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Oxetanes: formation, reactivity and total syntheses of natural products

  • Peter Gabko,
  • Martin Kalník and
  • Maroš Bella

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1324–1373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.101

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  • butyraldehyde in a mercury vapour illuminator and since then, the reaction has become known as the Paternò–Büchi reaction. Throughout the years after the report, investigations in this field were focused on identifying new reactive alkene and carbonyl components, developing photosensitisers that would allow
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Published 27 Jun 2025

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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  • several methods, with highlight to gravity concentration (based on the higher density of gold), cyanidation, and mercury amalgam [15]. The gravity method is a simple and, from the viewpoint of the environment, relatively harmless process that works well as a stand-alone for high-density gold particles and
  • alluvial deposits. In 2004, it accounted for 20 to 25% of the global gold production [15]. The gold–mercury amalgam method is employed by small-scale and artisanal gold producers, accounting, in 2011, for 17–20% of the global gold production [16]. As denoted by its name, the process uses metallic mercury
  • to extract gold from ore as a stable amalgam. Following, the amalgam has to be oven-heated or torch-burned to allow mercury to sublimate away from the gold. This causes significant health impacts on human and wildlife due to mercury gas inhalation, and on the surrounding ecosystems due to mercury
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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

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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Published 07 Mar 2025

Unprecedented visible light-initiated topochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition in a functionalized bimane dye

  • Metodej Dvoracek,
  • Brendan Twamley,
  • Mathias O. Senge and
  • Mikhail A. Filatov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 500–509, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.37

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  • crystals were then irradiated for variable periods of time using 405 nm LED (75 mW cm−2) in an Elegoo Mercury Plus Wash and Cure (turntable chamber). Samples were placed approximately 8 cm far from the light source. The average light power measured at this distance was 5 mW cm−2. During the irradiation
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Published 05 Mar 2025

Synthesis of new condensed naphthoquinone, pyran and pyrimidine furancarboxylates

  • Kirill A. Gomonov,
  • Vasilii V. Pelipko,
  • Igor A. Litvinov,
  • Ilya A. Pilipenko,
  • Anna M. Stepanova,
  • Nikolai A. Lapatin,
  • Ruslan I. Baichurin and
  • Sergei V. Makarenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 340–347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.24

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  • atoms were refined in anisotropic approximation. The hydrogen atoms were placed in calculated positions and refined according to the rider model. The figures were performed in the Mercury 2020.3 program [38], the analysis of intermolecular contacts was performed according to the PLATON program [39]. The
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Published 12 Feb 2025

Effect of substitution position of aryl groups on the thermal back reactivity of aza-diarylethene photoswitches and prediction by density functional theory

  • Misato Suganuma,
  • Daichi Kitagawa,
  • Shota Hamatani and
  • Seiya Kobatake

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 242–252, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.16

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  • recorded using a JASCO V-560 absorption spectrometer or an Ocean Optics FLAME-S multichannel analyzer. Photoirradiation (365 nm) to solution samples was carried out using a 200 W mercury–xenon lamp (MORITEX MSU-6) with a band-pass filter or a 365 nm UV-LED lamp (Keyence UV-400) as a light source. The
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Published 31 Jan 2025

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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  • based on the reductive amination of phenyl-2-propanone by use of Al/Hg amalgam. The latter procedure involves numerous drawbacks, such as environmental concerns for the use of mercury, contamination of the final products, the need of special safety precautions, and adequate disposal techniques [9][10
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Published 07 Jan 2025

Syntheses and medicinal chemistry of spiro heterocyclic steroids

  • Laura L. Romero-Hernández,
  • Ana Isabel Ahuja-Casarín,
  • Penélope Merino-Montiel,
  • Sara Montiel-Smith,
  • José Luis Vega-Báez and
  • Jesús Sandoval-Ramírez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1713–1745, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.152

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  • promoted by mercury(II) oxide, yielding spiro 2-substituted amino-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazoles 72a,b in moderate to good yields (Scheme 21). All spiro derivatives exhibited potent antiproliferative activity when tested on six human cancer cell lines (GI50 = 0.34–18 µM). Structure–activity relationships
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Published 24 Jul 2024

Two-fold addition reaction of silylene to C60: structural and electronic properties of a bis-adduct

  • Masahiro Kako,
  • Masato Kai,
  • Masanori Yasui,
  • Michio Yamada,
  • Yutaka Maeda and
  • Takeshi Akasaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1179–1188, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.100

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  • solution of Dip2Si(SiMe3) as a silylene precursor and C60 in toluene was irradiated by a 125-W low-pressure mercury lamp in a quartz tube for 2 h (Scheme 1). During reaction, the color of the solution turned to dark brown. After the photolysis, the bis-silylene adduct 3 was isolated in 36% yield
  • period of 200 ms, and a scan rate of 50 mV/s. Synthesis of 3. A degassed solution of Dip2Si(SiMe3) (30 mg) and C60 (4.6 mg) in toluene (20 mL) in a quartz tube was irradiated by a 125-W low-pressure mercury lamp for 2 h [15]. After the photolysis, 2 (22% yield) and 3 (36% yield) were isolated by flash
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Published 22 May 2024

Structure–property relationships in dicyanopyrazinoquinoxalines and their hydrogen-bonding-capable dihydropyrazinoquinoxalinedione derivatives

  • Tural N. Akhmedov,
  • Ajeet Kumar,
  • Daken J. Starkenburg,
  • Kyle J. Chesney,
  • Khalil A. Abboud,
  • Novruz G. Akhmedov,
  • Jiangeng Xue and
  • Ronald K. Castellano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1037–1052, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.92

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  • , 230−400 mesh from Whatman. Routine 300(75) MHz 1H(13C) NMR spectra were recorded on Varian Mercury 300 or Gemini 300 spectrometers. Routine 500(125) MHz 1H(13C) NMR were recorded on an INOVA 500 spectrometer. 2D NMR spectra were recorded using a 600 MHz Varian instrument. Chemical shifts (δ) are given
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Synthesis of 2,2-difluoro-1,3-diketone and 2,2-difluoro-1,3-ketoester derivatives using fluorine gas

  • Alexander S. Hampton,
  • David R. W. Hodgson,
  • Graham McDougald,
  • Linhua Wang and
  • Graham Sandford

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 460–469, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.41

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  • of gem-dihalo groups to corresponding CF2 derivatives using silver tetrafluoroborate [5] or mercury(II) fluoride [6], deoxyfluorination of carbonyl derivatives using diethylaminosulfur trifluoride (DAST) or related Deoxo-Fluor and Xtalfluor reagents [7][8]. Alternatively, oxidative
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Published 28 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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Published 22 Feb 2024

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

Using the phospha-Michael reaction for making phosphonium phenolate zwitterions

  • Matthias R. Steiner,
  • Max Schmallegger,
  • Larissa Donner,
  • Johann A. Hlina,
  • Christoph Marschner,
  • Judith Baumgartner and
  • Christian Slugovc

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 41–51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.6

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  • hydrogen atoms were located in calculated positions to correspond to standard bond lengths and angles. Figures of solid state molecular structures and the overlay of the molecular structures were generated using Mercury 2022.3.0 (Build 364735) [54]. Crystallographic data for the structures reported in this
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Published 10 Jan 2024

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate as suitable solvent for BF3: the case of alkyne hydration. Chemistry vs electrochemistry

  • Marta David,
  • Elisa Galli,
  • Richard C. D. Brown,
  • Marta Feroci,
  • Fabrizio Vetica and
  • Martina Bortolami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1966–1981, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.147

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  • 1881, Kucherov identified mercury(II) salts in sulfuric acid as efficient promoters of the hydration of alkynes and this catalyst system has found applications in industrial scale synthesis [10]. However, the toxicity and the environmental issues associated with the use of mercury-based compounds have
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Published 28 Dec 2023

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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Published 11 Dec 2023

Effects of the aldehyde-derived ring substituent on the properties of two new bioinspired trimethoxybenzoylhydrazones: methyl vs nitro groups

  • Dayanne Martins,
  • Roberta Lamosa,
  • Talis Uelisson da Silva,
  • Carolina B. P. Ligiero,
  • Sérgio de Paula Machado,
  • Daphne S. Cukierman and
  • Nicolás A. Rey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1713–1727, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.125

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  • treated as a two-position model (O6A, O6B), being O6A the major position with 72% of occupancy. Figures were prepared with Mercury [56], Fourier maps, data and tables were prepared with Platon [57], and the Hirshfeld surfaces and fingerprint plots were calculated from the CIF files using Crystal Explorer
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Published 10 Nov 2023

Tying a knot between crown ethers and porphyrins

  • Maksym Matviyishyn and
  • Bartosz Szyszko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1630–1650, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.120

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  • -Pb, wherein the metal centre is coordinated through four nitrogen donors and only weakly interacts with two oxygen atoms of the ether segments (Figure 15). Once crownphyrins reacted with geometrically more demanding than Pb(II) metals, i.e., zinc(II), cadmium(II), and mercury(II), they initially
  • macrocycles. The formation of (29b)2-Hg was reversible – its reaction with [2.2.2]cryptand resulted in the removal of mercury(II) and the contraction to 29b. Recently, Sessler and co-workers synthesised a new macrocycle 36 exploiting a pyridine-bridged dipyrroledialdehyde 35 (Scheme 10) [131]. The compound
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Published 27 Oct 2023

Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues

  • Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
  • Alicia Bauduin,
  • Chloé Le Roux,
  • Romain Fouinneteau,
  • Wilfried Berthe,
  • Mathieu Berchel,
  • Hélène Couthon and
  • Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96

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Light-responsive rotaxane-based materials: inducing motion in the solid state

  • Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 873–880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.64

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  • : (i) FAIR open data from X-ray structures and Mercury® 2020.1 Software (Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center) to create Figures 1b (CCDC number 1943103), 3b (CCDC number 2018646) and 4 (CCDC numbers 2090727 and 2090729); (ii) chemical structures employing ChemBioDraw® Ultra 12.0 (CambridgeSoft
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Published 14 Jun 2023

A fluorescent probe for detection of Hg2+ ions constructed by tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene

  • Xiaoqian Chen,
  • Naqin Yang,
  • Yue Ma,
  • Xinan Yang and
  • Peihua Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 864–872, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.63

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  • ; fluorescent probe; Hg2+ ion recognition; host–guest chemistry; tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril; Introduction Mercury, as one of the most toxic heavy metal pollutants, not only seriously pollutes the ecological environment but also causes great harm to human health. Mercury and inorganic mercury ions (Hg2+) in
  • nature can be converted into organic mercury under the action of microorganisms, which cannot be decomposed or degraded into nontoxic substances in the human body [1][2], which will seriously threaten human health. Therefore, China has formulated water pollutant emission limits [3]. Traditional Hg2+ ion
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Published 13 Jun 2023

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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Published 03 Mar 2023

Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field

  • Elena R. Lopat’eva,
  • Igor B. Krylov,
  • Dmitry A. Lapshin and
  • Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179

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  • derivatives were formed, which were reduced to amines in the second step (one pot) on a mercury cathode. The mercury cathode can be replaced by a carbon cathode, however, the yields are lower in this case [130]. Dioxirane and oxaziridine catalysis In dioxirane or oxaziridine catalysis, the nucleophilic attack
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Published 09 Dec 2022

Comparison of crystal structure and DFT calculations of triferrocenyl trithiophosphite’s conformance

  • Ruslan P. Shekurov,
  • Mikhail N. Khrizanforov,
  • Ilya A. Bezkishko,
  • Tatiana P. Gerasimova,
  • Almaz A. Zagidullin,
  • Daut R. Islamov and
  • Vasili A. Miluykov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1499–1504, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.157

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  • -squares on F2 using SHELXL [13]. Non-hydrogen atoms were refined anisotropically. The figures were generated using the Mercury 4.1 program [14]. Crystal data for C30H27Fe3PS3 (M = 682.21 g/mol): monoclinic, space group P21/c (no. 14), a = 7.49490(10) Å, b = 19.8932(3) Å, c = 18.4291(3) Å, β = 99.792(2
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