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

• quickly identified the triptycenyl-based imine cages of Mastalerz [301] as a strong starting point because: (i) they offered efficient, modular assembly; (ii) all of the complexity could be confined to the privileged triptycene motifs, which would present rigid internal vectors into the cavity for

• rotate in this form [41], the structure can be termed rigid. Nonetheless, slight variations in the cavity height can be controlled by engineering the twist along the triptycene axis. For instance, comparing crystal structures of cage 2 and its monoacetylated analogue, 2Ac1 (Figure 9B), a decrease of 0.3

Biphenylene-containing polycyclic conjugated compounds

• Cagatay Dengiz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1895–1911, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.141

• naphthazarin and triptycene units (Scheme 14) [48]. Naphthazarin derivatives are known to complex with boron moieties and metals to form electron-poor acene units. Through the Diels–Alder reaction involving dienophile 66, which was formed via the tautomerization of compound 65, and diene 67, compound 68 was

Water-soluble host–guest complexes between fullerenes and a sugar-functionalized tribenzotriquinacene assembling to microspheres

• Si-Yuan Liu,
• Xin-Rui Wang,
• Man-Ping Li,
• Wen-Rong Xu and
• Dietmar Kuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2551–2561, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.207

• is clearly a consequence of the prochiral nature of the TBTQ core. We also note that such splitting phenomenon was reported for neither six-fold sugar-functionalized cyclotriveratrylenes [41], which are directly comparable to TBTQ-(OAcG)6, nor for six-fold sugar-functionalized triptycene [42], and

Towards triptycene functionalization and triptycene-linked porphyrin arrays

• Gemma M. Locke,
• Keith J. Flanagan and
• Mathias O. Senge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.70

• investigated for its use as a rigid isolating unit in the synthesis of multichromophoric arrays. Sonogashira cross-coupling conditions are utilized to attach various porphyrins and boron dipyrromethenes (BODIPYs) to the triptycene scaffold. While there are previous examples of triptycene porphyrin complexes

• , this work reports the first example of a linearly connected porphyrin dimer, linked through the bridgehead carbons of triptycene. Symmetric and unsymmetric examples of these complexes are demonstrated and single crystal X-ray analysis of an unsymmetrically substituted porphyrin dimer highlights the

• evident linearity in these systems. Moreover, initial UV–vis and fluorescence studies show the promise of triptycene as a linker for electron transfer studies, showcasing its isolating nature. Keywords: BODIPY; Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling; porphyrins; Sonogashira cross-coupling; triptycene; Introduction

1,2,3-Triazolium macrocycles in supramolecular chemistry

• Mastaneh Safarnejad Shad,
• Pulikkal Veettil Santhini and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2142–2155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.211

• ]. Switchable mechanically interlocked molecules (MIM) that rely on multivalency have been studied rarely, thus Chen et al. have reported the design and highly efficacious synthesis of a novel two-component, triply interlocked [2](3)catenane C–H3·6PF6 19 (Figure 16) by use of a pyrazine-extended triptycene

Complexation of 2,6-helic[6]arene and its derivatives with 1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium salts and protonated 4,4'-bipyridinium salts: an acid–base controllable complexation

• Jing Li,
• Qiang Shi,
• Ying Han and
• Chuan-Feng Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1795–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.173

• macrocyclic arenes with diverse functional groups are also important for the development of various new host–guest supramolecular systems [23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. Helic[6]arenes [30], a new kind of macrocyclic arenes, are composed of 2,6-dihydroxy-substituted triptycene subunits bridged by methylene

Calixazulenes: azulene-based calixarene analogues – an overview and recent supramolecular complexation studies

• Paris E. Georghiou,
• Shofiur Rahman,
• Abdullah Alodhayb,
• Hidetaka Nishimura,
• Jaehyun Lee,
• Atsushi Wakamiya and
• Lawrence T. Scott

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2488–2494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.225

• reported in the literature [7]. Besides the classical calixarene phenolic subunits linked by methylene groups, “calixarenes” incorporating other subunits include, but are not limited to, resorcinol [8], hydroquinone [9], naphthols [10], pyrrole [11], heteroaromatics [12] and triptycene [13] in their cavity

An air-stable bisboron complex: a practical bidentate Lewis acid catalyst

• Longcheng Hong,
• Sebastian Ahles,
• Andreas H. Heindl,
• Gastelle Tiétcha,
• Andrey Petrov,
• Zhenpin Lu,
• Christian Logemann and
• Hermann A. Wegner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 618–625, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.48

• EtOAc/BrPh 1:1 (v/v). The X-ray analysis revealed a triptycene-type arrangement (Figure 2) which was similar to a pyridazine complex of 9,10-dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene reported by Wagner and co-workers [19] as well as the phthalazine complex of 5,10-dimethyl-5,10-dihydroboranthrene [17]. The 11B NMR

Complexation of molecular clips containing fragments of diphenylglycoluril and benzocrown ethers with paraquat and its derivatives

• Leonid S. Kikot',
• Catherine Yu. Kulygina,
• Alexander Yu. Lyapunov,
• Svetlana V. Shishkina,
• Roman I. Zubatyuk,
• Tatiana Yu. Bogaschenko and
• Tatiana I. Kirichenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2056–2067, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.203

• into bis(paraphenylene)-34-crown-10 leads to changes in the paraquat complex structure and an increase in its stability from 730 M−1 to 20000 M−1 in acetone-d6 [18]. Chen and co-workers obtained receptors with different combinations of triptycene, pentiptycene and crown ether fragments, and their

Synthesis, characterization and DNA interaction studies of new triptycene derivatives

• Sourav Chakraborty,
• Snehasish Mondal,
• Rina Kumari,
• Sourav Bhowmick,
• Prolay Das and
• Neeladri Das

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1290–1298, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.130

• Sourav Chakraborty Snehasish Mondal Rina Kumari Sourav Bhowmick Prolay Das Neeladri Das Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna 800 013, Bihar, India 10.3762/bjoc.10.130 Abstract A facile and efficient synthesis of a new series of triptycene-based tripods is being

• . Subsequently, derivatization of ethynyl-substituted triptycenes was studied to yield the respective propiolic acid and ethynylphosphine derivatives. Characterization of the newly functionalized triptycene derivatives and their regioisomers were carried out using FTIR and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, mass

• spectrometry, and elemental analyses techniques. The study of the interaction of these trisubstituted triptycenes with various forms of DNA revealed interesting dependency on the functional groups of the triptycene core to initiate damage or conformational changes in DNA. Keywords: abasic site; DNA damage

Novel supramolecular affinity materials based on (−)-isosteviol as molecular templates

• Christina Lohoelter,
• Malte Brutschy,
• Daniel Lubczyk and
• Siegfried R. Waldvogel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2821–2833, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.317

• [38][39], Within in a nine-step synthesis triphenylene ketals based on (−)-isosteviol were prepared [40]. Receptor structures 2 equipped with amino or sulfonylamido functionalities were obtained (Figure 2). In addition to triphenylene ketals, triptycene-based structures also exhibit the geometrical

• divergent–concave arrangement of functionalities can be obtained upon installation of building blocks with a linear geometry (Figure 3, right). Here, the functionalization of (−)-isosteviol-based triphenylene ketal all-syn-2a as well as the combination of (−)-isosteviol with the triptycene platform is

• construction of novel (−)-isosteviol-based C3-symmetric scaffolds. For the elaboration of optimal condensation conditions to form quinoxalines and to obtain model compounds representing subunits for the triptycene architectures o-phenylenediamines were employed (Scheme 2). It turned out that 5b forms the

Synthesis of enantiopure sugar-decorated six-armed triptycene derivatives

• Paola Bonaccorsi,
• Maria Luisa Di Gioia,
• Antonella Leggio,
• Lucio Minuti,
• Teresa Papalia,
• Carlo Siciliano,
• Andrea Temperini and
• Anna Barattucci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2410–2416, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.278

• Messina, Italy Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Università di Perugia, via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy 10.3762/bjoc.9.278 Abstract A new class of molecules with a triptycene rigid core surrounded by six monosaccharide residues was synthesized. Hexakis(bromomethyl) substituted

• triptycene was converted into a six-armed triptycene azide (2,3,6,7,14,15-hexakis(azidomethyl)-9,10-dihydro-9,10-[1’,2’]benzenoanthracene). The key step of the synthesis was the cycloaddition of the azide to 2-propyn-1-yl β-D-gluco- or galactopyranosides. All products were isolated in good yields and were

• fully characterized. Keywords: azide derivatives; click chemistry; glycoconjugates; 2-propyn-1-yl β-D-glycopyranosides; triptycene; Introduction Triptycene (1), with its three arene units fused to the bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5,7-triene system appears as a paddle wheel on closer inspection (Figure 1). The

Integrating reaction and analysis: investigation of higher-order reactions by cryogenic trapping

• Skrollan Stockinger and
• Oliver Trapp

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1837–1842, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.214

• obtained yields of the formed triptycene-9-derivatives is given in Table 1. The yields are reproducible between 1.4 and 6% as expected for the very short reaction times during the heating step. All reactions were also performed by a regular synthesis in test tubes in order to compare the results with those

• of the ocRGC measurements (see Table 1). The test tube system gives only moderate yields, even if the reaction temperature is raised to 80 °C. According to Stiles et al. the reaction of anthracene and benzenediazonium-2-carboxylate in refluxing benzene yields 30% triptycene with a reaction time of 64

• .; separation column: GE-SE30 (100% polydimethylsiloxane), 10 m, 500 nm film thickness, 250 µm i.d. Diels–Alder reaction of benzenediazonium-2-carboxylate with anthracene-9-derivatives toward triptycene-9-derivatives. Yield of triptycene-9-derivatives.a Acknowledgements We thank the Deutsche

Polar tagging in the synthesis of monodisperse oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)s and an update on the synthesis of oligoPPEs

• Dhananjaya Sahoo,
• Susanne Thiele,
• Miriam Schulte,
• Navid Ramezanian and
• Adelheid Godt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 57, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.57

• these methods have been applied to building blocks with additional substituents including functional groups as well as to other aromatic building blocks, such as biphenyl [33], bipyridine [36][42], thiophene [36][43][44], fluorene [45], and triptycene [46], and other shapes, e.g. starlike compounds [2

Molecular recognition of organic ammonium ions in solution using synthetic receptors

• Andreas Späth and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.32

Effect of transannular interaction on the redox- potentials in a series of bicyclic quinones

• Grigoriy Sereda,
• Jesse Van Heukelom,
• Miles Koppang,
• Sudha Ramreddy and
• Nicole Collins

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 26, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-26

• redox-potentials of bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-derived quinones will help in the design of new compounds with controlled biological activity. However, attempts to directly relate the reduction potentials of substituted triptycene-quinones to the electronic effects of substituents are often unsuccessful

• the triptycene-quinone system selectively destabilize the product of the two-electron reduction. Conclusion We have shown that first redox-potentials of substituted bicyclic quinones correlate with their calculated LUMO energies and the energies of reduction. The second redox-potentials correlate with

• of stability of the product of two electron reduction of 5,8-diacetoxy-9,10-dihydro-9,10-[1,2]benzenoanthracene-1,4-dione 5. Background It has been shown that 9,10-dihydro-9,10-[1,2]benzenoanthracene-1,4-dione (triptycene-quinone, 1) exhibits anti-leukemia activity, comparable with activity of