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N-Salicyl-amino acid derivatives with antiparasitic activity from Pseudomonas sp. UIAU-6B

  • Joy E. Rajakulendran,
  • Emmanuel Tope Oluwabusola,
  • Michela Cerone,
  • Terry K. Smith,
  • Olusoji O. Adebisi,
  • Adefolalu Adedotun,
  • Gagan Preet,
  • Sylvia Soldatou,
  • Hai Deng,
  • Rainer Ebel and
  • Marcel Jaspars

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1388–1396, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.103

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  • purification by a reversed-phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) system which led to the isolation of four compounds, trivially named pseudomonins D–G (1–4) and three known compounds 5–7 (Figure 1). Compound 1 was isolated as a yellow oil. The molecular formula C11H13NO5 (Δ: −0.7 ppm, 6 degrees of
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High-pressure activation for the solvent- and catalyst-free syntheses of heterocycles, pharmaceuticals and esters

  • Kelsey Plasse,
  • Valerie Wright,
  • Guoshu Xie,
  • R. Bernadett Vlocskó,
  • Alexander Lazarev and
  • Béla Török

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1374–1387, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.102

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  • largely gone unnoticed as an activation method for organic synthesis. A large number of applications have been reported in solid state, homogeneous and heterogeneous systems to prepare inorganic compounds and materials [7][8][9]. In contrast, high pressure organic chemistry, or HHP-initiated organic
  • broad agreement that a decrease in the activation volume (ΔV‡) and reaction volume (ΔV) is the driving force for these reactions [14][15][16]. A recent computational analysis of high pressure reactions by the extreme pressure polarizable continuum model (XP-PCM) improved the theoretical understanding of
  • Mannich reactions [20], lipase-catalyzed esterification [21], nitro-aldol [22], Michael [23], and aza-Michael reactions [24][25], Diels–Alder reactions [26][27] and Friedel–Crafts alkylation of indoles [28]. Many high pressure reactions were applied in natural product synthesis [29]. The high pressure
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Gold extraction at the molecular level using α- and β-cyclodextrins

  • Susana Santos Braga

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1116–1125, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.89

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  • processes with high energetic costs such as heating or applying high pressure. Seeking to find an eco-friendlier method to strip the gold from carbon, the Stoddart group investigated the use of α-CD in a series of tests at the laboratory scale in which suspensions of KAu(CN)2-loaded carbon (50 mg
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Published 06 Jun 2025

Recent total synthesis of natural products leveraging a strategy of enamide cyclization

  • Chun-Yu Mi,
  • Jia-Yuan Zhai and
  • Xiao-Ming Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 999–1009, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.81

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  • photocyclization. This transformation was carried out using a high-pressure mercury vapor lamp to afford benzazepine 22, completing the construction of the pentacyclic framework of the natural product. Subsequent functional group manipulations, including the Chugaev elimination of the hydroxy group on the
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Published 22 May 2025

On the photoluminescence in triarylmethyl-centered mono-, di-, and multiradicals

  • Daniel Straub,
  • Markus Gross,
  • Mona E. Arnold,
  • Julia Zolg and
  • Alexander J. C. Kuehne

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 964–998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.80

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  • mixture of right- and left-handed propellers can be resolved by chiral high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) into the P- and M-enantiomers, respectively [40][41]. However, due to the low racemization barrier of only about 22 kcal mol−1, the enantiomers racemize within minutes at room temperature. TTM
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Deep-blue emitting 9,10-bis(perfluorobenzyl)anthracene

  • Long K. San,
  • Sebastian Balser,
  • Brian J. Reeves,
  • Tyler T. Clikeman,
  • Yu-Sheng Chen,
  • Steven H. Strauss and
  • Olga V. Boltalina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 515–525, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.39

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  • were shown to form from ANTH(RF)n derivatives within minutes at room temperature in the presence of oxygen when irradiated with a high pressure mercury lamp [32]. When 9,10-bis(perfluorooctyl)anthracene was dissolved in CHCl3 and irradiated for 350 minutes, photodecomposition was observed. However, the
  • experiment was carried out under anaerobic conditions. In that experiment, a sample of 9,10-ANTH(BnF)2 was dissolved in CDCl3 in an NMR tube, degassed with three freeze-pump-thaw cycles, and irradiated with a high-pressure mercury arc lamp. The 1H NMR integrated intensity of the resonance at δ = 7.46 ppm
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Photomechanochemistry: harnessing mechanical forces to enhance photochemical reactions

  • Francesco Mele,
  • Ana M. Constantin,
  • Andrea Porcheddu,
  • Raimondo Maggi,
  • Giovanni Maestri,
  • Nicola Della Ca’ and
  • Luca Capaldo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 458–472, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.33

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  • shaking a 1:1 mixture of chalcone (4.1) and 1,1,6,6-tetraphenylhexa-2,4-diyne-1,6-diol (4.2) with a test-tube shaker under irradiation with a high-pressure Hg lamp, the [2 + 2] syn-head-to-tail dimer product 4.3 was obtained selectively in 80% yield after 10 h (Scheme 4) [66]. In detail, 4.2 works as a
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Facile one-pot reduction of β-nitrostyrenes to phenethylamines using sodium borohydride and copper(II) chloride

  • Laura D’Andrea and
  • Simon Jademyr

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 39–46, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.4

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  • ), and appetite suppressants (e.g., phentermine) [6]. Phenethylamines can be produced via numerous different procedures [7]. One of the oldest methods involves the reduction of benzyl cyanide with H2 in liquid ammonia with Raney-Nickel catalyst at 130 °C, and high pressure [8]. Another known method is
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Published 07 Jan 2025

Emerging trends in the optimization of organic synthesis through high-throughput tools and machine learning

  • Pablo Quijano Velasco,
  • Kedar Hippalgaonkar and
  • Balamurugan Ramalingam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 10–38, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.3

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  • laboratory (ASL) was designed and built by Eli Lilly [33]. This state-of-the-art facility allowed for heating, cryogenic conditions, microwaving, high-pressure reactions, evaporation, and workup, empowering researchers to conduct an extensive array of chemical reactions. The ASL comprises of three bench
  • consists of a fluid delivery system, mixing tools, reactors, quenching units, pressure regulation units, and collection vessels. The fluid delivery is normally executed using either high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), a syringe, or peristaltic pumps. A passive mixing stage where the reagents are
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Published 06 Jan 2025

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

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  • area-to-volume ratio which reduces the cooling rate reached in the vitrification process. High-pressure freezing (HPF) methods are capable of fixing samples 100 times thicker than plunge freezing. HPF reduces the growth of crystals during the fixation of cryo-SEM samples by using very high pressures of
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Published 16 Oct 2024

Homogeneous continuous flow nitration of O-methylisouronium sulfate and its optimization by kinetic modeling

  • Jiapeng Guo,
  • Weike Su and
  • An Su

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2408–2420, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.205

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  • = 112 mL. Continuous flow microreactor system The continuous flow microreactor system is shown in Figure 1. Solutions A and B were stored in two glass vials (500 mL) with lids and were preheated by two high-pressure PTFE pumps (pump A, pump B, JJRZ-10004F, Hangzhou JingJin Technology Co., Ltd.) and
  • reaction coil. All preheat tubes, mixers, and reaction coils were immersed in the same water bath to maintain a constant temperature. Finally, after controlling the residence time, the reaction was terminated by pumping excess pure ice water through a high-pressure PTFE pump (Pump C, JJRZ-10004F, Hangzhou
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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

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  • pharmaceuticals, and the reductive syntheses of these heterocycles from pyridines and quinolines have been well studied [12]. Although these transformations have been studied intensively, such reductive reactions usually require harsh reaction conditions such as high reaction temperatures and high pressure of
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Synthesis of photo- and ionochromic N-acylated 2-(aminomethylene)benzo[b]thiophene-3(2Н)-ones with a terminal phenanthroline group

  • Vladimir P. Rybalkin,
  • Sofiya Yu. Zmeeva,
  • Lidiya L. Popova,
  • Irina V. Dubonosova,
  • Olga Yu. Karlutova,
  • Oleg P. Demidov,
  • Alexander D. Dubonosov and
  • Vladimir A. Bren

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 552–560, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.47

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  • solutions (in a quartz cell, l = 1 cm) were irradiated with filtered light from a high-pressure Hg lamp on a Newport 66941 equipment supplied with a set of interference light filters. The light intensity was 6.4 × 1016 photons⋅s−1 for the 436 nm spectral line. (Z)-N-((3-Oxobenzo[b]thiophen-2(3H)-ylidene
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Enhanced host–guest interaction between [10]cycloparaphenylene ([10]CPP) and [5]CPP by cationic charges

  • Eiichi Kayahara,
  • Yoshiyuki Mizuhata and
  • Shigeru Yamago

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 436–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.38

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  • applying high pressure (6 GPa) in the complexation between [9]CPP and C60 [42]. In these examples, partial charge transfer (CT) from the CPP host to the guest was observed, but the degree of CT was limited. Furthermore, no clear effects of CT on the physical properties have been reported. We have already
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Published 23 Feb 2024

Green and sustainable approaches for the Friedel–Crafts reaction between aldehydes and indoles

  • Periklis X. Kolagkis,
  • Eirini M. Galathri and
  • Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 379–426, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.36

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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

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  • using a high-pressure mercury lamp equipped with a sharp cut filter (λ > 380 nm), which resulted in a smooth conversion into the PBI product 6a within 20 min. Interestingly, the sulfoxide derivative exhibited enhanced kinetics, as confirmed by UV–vis spectroscopy and NMR experiments. The latter was also
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Published 15 Feb 2024

Photoinduced in situ generation of DNA-targeting ligands: DNA-binding and DNA-photodamaging properties of benzo[c]quinolizinium ions

  • Julika Schlosser,
  • Olga Fedorova,
  • Yuri Fedorov and
  • Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 101–117, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.11

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  • because of their low water solubility. The styrylpyridine derivatives 2a–g were irradiated in oxygen-saturated solutions in MeCN, H2O, MeOH, or MeCN/H2O with a high-pressure Hg lamp (λ > 220 nm), and the course of the photocyclization reaction was monitored by absorption spectroscopy (Figure 2). In
  • ). For LD-spectroscopic experiments, the spectrometer was equipped with a High Shear Couette Cell Accessory. The samples were oriented in a rotating Couette with a shear gradient of 1200 s−1. Photochemical reactions were carried out with a high-pressure Hg lamp (Heraeus TQ 150) in a quartz glass
  • mixture of MeCN/H2O was saturated with oxygen gas for 5–15 min, and the solutions were irradiated in an immersion-well photoreactor with a high-pressure Hg lamp. The reaction was controlled by absorption spectroscopy. After completion of the reaction, the solvent was removed by distillation, and the
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Controlling the reactivity of La@C82 by reduction: reaction of the La@C82 anion with alkyl halide with high regioselectivity

  • Yutaka Maeda,
  • Saeka Akita,
  • Mitsuaki Suzuki,
  • Michio Yamada,
  • Takeshi Akasaka,
  • Kaoru Kobayashi and
  • Shigeru Nagase

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1858–1866, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.138

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  • high-pressure mercury arc lamp (cutoff < 350 nm, 1 h). The HPLC profile after the photoreaction indicates that several products other than 2a–5a were present (Figure 2c), similar to the photoreaction of La@C2v-C82 with 1a (Figure 2d). A previous study reported that the reaction of La@C2v-C82 with
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Non-peptide compounds from Kronopolites svenhedini (Verhoeff) and their antitumor and iNOS inhibitory activities

  • Yuan-Nan Yuan,
  • Jin-Qiang Li,
  • Hong-Bin Fang,
  • Shao-Jun Xing,
  • Yong-Ming Yan and
  • Yong-Xian Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 789–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.59

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  • Co., Japan), Sephadex LH-20 (Amersham Biosciences), and YMC gel ODS-A-HG (particle size 40–60 μm; YMC Co. Japan). A Saipuruisi chromatograph with a semi-preparative high-pressure infusion pump (SP-5030) and a semi-preparative UV–vis dual wavelength detector (UV200) were utilized for RP–HPLC. A YMC
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Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series

  • Cécile Alleman,
  • Charlène Gadais,
  • Laurent Legentil and
  • François-Hugues Porée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23

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Inductive heating and flow chemistry – a perfect synergy of emerging enabling technologies

  • Conrad Kuhwald,
  • Sibel Türkhan and
  • Andreas Kirschning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 688–706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.70

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  • technique can be easily automated. Thus, protocols can be iteratively repeated by simply changing building blocks so that compound libraries can be quickly accessed [54][55]. The formation of heterocycles traditionally often requires very harsh conditions, so that high pressure and high temperature can
  • be established as a batch protocol due to the hazardous conditions. Conclusion Inductive heating and flow chemistry are an ideal combination for performing continuously operated high-temperature and high-pressure syntheses. The technical setup is quite simple compared to corresponding microwave
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Shift of the reaction equilibrium at high pressure in the continuous synthesis of neuraminic acid

  • Jannis A. Reich,
  • Miriam Aßmann,
  • Kristin Hölting,
  • Paul Bubenheim,
  • Jürgen Kuballa and
  • Andreas Liese

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 567–579, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.59

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  • recycling steps, and were characterized regarding the reaction kinetics (initial rate) and scalability (different lab scales) in a batch reactor. The reaction kinetics were studied in a continuous flow reactor. A high-pressure circular reactor (up to 130 MPa) was applied for the investigation of changes in
  • particular, the circular reactor showed great potential to study reactions at high pressure while allowing for easy sampling. Additionally, an increase in affinity of pyruvate towards both tested enzymes was observed when high pressure was applied, as evidenced by a decrease of KI for the epimerase and KM
  • for the aldolase from 108 to 42 mM and 91 to 37 mM, respectively. Keywords: aldolase; continuous fixed-bed reactor; enzyme; epimerase; GlcNAc; high pressure; immobilization; ManNAc; Neu5Ac; pyruvate; Introduction In times of a pandemic, the importance of substances to enhance the human immune system
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GlycoBioinformatics

  • Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita,
  • Frédérique Lisacek,
  • Niclas Karlsson,
  • Daniel Kolarich and
  • Nicolle H. Packer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2726–2728, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.184

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  • knowledge. Most structural data at this stage is generated by analytical approaches, such as mass spectrometry (MS), high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), and capillary electrophoresis (CE). The articles by Phung et al. [9] and by Lippold et al. [10] suggest ways of combining and customising available
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Published 09 Nov 2021

Synthesis of phenanthridines via a novel photochemically-mediated cyclization and application to the synthesis of triphaeridine

  • Songeziwe Ntsimango,
  • Kennedy J. Ngwira,
  • Moira L. Bode and
  • Charles B. de Koning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2340–2347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.152

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  • black solid (35 mg, yield 63%), which was used in the next step without further purification. In a high-pressure tube equipped with a stirrer bar and [1,3]dioxolo[4,5-j]phenanthridine-2,3-dione (35 mg, 0.14 mmol), zinc (37 mg, 0.56 mmol), NaCl (33 mg, 0.55 mmol) and acetic acid (5 ml) were added. The
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A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries

  • Guido Gambacorta,
  • James S. Sharley and
  • Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90

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  • intensification. The implicit high pressure self-contained environment created by a pumped flow system allows for superior reaction kinetics often achieved by elevating the working temperature of the system. This capability also opens up the opportunity for the integration of volatile and gaseous reagents into
  • system without the need for supports, hence only modifying the solubility of the catalyst. However, in the above-described reactors the main drawbacks presented were the high pressure drop along the column and the poor handling of solid particles. This resulted in a reduced reliability especially during
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