Beyond symmetric self-assembly and effective molarity: unlocking functional enzyme mimics with robust organic cages

• Keith G. Andrews

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 421–443, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.30

• substrate reactivity [64]. Cyclodextrins, cucurbiturils, cavitands, and calixarenes are representative [64][65][66][67][68][69][70], and typical features of these macrocycles are high symmetry and a hydrophobic cavity with polar edge groups. They tend to be synthesized as covalent cyclic oligomers in

Metal-free double azide addition to strained alkynes of an octadehydrodibenzo[12]annulene derivative with electron-withdrawing substituents

• Naoki Takeda,
• Shuichi Akasaka,
• Susumu Kawauchi and
• Tsuyoshi Michinobu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2234–2241, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.191

• compound 5 decreased, while a set of new peaks appeared at 8.40 ppm, 7.79 ppm, and 7.20–7.18 ppm. Considering the high symmetry, no monoadducts were formed and the regioselective double azide addition occurred. In other words, 1,4-disubstituted-5-ethynyltriazole derivative (in-) (6a) or 1,5-disubstituted-4

Benzoimidazolium-derived dimeric and hydride n-dopants for organic electron-transport materials: impact of substitution on structures, electrochemistry, and reactivity

• Swagat K. Mohapatra,
• Khaled Al Kurdi,
• Samik Jhulki,
• Georgii Bogdanov,
• John Bacsa,
• Maxwell Conte,
• Tatiana V. Timofeeva,
• Seth R. Marder and
• Stephen Barlow

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1651–1663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.121

• that the sample represents neither solely a high-symmetry conformer, nor a mixture of rapidly exchanging lower symmetry conformers. In the case of 1b2 all the proton resonances are rather broad, and variable-temperature experiments (see Supporting Information File 1, Figure S2) showed further

Preparation of β-cyclodextrin-based dimers with selectively methylated rims and their use for solubilization of tetracene

• Konstantin Lebedinskiy,
• Volodymyr Lobaz and
• Jindřich Jindřich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1596–1606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.170

• bonds. The spectrum of 12 clearly belongs to a compound with high symmetry, favoring this interaction and reducing the solubilization efficiency; also, the spacer length might be too short for the "head-to-head" orientation (Figure 6c). Determination of the binding parameters Despite achieving some

Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis

• Prodip Howlader and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62

• resolved due to the high symmetry in both the rotator and stator [91]. However, when rotator 58 with two different terminals was used then the rotational speed could be measured using VT 1H NMR [90]. Over the years, both the stator and the rotators were varied over a wide range, i.e., see 61, changing the

A chiral self-sorting photoresponsive coordination cage based on overcrowded alkenes

• Constantin Stuckhardt,
• Diederik Roke,
• Wojciech Danowski,
• Edwin Otten,
• Sander J. Wezenberg and
• Ben L. Feringa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2767–2773, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.268

• with high symmetry is formed by chiral self-sorting without any sign of the formation of diastereomeric mixtures. To further confirm the self-sorting behavior of these cage structures, CD spectroscopy was performed. A linear dependence of CD amplitude on the ee of ligand stable Z-1 was found, which can

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

• ]. The observation of the single set of proton and carbon resonance signals of 3 indicated the presence of the conformer with high symmetry or most likely a mixture of conformers which underwent very fast interconversion relative to the NMR time scale. In comparison to diethyl terephthalate, a

2,3-Dibutoxynaphthalene-based tetralactam macrocycles for recognizing precious metal chloride complexes

• Li-Li Wang,
• Yi-Kuan Tu,
• Huan Yao and
• Wei Jiang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1460–1467, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.146

• isolated with yields of 22% and 19%, respectively. Electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectra support the isolated products to be the [2 + 2] macrocycles (see Supporting Information File 1). As shown in Figure 1, the 1H NMR spectra are consistent with high-symmetry structures. There are slight differences

Easy, efficient and versatile one-pot synthesis of Janus-type-substituted fullerenols

• Marius Kunkel and
• Sebastian Polarz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 901–905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.87

• there are not many spherical molecules known. Examples are the giant polyoxometalates reported by Müller et al. [3] and, more importantly for the current paper, fullerene C60. Because of the high symmetry of those compounds asymmetric modification is tedious with multiple synthesis and purification

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

• in our group [32]. The 1H and 13C NMR spectra of 2 are quite simple and exhibit a reduced number of signals corresponding to the high symmetry of the target cryptand (Figure 2). In addition MS measurements confirmed the molecular formula of 2. Next the complexation ability of cryptand 2 towards

Synthesis and application of trifluoroethoxy-substituted phthalocyanines and subphthalocyanines

• Satoru Mori and
• Norio Shibata

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2273–2296, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.224

• properties of fluorine [32]. For example, since phthalocyanines have a conjugate planar structure with high symmetry, it is very difficult to dissolve them in ordinary organic solvents. For this reason, fluorine is often introduced to improve the solubility of phthalocyanine in organic solvents [33][34][35

Unpredictable cycloisomerization of 1,11-dien-6-ynes by a common cobalt catalyst

• Abdusalom A. Suleymanov,
• Dmitry V. Vasilyev,
• Valentin V. Novikov,
• Yulia V. Nelyubina and
• Dmitry S. Perekalin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 639–643, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.62

• diastereomer, however, it was not possible to unambiguously determine whether it was the cis- or the trans-isomer by NMR (including various correlation techniques) because of the high symmetry of both possible isomers. Attempts to grow crystals of 2c or its Br2 adduct for X-ray crystallography were also

Art, auto-mechanics, and supramolecular chemistry. A merging of hobbies and career

• Eric V. Anslyn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 362–376, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.40

• Atwood’s clusters [8][9], our field is associated with creating complex structures, often of very high symmetry. This makes ChemDraw structures, space-filling models, or ball and stick renderings very akin to objects found in modern art [10]. Can one look at an Atwood cluster without thinking of Geometric

My maize and blue brick road to physical organic chemistry in materials

• Anne J. McNeil

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 229–238, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.24

• absence of Li–O coupling and the high symmetry of most common aggregates. Dave suggested we examine nonracemic mixtures to break symmetry (e.g., R2S2 versus R3S1 tetramers). At low temperatures, however, we saw just two major signals: one peak for the 100% R (and 100% S) aggregate and another peak for a

Lateral ordering of PTCDA on the clean and the oxygen pre-covered Cu(100) surface investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy and low energy electron diffraction

• Stefan Gärtner,
• Benjamin Fiedler,
• Oliver Bauer,
• Antonela Marele and
• Moritz M. Sokolowski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2055–2064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.213

• directions, i.e., the close packed rows of the substrate, because the resulting high symmetry of the adsorbate complex presumably optimizes the molecule/substrate interactions. On Cu(100), the two hypothetic commensurate structures with a quadratic unit cell, which yield this orientation of the molecules

Reciprocal polyhedra and the Euler relationship: cage hydrocarbons, C_nH_n and closo-boranes [B_xH_x]²⁻

• Michael J. McGlinchey and
• Henning Hopf

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 222–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.30

• described. Keywords: cage hydrocarbons; high symmetry; reciprocal polyhedra; Review Platonic polyhedra and the Euler relationship The Platonic solids have long fascinated geometers, artists and chemists alike. Molecular analogues of the tetrahedron (P4, B4Cl4, Si4t-Bu4), octahedron ([B6H6]2−), cube (C8H8

(Pseudo)amide-linked oligosaccharide mimetics: molecular recognition and supramolecular properties

• José L. Jiménez Blanco,
• Fernando Ortega-Caballero,
• Carmen Ortiz Mellet and
• José M. García Fernández

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 20, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.20

• (Figure 19). Molecular modelling predicts the existence of a flexible, relatively hydrophobic cavity suited for molecular inclusion of non-polar guests [79][88]. NMR supports this fact and confirms the high symmetry of these hosts, where all glucopyranosyl units are magnetically equivalent as in the case