed isocyanide insertion approach has been successfully extended to the generation of helical chirality [31]. As shown in Scheme 4a, phenyl diisocyanides 21 or 22 underwent

• double C(sp2)–H imidoylative cyclization with aryl iodides, furnishing symmetrical pyrido[6]helicenes 23 or furan-incorporating pyrido[7]helicenes 24 with stable helical chirality, respectively. Furthermore, pre-cyclized monoisocyanides, such as 25a and 25b, were identified as another class of suitable

Wittig reaction of cyclobisbiphenylenecarbonyl

• Taito Moribe,
• Junichiro Hirano,
• Hideaki Takano,
• Hiroshi Shinokubo and
• Norihito Fukui

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1454–1461, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.107

• circle and red triangle mean selected signals due to figure-eight and bathtub conformations, respectively. Simulated dynamics of bis-olefin 5 at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory. The description for the configuration of A and B are based on the helical chirality of the 1,1-diphenylethylene units and

Acyclic cucurbit[n]uril bearing alkyl sulfate ionic groups

• Christian Akakpo,
• Peter Y. Zavalij and
• Lyle Isaacs

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 717–726, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.55

• from the equator of C1 resulting in a helical geometry [63][65]. Both senses of helical chirality are present in the crystal; values in parenthesis given below refer to the complex with opposite helical chirality. The guest Me6CHDA possesses a mirror plane and is therefore achiral. In solution, host C1

Applications of microscopy and small angle scattering techniques for the characterisation of supramolecular gels

• Connor R. M. MacDonald and
• Emily R. Draper

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2608–2634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.220

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

• [20][21][22][23][24]. Currently, there is a great interest in the introduction of chirality into large conjugated polyaromatics to obtain chiral NGs with chiroptical properties. Among these chiral NGs, helicenes represent the dominant chiral compounds by virtue of their inherent helical chirality [25

Thiophene/selenophene-based S-shaped double helicenes: regioselective synthesis and structures

• Mengjie Wang,
• Lanping Dang,
• Wan Xu,
• Zhiying Ma,
• Liuliu Shao,
• Guangxia Wang,
• Chunli Li and
• Hua Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 809–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.81

• ; selenophene; thiophene; Introduction Given their esthetically pleasing helical structures, inherent helical chirality, and extended π-conjugation, helicenes have attracted extensive research attention. Helicenes are generally divided into carbohelicenes and heterohelicenes. The rapid development of

Copper catalysis with redox-active ligands

• Agnideep Das,
• Yufeng Ren,
• Cheriehan Hessin and
• Marine Desage-El Murr

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 858–870, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.77

• iminosemiquinone redox-active ligand which was oxidized to iminobenzoquinone. The Canary group [30] reported a redox-reconfigurable copper catalyst that exhibits reversal of its helical chirality through redox stimuli (Scheme 8). Combining ʟ-methionine and catalytic urea groups with two different copper salts as

• precursors affords both enantiomers Δ-10 (from CuClO4) and Λ-10 from (Cu(CH3CN)4PF6). UV–vis and circular dichroism spectroscopic studies evidence that the helical chirality exhibited by these two catalysts could be reversed by redox stimuli. These complexes could perform enantioselective Michael addition

• trifluoromethylation of heteroaromatics with redox-active iminosemiquinone ligands. Reversal of helical chirality upon redox stimuli and enantioselective Michael addition with a redox-reconfigurable copper catalyst. Interaction of guanidine-copper catalyst with oxygen and representative coupling products. a4 mol

Recent advances in hypervalent iodine(III)-catalyzed functionalization of alkenes

• Xiang Li,
• Pinhong Chen and
• Guosheng Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1813–1825, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.154

• engages in double hydrogen bonding to form an 11-membered ring, resulting in the chiral helicity. The helical chirality induced in iodine(III) derivatives of 23 bearing the bislactamide motif was described for 27 with an efficient differentiation of the enantiotopic faces of the styrene substrate. This

Polarization spectroscopy methods in the determination of interactions of small molecules with nucleic acids – tutorial

• Tamara Šmidlehner,
• Ivo Piantanida and
• Gennaro Pescitelli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 84–105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.5

• [5]. As nucleic acids are characterized by a dominant helical chirality and exhibit a rather small set of secondary structures, each characterized by a different polarization spectroscopy signature, they are convenient targets to monitor structural changes induced by outer stimuli. Linear dichroism

• polynucleotides, particularly in the double-stranded helix of DNA or RNA, introduces helical chirality, whereby the helical axis is almost perpendicular to the aromatic base-pair plane. In this situation, the ECD changes dramatically as a consequence of the so-called coupled oscillator or exciton coupling

• range indicates a disruption of helical chirality by intercalation or severe kinking of the helix by sterically demanding groove binders. At variance, if the ECD spectrum of the DNA and RNA does not change significantly, the biopolymer helical structure is preserved, suggesting a ligand groove binding

Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Mukesh E. Shirbhate and
• Gopalkrushna T. Waghule

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1274–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.142

• conformation that imparts helical chirality. Double helically twisted chiral cyclophanes are important macrocycles due to their potential applications in optics and electronics. Kawase and co-workers [121] have reported the synthesis of 8,14,30,36-tetramethoxy[2.0.2.0](1,6)naphthalenophane-1,19-diyne (102

Regioselective synthesis of chiral dimethyl-bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene sulfones

• Flavia Pop and
• Narcis Avarvari

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1105–1111, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.124

• by the combination of chirality with the TTF motif, a certain number of families of precursors have been reported. They possess various types of chirality, i.e., stereogenic centers, axial, planar, helical chirality, and supramolecular chirality [17][18][19][20][21]. Since methylated BEDT-TTF

A facile synthesis of functionalized 7,8-diaza[5]helicenes through an oxidative ring-closure of 1,1’-binaphthalene-2,2’-diamines (BINAMs)

• Youhei Takeda,
• Masato Okazaki,
• Yoshiaki Maruoka and
• Satoshi Minakata

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 9–15, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.2

• polycyclic aromatic compounds, have been fascinating organic chemists over the last century since the first synthesis of azahelicenes was reported by Meisenheimer in 1903 [1], not only because of their aesthetically attractive structures, but also because of their unique properties arising from the helical

• chirality [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. In fact, helicenes have been finding more and more potential applications such as optoelectronic materials, asymmetric catalysts, and chemosensors [9]. Therefore, the development of synthetic methods for the preparation of helicenes which are difficult to access

Molecular recognition of AT-DNA sequences by the induced CD pattern of dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene (DBTAA)–adenine derivatives

• Marijana Radić Stojković,
• Marko Škugor,
• Łukasz Dudek,
• Jarosław Grolik,
• Julita Eilmes and
• Ivo Piantanida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2175–2185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.225

• ), whereas the isoelliptic points supported the formation of only one type of the compound/DNA or RNA complex. The intensity decrease of ds-DNA/RNA CD bands is usually associated with the partial disruption of the polynucleotide helical chirality caused by the binding of a small molecule. The reference

Design and synthesis of quasi-diastereomeric molecules with unchanging central, regenerating axial and switchable helical chirality via cleavage and formation of Ni(II)–O and Ni(II)–N coordination bonds

• Vadim A. Soloshonok,
• José Luis Aceña,
• Hisanori Ueki and
• Jianlin Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1920–1928, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.223

• *) and (Ra*,Ph*,Rc*) occurs by intramolecular trans-coordination of Ni–NH and Ni–O bonds providing a basis for a chiral switch model. Keywords: axial chirality; central chirality; chiral switches; coordination bonds; functional materials; helical chirality; modular structural design; molecular devices

• molecules with unchanging central, regenerating axial, and switchable helical chirality, through cleavage/formation of Ni(II)–O and Ni(II)–N coordination bonds. Recently, we introduced a new approach to the design of organic molecules with switchable chirality by simple cleavage and formation of metal

• chelating ring resulting in a screw sense of helical chirality. The transcoordination motion in these complexes is expected to be controlled in a way that noncoordinated sites, i.e., E in 5 and A in 6, will move up and down, respectively, resulting in the interconversion of complexes 5 and 6. This assumed

Organocatalytic C–H activation reactions

• Subhas Chandra Pan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1374–1384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.159

• of the (R)-isomer. Even when achiral catalyst Yb(OTf)3 was used for the reaction with (S)-18, product 19 was obtained with 85% ee with the (S)-enantiomer as the major product. This clearly demonstrates that the chiral information in 18 did not disappear during the reaction and was retained as helical

• chirality in cationic intermediate C (Scheme 13). Nucleophilic attack then occurred from the same side of the transferred hydrogen to provide (S)-19. The authors concluded that selective activation of one of the enantiotopic hydrogen atoms by chiral phosphoric acid is the main reason for obtaining