Light on the sustainable preparation of aryl-cored dibromides

• Fabrizio Roncaglia,
• Alberto Ughetti,
• Nicola Porcelli,
• Biagio Anderlini,
• Andrea Severini and
• Luca Rigamonti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1076–1087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.95

• redox couple NaBr–NaBrO3 in acidic media [40][41]. Other variations include the system KBr–Oxone® [42]. However, based on a literature review, we concluded that unparalleled efficiency and sustainability can be achieved through the well-established redox equilibria between hydrogen peroxide and halide

Multi-redox indenofluorene chromophores incorporating dithiafulvene donor and ene/enediyne acceptor units

• Christina Schøttler,
• Kasper Lund-Rasmussen,
• Line Broløs,
• Philip Vinterberg,
• Ema Bazikova,
• Viktor B. R. Pedersen and
• Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 59–73, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.8

• platinum disk (diameter = 1.6 mm) or a glassy carbon disk (3 mm) was used as the working electrode. The reference electrode was separated from the solution containing the substrate by a ceramic frit. Measured potentials were referenced to ferrocene/ferrocenium (Fc/Fc+) redox couple, measured before and

• CH2Cl2), and 17 (in CH2Cl2); supporting electrolyte: 0.1 M Bu4NPF6, scan rate: 0.1 V/s. All potentials are depicted against the Fc/Fc+ redox couple. Comparison of properties of compounds 13 and 17. Cyclic voltammograms of compounds 22, 23, 26, and 27 in CH2Cl2; supporting electrolyte: 0.1 M Bu4NPF6, scan

• rate: 0.1 V/s. All potentials are depicted against the Fc/Fc+ redox couple. Radical anion (left), dianion (middle), and radical cation (right) of compound 23; the radical anion has a 14πz-aromatic ring (highlighted in blue; only counting 2π-electrons of each triple bond, here defined as those in πz

Enabling artificial photosynthesis systems with molecular recycling: A review of photo- and electrochemical methods for regenerating organic sacrificial electron donors

• Grace A. Lowe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1198–1215, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.88

• sacrificial electron donors, and for researchers interested in designing new redox mediator and recyclable electron donor species. Keywords: artificial photosynthesis; photocatalysis; redox couple; sacrificial electron donor; solar fuels; Introduction Artificial photosynthesis research has resulted in the

The effect of dark states on the intersystem crossing and thermally activated delayed fluorescence of naphthalimide-phenothiazine dyads

• Liyuan Cao,
• Xi Liu,
• Xue Zhang,
• Jianzhang Zhao,
• Fabiao Yu and
• Yan Wan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1028–1046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.79

• -purged saturated solutions containing 0.10 M Bu4NPF6 as a supporting electrolyte, a platinum electrode as counter electrode, a glassy carbon electrode as working electrode, and the Ag/AgNO3 (0.1 M in ACN) couple as the reference electrode. Ferrocenium/ferrocene (Fc+/Fc) redox couple was used as an

Microelectrode arrays, electrosynthesis, and the optimization of signaling on an inert, stable surface

• Kendra Drayton-White,
• Siyue Liu,
• Yu-Chia Chang,
• Sakashi Uppal and
• Kevin D. Moeller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1488–1498, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.156

• complex molecule, the synthesis of a complex, two-dimensional addressable surface requires a new type of selectivity – "site-selectivity". The use of electrosynthesis is essential for obtaining this selectivity. With the substrate on the surface of the array, a hydroquinone/quinone redox couple was then

• used for the subsequent signaling experiment [20]. The hydroquinone/quinone redox couple has superior stability to the iron-based systems used previously [20], and its use leads to more reproducible binding curves. To generate the binding curve shown in Figure 4, the concentration of the integrin

• receptor was varied (and plotted on the x-axis) and then the current measured for the redox couple by CV (current = peak current for the oxidation − peak current for the reduction) for each concentration of the receptor. Blocks of 12 electrodes were used for recording the current with each data point in

Naphthalimide-phenothiazine dyads: effect of conformational flexibility and matching of the energy of the charge-transfer state and the localized triplet excited state on the thermally activated delayed fluorescence

• Kaiyue Ye,
• Liyuan Cao,
• Davita M. E. van Raamsdonk,
• Zhijia Wang,
• Jianzhang Zhao,
• Daniel Escudero and
• Denis Jacquemin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1435–1453, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.149

• , a glassy carbon electrode as working electrode, and the Ag/AgNO3 (0.1 M in ACN) couple as the reference electrode. The ferrocenium/ferrocene (Fc+/Fc) redox couple was used as an internal reference. Spectroelectrochemistry was performed using a 0.1 cm path length quartz electrochemical cell equipped

Cathodic generation of reactive (phenylthio)difluoromethyl species and its reactions: mechanistic aspects and synthetic applications

• Sadanobu Iwase,
• Shinsuke Inagi and
• Toshio Fuchigami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 872–880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.88

• are shown in Figure 1. As shown in Figure 1b, a typical reversible redox couple (E1/2red = −1.69 V vs. SSCE) of o-phthalonitrile was clearly observed. A significantly enhanced cathodic peak current was observed after addition of compound 1 to the solution containing o-phthalonitrile while the anodic

Photoinduced post-modification of graphitic carbon nitride-embedded hydrogels: synthesis of 'hydrophobic hydrogels' and pore substructuring

• Cansu Esen and
• Baris Kumru

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1323–1334, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.92

• novelty. Here, a metal-free semiconductor graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN)-embedded hydrogel as an initial network was synthesized via redox-couple initiation under dark conditions. Post-photomodification of so-formed hydrogel, thanks to the photoactivity of the embedded g-CN nanosheets, was exemplified in

• yellow powder was ultrasonicated in water to obtain a g-CN aqueous colloidal dispersion. The freshly prepared CM/water colloidal dispersion was mixed with water-soluble monomer (N,N-dimethylacrylamide, DMA) and crosslinker (N,N’-methylenebisacrylamide, MBA) followed by the addition of the redox couple

Amino- and polyaminophthalazin-1(2H)-ones: synthesis, coordination properties, and biological activity

• Zbigniew Malinowski,
• Emilia Fornal,
• Agata Sumara,
• Renata Kontek,
• Karol Bukowski,
• Beata Pasternak,
• Dariusz Sroczyński,
• Joachim Kusz,
• Magdalena Małecka and
• Monika Nowak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 558–568, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.50

• platinum disc electrode suggested that the [(L3)Cu(II)Cl2]/[(L3)Cu(I)Cl2] redox couple was formed. For more details, see Supporting Information File 2. Bioactivity Cytotoxicity analysis – MTT assay We used the MTT assay to evaluate compounds 5c, 5d, 5f, 5g, 6b, and 6d for their potential activity on

Controlled decomposition of SF₆ by electrochemical reduction

• Sébastien Bouvet,
• Bruce Pégot,
• Stéphane Sengmany,
• Erwan Le Gall,
• Eric Léonel,
• Anne-Marie Goncalves and
• Emmanuel Magnier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2948–2953, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.244

• , in accordance with the following relation [26]: To the half limiting current (id/2) can be associated the half wave potential noted E1/2. For reversible electrons exchanged at the interface electrode/electrolyte, the half wave potential can be assimilated to the reversible formal potential redox

• couple noted E°ox/red [27]. After the addition of SF6, a stationary current is clearly observed before the acetonitrile reduction [28]. The electrochemial response of SF6 is related to a reproducible stationnary cathodic current. The intensity of the limiting current (plateau intensity) directly depends

Synthesis of novel multifunctional carbazole-based molecules and their thermal, electrochemical and optical properties

• Nuray Altinolcek,
• Ahmet Battal,
• Mustafa Tavasli,
• William J. Peveler,
• Holly A. Yu and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1066–1074, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.93

• tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate as the electrolyte (Figure 2). A platinum disk was used as a working electrode, silver wire as the reference electrode and platinum wire as the counter electrode. The ferrocene-ferrocenium redox couple was used as an internal reference. At positive potentials, compounds 7a and

Visible-light-induced addition of carboxymethanide to styrene from monochloroacetic acid

• Kaj M. van Vliet,
• Nicole S. van Leeuwen,
• Albert M. Brouwer and
• Bas de Bruin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 398–408, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.38

• ferrocene with 0.1 M [TBA][PF6] in MeCN. The potential is referenced to the Fc/Fc+ redox couple (0 V). The excited state reduction potentials of two different reducing photoredox catalysts (in red and green) are shown in the figure. EPR spectra measured (black) and simulated (red) based on the structure of

Experimental and computational electrochemistry of quinazolinespirohexadienone molecular switches – differential electrochromic vs photochromic behavior

• Eric W. Webb,
• Jonathan P. Moerdyk,
• Kyndra B. Sluiter,
• Benjamin J. Pollock,
• Amy L. Speelman,
• Eugene J. Lynch,
• William F. Polik and
• Jason G. Gillmore

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2473–2485, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.240

• ) direction over an 800 mV window roughly centered on the reduction of Fc/Fc+ redox couple at a scan rate of 0.1–0.5 V/s, 10−4 A sensitivity, and 1 mV sample interval. Internal resistance (iR) compensation was manually set to 95–99.5% of the measured resistance so that the peak separation for the reversible

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

• charge-assisted C–H···anion interactions. According to the cyclic voltammetry analysis, the redox-active macrocycle was able to recognize chloride, causing a cathodic shift of the Epa wave of the ferrocene/ferrocenium redox couple. However, a quick disappearance of the redox signal was observed when the

Polysubstituted ferrocenes as tunable redox mediators

• Sven D. Waniek,
• Jan Klett,
• Christoph Förster and
• Katja Heinze

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1004–1015, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.86

• electron ferrocenium cation (FcH+) at a useful electrochemical potential (FcH/FcH+ +630 mV vs NHE; +380 mV vs SCE in CH3CN) [4]. The 0/+ redox couple of ferrocene and its derivatives possesses high electron self-exchange rates kex = 106–107 M−1 s−1, remarkably independent on the electrolyte and solvent [5

• are: (i) Both components of the redox couple should be soluble. (ii) Homogeneous and heterogeneous electron-transfer (ET) reactions should be fast. (iii) Both components should be stable under the electrolysis conditions and should not react irreversibly with any component of the supporting

• electrolyte [8]. In general, the redox mediators used as redox catalysts in indirect organic electrosyntheses should comprise the same characteristics [11][12][13][14]. A mediator is a reversible redox couple with a fast ET between itself and the electrode (heterogeneous) and between itself and the substrate

Enhanced quantum yields by sterically demanding aryl-substituted β-diketonate ancillary ligands

• Rebecca Pittkowski and
• Thomas Strassner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 664–671, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.54

• /s. All measurements were internally referenced against the Fc/Fc+ redox couple. For visualization, the EC-Lab software V11.01 and Origin 2017 were used. Synthesis (SP-4-4)-[1-Methyl-3-phenyl-1H-imidazolin-2-yliden-κC2,κC2‘][dimesitoylmethanato-κO,κO’]platinum(II) (2) General procedure: A flame-dried

Hydroquinone–pyrrole dyads with varied linkers

• Hao Huang,
• Christoffer Karlsson,
• Maria Strømme,
• Martin Sjödin and
• Adolf Gogoll

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 89–96, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.10

• ]. Recently, we have shown the suitability of the quinone–hydroquinone redox couple (Figure 1) as the redox active and capacity carrying component in conducting redox polymers (CRPs) [4][5]. To further investigate the interaction between the molecular components in these systems, a series of compounds with

Supramolecular polymer assembly in aqueous solution arising from cyclodextrin host–guest complexation

• Jie Wang,
• Zhiqiang Qiu,
• Yiming Wang,
• Li Li,
• Xuhong Guo,
• Duc-Truc Pham,
• Stephen F. Lincoln and
• Robert K. Prud’homme

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 50–72, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.7

• with (a). 5.4 Redox-responsive materials Redox-responsive hydrogel systems have potential applications as environmentally benign electro-functional materials. Such systems require a redox couple as a central component. One such system is that in which the oxidation states of iron are 0 and I in

Synthesis and photophysical characteristics of polyfluorene polyrotaxanes

• Aurica Farcas,
• Giulia Tregnago,
• Ana-Maria Resmerita,
• Pierre-Henri Aubert and
• Franco Cacialli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2677–2688, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.288

• gap (ΔEg) using ferrocene (Fc) as reference [51]. The IP, EA energy levels and ΔEg were calculated according to Equations 1–3 [52][53]. where: −4.80 eV represents the position of the Fc+/Fc redox couple in the energetic diagram [51]; +0.44 V is the redox potential of Fc+/Fc vs Ag. As indicated in

Synthesis and properties of novel star-shaped oligofluorene conjugated systems with BODIPY cores

• Clara Orofino-Pena,
• Diego Cortizo-Lacalle,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Muhammad T. Sajjad,
• Pavlos P. Manousiadis,
• Neil J. Findlay,
• Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
• Dimali Amarasinghe,
• Peter J. Skabara,
• Tell Tuttle,
• Graham A. Turnbull and
• Ifor D. W. Samuel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2704–2714, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.285

• monomer substrates in concentrations of ca. 10−4 M, together with TBAPF6 (0.1 M) as the supporting electrolyte. All measurements are referenced against the E1/2 of the Fc/Fc+ redox couple. UV–vis absorption spectra were recorded on a UNICAM UV 300, a Jasco V-660 or a Shimazdu UV-2600 spectrophotometer

New developments in gold-catalyzed manipulation of inactivated alkenes

• Michel Chiarucci and
• Marco Bandini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2586–2614, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.294

• the [Au(I)]/[Au(III)] redox couple during the intramolecular oxy- and aminoarylation of alkenes (Scheme 40) [86]. Optimal conditions for the reaction involved the use of Ph3PAuNTf2 in presence of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ as redox photocatalyst and aryl diazonium salts 157. In the proposed tandem catalytic cycle

A ferrocene redox-active triazolium macrocycle that binds and senses chloride

• Nicholas G. White and
• Paul D. Beer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 246–252, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.25

• demonstrated by 1H NMR titration experiments to bind chloride and benzoate in CD3CN, solely through charge-assisted C–H···anion hydrogen-bonding interactions. The redox-active macrocycle was also shown to sense chloride electrochemically via a cathodic shift of the Epa wave of the ferrocene/ferrocenium redox

• couple. Experimental General Remarks Bis(azide) 1 [12], and TBTA [18] were prepared as described in the literature. Dry dichloromethane and acetonitrile were purged with nitrogen and passed through a MBraun MSP-800 column. Water was deionised and microfiltered in a Milli-Q® Millipore machine