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

• using the tools of self-assembly. Mathematical and computational models should accelerate the discovery of stable low-symmetry structures by identifying ligands or linkers featuring mutually reinforcing symmetry-breaking functionality [205]. Robust organic cages are also likely to offer advantages for

Synthesis and characterizations of highly luminescent 5-isopropoxybenzo[rst]pentaphene

• Islam S. Marae,
• Jingyun Tan,
• Rengo Yoshioka,
• Zakaria Ziadi,
• Eugene Khaskin,
• Serhii Vasylevskyi,
• Ryota Kabe,
• Xiushang Xu and
• Akimitsu Narita

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 270–276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.19

• singlet (S1) state [21]. Notably, a dimer of BPP, 5,5'-bibenzo[rst]pentaphene (BBPP), exhibited an enhanced PLQY of 44% through intensity borrowing from its bright S2 state as well as intriguing symmetry-breaking charge transfer between two BPP units. Moreover, the substitution of BPP with two electron

Advances in the use of metal-free tetrapyrrolic macrocycles as catalysts

• Mandeep K. Chahal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3085–3112, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.257

• . Although meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (TPPS4, 54) is an achiral molecule, the respective J-aggregates reveal supramolecular chirality caused by spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking (SMSB) during the aggregation process in an aqueous acidic solution. Using of these aggregates led to

Design and synthesis of a bis-macrocyclic host and guests as building blocks for small molecular knots

• Elizabeth A. Margolis,
• Rebecca J. Keyes,
• Stephen D. Lockey IV and
• Edward E. Fenlon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2314–2321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.192

• reaction with ethylene carbonate using a modified literature procedure (see Supporting Information File 1). Conversion of 7 to bismesylate 8 proceeded smoothly in 92% yield under standard conditions. The symmetry-breaking step in this route involved treatment of 8 with one equivalent of sodium azide in

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

• up to 67%, while their bandgaps and chiroptical responses could be tuned by twisting the bipyrrole chromophore. The solvatochromism and apparent superradiance of these chromophores indicated a potential involvement of solvent-induced symmetry-breaking charge transfer in the excited state [34]. Here

New electroactive asymmetrical chalcones and therefrom derived 2-amino- / 2-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)pyrimidines, containing an N-[ω-(4-methoxyphenoxy)alkyl]carbazole fragment: synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties

• Daria G. Selivanova,
• Alexei A. Gorbunov,
• Olga A. Mayorova,
• Alexander N. Vasyanin,
• Igor V. Lunegov,
• Elena V. Shklyaeva and
• Georgii G. Abashev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1583–1595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.158

• ], which exhibit the redshift of a longwave absorption/emission maxima along with the increase of a solvent polarity. Maybe this is a result of a molecule symmetry breaking in its excited state [27]. Taking into account all the factors mentioned above, we have started the investigation of solvatochromic

From chemical metabolism to life: the origin of the genetic coding process

• Antoine Danchin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1119–1135, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.111

• limited subset of stable active peptides and derived compounds. Finally, surface selection is prone to favour specific spatial shapes. Symmetry is an unstable condition with symmetry breaking the rule [28]. It had to be broken in the choice of amino acids for building polymers, exactly as we have to drive

• either on the right or on the left to prevent collisions or traffic jams. Any accidental local enrichment of a particular shape would be symmetry-breaking. This contingent pick is a straightforward explanation of the ubiquitous presence of one family of stereoisomers, L-amino acids, in proteins

• a progeny. Following this symmetry-breaking event of yet unknown origin, a set of priming proteins attaches at a specific site to the outside of the parent centriole. It then progressively builds up, orthogonal to it, a pre-centriole which, once completed, will separate from the parent as a full

Symmetry-based approach to oligostilbenoids: Rapid entry to viniferifuran, shoreaphenol, malibatol A, and diptoindonesin G

• Youngeun Jung,
• Dileep Kumar Singh and
• Ikyon Kim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2689–2693, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.266

• (Scheme 5) [43][44]. Conclusion In summary, we have established a highly scalable and flexible synthetic route to several benzofuran-containing oligostilbenoid natural products by relying on a symmetry-breaking strategy from 3,5-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol. The relative reactivity of ester, aldehyde, and

Liquid-crystalline heterodimesogens and ABA-heterotrimesogens comprising a bent 3,5-diphenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole central unit

• Govindaswamy Shanker,
• Marko Prehm and
• Carsten Tschierske

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 472–485, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.54

• ] exhibiting properties that are characteristic for bent-core mesogens, such as polar ferroelectric or antiferroelectric switching LC phases [32][33][34][35] and spontaneous achiral symmetry breaking [34][35][36]. Also dimesogens combining two bent-core units terminally [37][38][39][40][41][42][43] or

Symmetry breaking and structure of a mixture of nematic liquid crystals and anisotropic nanoparticles

• Marjan Krasna,
• Matej Cvetko and
• Milan Ambrožič

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 74, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.74

• impact of NPs on orientational ordering of LCs for appropriate concentrations of NPs is reminiscent to the influence of quenched random fields which locally enforce a biaxial ordering. Keywords: liquid crystals; nanoparticles; orientational order; quenched disorder; symmetry breaking; Introduction The

• due to continuous symmetry breaking by which LC phases are reached, giving rise to Goldstone excitation modes. LCs are also optically anisotropic and transparent, whose structure can be readily controlled by the confining surfaces and by applying an external electric or magnetic field. LCs exhibit a

• nematic configuration represents the simplest liquid crystal phase [6]. In the bulk nematic phase LC molecules tend to be oriented homogeneously along a single symmetry breaking direction. At the mesoscopic level the average local orientational ordering is commonly described by the nematic director field

Competition between local disordering and global ordering fields in nematic liquid crystals

• Matej Cvetko,
• Milan Ambrožič and
• Samo Kralj

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 2, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.2

• temperature). In simulations we either originate from randomly distributed orientations of directors, or from homogeneously aligned samples along a symmetry breaking direction. In the latter case the directors are initially homogeneously aligned along ex. We henceforth refer to these cases as the i) random

• . The ii) homogeneous case can be realized by applying first a strong homogeneous external field B along a symmetry breaking direction. After a well enough alignment is achieved the field is switched off. In order to diminish the influence of statistical variations we carry out several simulations