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Isoorotamide-based peptide nucleic acid nucleobases with extended linkers aimed at distal base recognition of adenosine in double helical RNA
- Grant D. Walby,
- Brandon R. Tessier,
- Tristan L. Mabee,
- Jennah M. Hoke,
- Hallie M. Bleam,
- Angelina Giglio-Tos,
- Emily E. Harding,
- Vladislavs Baskevics,
- Martins Katkevics,
- Eriks Rozners and
- James A. MacKay
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2513–2523, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.193
- hydrogen bonding (blue dashed lines). Watson–Crick hydrogen bonds are in red (dashed lines). Evolution of the strategy for U–A recognition. Isoorotamide-derived nucleobases for A–U recognition. Proposed isoorotamide distal binding (Db) nucleobases designed from the Io5 core. Hydrogen bonding donors to the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (a) Structure of a PNA oligomer with the N-(2-aminoethyl)glycine backbone (in red); (b) Representat...
Figure 2: Representative extended nucleobase triples through Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding (blue dashed lines). ...
Figure 3: Evolution of the strategy for U–A recognition.
Figure 4: Isoorotamide-derived nucleobases for A–U recognition.
Figure 5: Proposed isoorotamide distal binding (Db) nucleobases designed from the Io5 core. Hydrogen bonding ...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of the Db1 monomer (8).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of Db2 monomer 15.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of Db3 monomer 21.
Figure 6: Sequences for RNA hairpins and PNA ligands used for binding studies.
Figure 7: Major-groove view of hydrogen-bonding interactions in the (A) Db1*U–A triplet, (B) Db2*U–A triplet,...
C2 to C6 biobased carbonyl platforms for fine chemistry
- Jingjing Jiang,
- Muhammad Noman Haider Tariq,
- Florence Popowycz,
- Yanlong Gu and
- Yves Queneau
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2103–2172, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.165
- temperatures between 180–240 ºC in a maximum yield of about 30–40% (Scheme 14) [72][73]. Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) The formose process is the conversion of formaldehyde to glycolaldehyde and 1,3-dihydroxy-2-propanone (dihydroxyacetone, DHA). A computational protein-directed evolution allowed to create "formolase
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Figure 1: C2–C6 biobased carbonyl building blocks.
Scheme 1: Proposed (2 + 2) route to glycolaldehyde and glycolic acid from erythritol by Cu/AC catalyst (AC = ...
Scheme 2: Reductive amination of GCA.
Scheme 3: N-Formylation of secondary amines by reaction with GCA.
Scheme 4: Synthesis and conversion of hydroxy acetals to cyclic acetals.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 3-(indol-3-yl)-2,3-dihydrofurans via three-component reaction of glycolaldehyde, indol...
Scheme 6: BiCl3-catalyzed synthesis of benzo[a]carbazoles from 2-arylindoles and α-bromoacetaldehyde ethylene...
Scheme 7: Cu/NCNSs-based conversion of glycerol to glycolic acid and other short biobased acids.
Scheme 8: E. coli-based biotransformation of C1 source molecules (CH4, CO2 and CO) towards C2 glycolic acid.
Scheme 9: N-Formylation of amines with C2 (a) or C3 (b) biomass-based feedstocks.
Scheme 10: Methods for the formation of propanoic acid (PA) from lactic acid (LA).
Scheme 11: Co-polymerization of biobased lactic acid and glycolic acid via a bicatalytic process.
Scheme 12: Oxidation of α-hydroxy acids by tetrachloroaurate(III) in acetic acid–sodium acetate buffer medium.
Figure 2: Selective catalytic pathways for the conversion of lactic acid (LA).
Scheme 13: Synthesis of 1,3-PDO via cross-aldol reaction between formaldehyde and acetaldehyde to 3-hydroxypro...
Scheme 14: Hydrothermal conversion of 1,3-dihydroxy-2-propane and 2,3-dihydroxypropanal to methylglyoxal.
Scheme 15: FLS-catalyzed formose reaction to synthesize GA and DHA.
Scheme 16: GCA and DHA oxidation products of glycerol and isomerization of GCA to DHA under flow conditions us...
Scheme 17: Acid-catalyzed reactions of DHA with alcohols.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of dihydroxyacetone phosphate from dihydroxyacetone.
Scheme 19: Bifunctional acid–base catalyst DHA conversion into lactic acid via pyruvaldehyde or fructose forma...
Scheme 20: Catalytic one-pot synthesis of GA and co-synthesis of formamides and formates from DHA.
Scheme 21: (a) Synthesis of furan derivatives and (b) synthesis of thiophene derivative by cascade [3 + 2] ann...
Scheme 22: Brønsted acidic ionic liquid catalyzed synthesis of benzo[a]carbazole from renewable acetol and 2-p...
Scheme 23: Asymmetric hydrogenation of α-hydroxy ketones to 1,2-diols.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of novel 6-(substituted benzylidene)-2-methylthiazolo [2,3-b]oxazol-5(6H)-one from 1-hydr...
Scheme 25: ʟ-Proline-catalyzed synthesis of anti-diols from hydroxyacetone and aldehydes.
Scheme 26: C–C-bond-formation reactions of a biomass-based feedstock aromatic aldehyde (C5) and hydroxyacetone...
Scheme 27: Ethanol upgrading to C4 bulk chemicals via the thiamine (VB1)-catalyzed acetoin condensation.
Scheme 28: One-pot sequential chemoenzymatic synthesis of 2-aminobutane-1,4-diol and 1,2,4-butanetriol via 1,4...
Scheme 29: Synthesis of 1,4-dihydroxybutan-2-one by microbial transformation.
Scheme 30: Conversion of polyols by [neocuproine)Pd(OAc)]2(OTf)2] to α-hydroxy ketones.
Scheme 31: Chemoselective oxidation of alcohols with chiral palladium-based catalyst 2.
Scheme 32: Electrochemical transformation of furfural to 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (HFO).
Scheme 33: Selective hydrodeoxygenation of HFO and oxidation to γ-butyrolactone (GBL).
Scheme 34: Photosensitized oxygenation of furan towards HFO via ozonide intermediates.
Scheme 35: Conversion of furfural to HFO and MAN by using mesoporous carbon nitride (SGCN) as photocatalyst.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of HFO from furan derivatives.
Scheme 37: Photooxidation of furfural to 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (HFO).
Scheme 38: Synthesis of Friedel–Crafts indole adduct from HFO.
Scheme 39: Conversion of HFO to α,γ-substituted chiral γ-lactones.
Scheme 40: Tautomeric transformation of HFO to formylacrylic acid.
Scheme 41: Hydrolysis of HFO to succinic acid in aqueous solution.
Scheme 42: Substitution and condensation reactions of 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (HFO).
Scheme 43: (a) Conversion of HFO towards valuable C4 chemicals and (b) anodic oxidation of 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-fur...
Figure 3: Conversion of HFO towards other natural and synthetic substances.
Scheme 44: Conversion of furfural to maleic anhydride (reaction a: VOx/Al2O3; reaction b: VPO).
Scheme 45: Conversion of furfural into succinic acid.
Scheme 46: Electro‑, photo‑, and biocatalysis for one-pot selective conversions of furfural into C4 chemicals.
Scheme 47: Production route of furfural from hemicellulose.
Scheme 48: Mechanism for xylose dehydration to furfural through a choline xyloside intermediate.
Scheme 49: Conversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol and its derivatives.
Scheme 50: Conversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol and 3-(2-furyl)acrolein.
Scheme 51: The aerobic oxidative condensation of biomass-derived furfural and linear alcohols.
Scheme 52: The single-step synthesis of 2-pentanone from furfural.
Scheme 53: Electrocatalytic coupling reaction of furfural and levulinic acid.
Scheme 54: Conversion of furfural to m-xylylenediamine.
Scheme 55: Conversion of furfural to tetrahydrofuran-derived amines.
Scheme 56: Formation of trans-4,5-diamino-cyclopent-2-enones from furfural.
Scheme 57: Production of pyrrole and proline from furfural.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of 1‑(trifluoromethyl)-8-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-en-2-ones from furfural.
Scheme 59: Conversion of furfural to furfural-derived diacids.
Scheme 60: A telescope protocol derived from furfural and glycerol.
Scheme 61: A tandem cyclization of furfural and 5,5-dimethyl-1,3-cyclohexanedione.
Scheme 62: A Ugi four-component reaction to construct furfural-based polyamides.
Scheme 63: One-pot synthesis of γ-acyloxy-Cy7 from furfural.
Scheme 64: Dimerization–Piancatelli sequence toward humins precursors from furfural.
Scheme 65: Conversion of furfural to CPN.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of jet fuels range cycloalkanes from CPN and lignin-derived vanillin.
Scheme 67: Solar-energy-driven synthesis of high-density biofuels from CPN.
Scheme 68: Reductive amination of CPN to cyclopentylamine.
Scheme 69: Asymmetric hydrogenation of C=O bonds of exocyclic α,β-unsaturated cyclopentanones.
Scheme 70: Preparation of levulinic acid via the C5 route (route a) or C6 route (routes b1 and b2).
Scheme 71: Mechanism of the rehydration of HMF to levulinic acid and formic acid.
Scheme 72: Important levulinic acid-derived chemicals.
Scheme 73: Direct conversion of levulinic acid to pentanoic acid.
Scheme 74: Catalytic aerobic oxidation of levulinic acid to citramalic acid.
Scheme 75: Conversion of levulinic acid to 1,4-pentanediol (a) see ref. [236]; b) see ref. [237]; c) see ref. [238]; d) see r...
Scheme 76: Selective production of 2-butanol through hydrogenolysis of levulinic acid.
Scheme 77: General reaction pathways proposed for the formation of 5MPs from levulinic acid.
Scheme 78: Selective reductive amination of levulinic acid to N-substituted pyrroles.
Scheme 79: Reductive amination of levulinic acid to chiral pyrrolidinone.
Scheme 80: Reductive amination of levulinic acid to non-natural chiral γ-amino acid.
Scheme 81: Nitrogen-containing chemicals derived from levulinic acid.
Scheme 82: Preparation of GVL from levulinic acid by dehydration and hydrogenation.
Scheme 83: Ruthenium-catalyzed levulinic acid to chiral γ-valerolactone.
Scheme 84: Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of levulinic acid to chiral GVL.
Scheme 85: Three steps synthesis of ε-caprolactam from GVL.
Scheme 86: Multistep synthesis of nylon 6,6 from GVL.
Scheme 87: Preparation of MeGVL by α-alkylation of GVL.
Scheme 88: Ring-opening polymerization of five-membered lactones.
Scheme 89: Synthesis of GVL-based ionic liquids.
Scheme 90: Preparation of butene isomers from GVL under Lewis acid conditions.
Scheme 91: Construction of C5–C12 fuels from GVL over nano-HZSM-5 catalysts.
Scheme 92: Preparation of alkyl valerate from GVL via ring opening/reduction/esterification sequence.
Scheme 93: Construction of 4-acyloxypentanoic acids from GVL.
Scheme 94: Synthesis of 1,4-pentanediol (PDO) from GVL.
Scheme 95: Construction of novel cyclic hemiketal platforms via self-Claisen condensation of GVL.
Scheme 96: Copper-catalyzed lactamization of GVL.
Figure 4: Main scaffolds obtained from HMF.
Scheme 97: Biginelli reactions towards HMF-containing dihydropyrimidinones.
Scheme 98: Hantzsch dihydropyridine synthesis involving HMF.
Scheme 99: The Kabachnik–Fields reaction involving HMF.
Scheme 100: Construction of oxazolidinone from HMF.
Scheme 101: Construction of rhodamine-furan hybrids from HMF.
Scheme 102: A Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction involving HMF.
Scheme 103: HMF-containing benzodiazepines by [4 + 2 + 1] cycloadditions.
Scheme 104: Synthesis of fluorinated analogues of α-aryl ketones.
Scheme 105: Synthesis of HMF derived disubstituted γ-butyrolactone.
Scheme 106: Functionalized aromatics from furfural and HMF.
Scheme 107: Diels–Alder adducts from HMF or furfural with N-methylmaleimide.
Scheme 108: Pathway of the one-pot conversion of HMF into phthalic anhydride.
Scheme 109: Photocatalyzed preparation of humins (L-H) from HMF mixed with spoiled HMF residues (LMW-H) and fur...
Scheme 110: Asymmetric dipolar cycloadditions on HMF.
Scheme 111: Dipolar cycloadditions of HMF based nitrones to 3,4- and 3,5-substituted isoxazolidines.
Scheme 112: Production of δ-lactone-fused cyclopenten-2-ones from HMF.
Scheme 113: Aza-Piancatelli access to aza-spirocycles from HMF-derived intermediates.
Scheme 114: Cross-condensation of furfural, acetone and HMF into C13, C14 and C15 products.
Scheme 115: Base-catalyzed aldol condensation/dehydration sequences from HMF.
Scheme 116: Condensation of HMF and active methylene nitrile.
Scheme 117: MBH reactions involving HMF.
Scheme 118: Synthesis of HMF-derived ionic liquids.
Scheme 119: Reductive amination/enzymatic acylation sequence towards HMF-based surfactants.
Scheme 120: The formation of 5-chloromethylfurfural (CMF).
Scheme 121: Conversion of CMF to HMF, levulinic acid, and alkyl levulinates.
Scheme 122: Conversion of CMF to CMFCC and FDCC.
Scheme 123: Conversion of CMF to BHMF.
Scheme 124: Conversion of CMF to DMF.
Scheme 125: CMF chlorine atom substitutions toward HMF ethers and esters.
Scheme 126: Introduction of carbon nucleophiles in CMF.
Scheme 127: NHC-catalyzed remote enantioselective Mannich-type reactions of CMF.
Scheme 128: Conversion of CMF to promising biomass-derived dyes.
Scheme 129: Radical transformation of CMF with styrenes.
Scheme 130: Synthesis of natural herbicide δ-aminolevulinic acid from CMF.
Scheme 131: Four step synthesis of the drug ranitidine from CMF.
Scheme 132: Pd/CO2 cooperative catalysis for the production of HHD and HXD.
Scheme 133: Different ruthenium (Ru) catalysts for the ring-opening of 5-HMF to HHD.
Scheme 134: Proposed pathways for preparing HXD from HMF.
Scheme 135: MCP formation and uses.
Scheme 136: Cu(I)-catalyzed highly selective oxidation of HHD to 2,5-dioxohexanal.
Scheme 137: Synthesis of N‑substituted 3‑hydroxypyridinium salts from 2,5-dioxohexanal.
Scheme 138: Ru catalyzed hydrogenations of HHD to 1,2,5-hexanetriol (a) see ref. [396]; b) see ref. [397]).
Scheme 139: Aviation fuel range quadricyclanes produced by HXD.
Scheme 140: Synthesis of HDGK from HXD and glycerol as a chain extender.
Scheme 141: Synthesis of serinol pyrrole from HXD and serinol.
Scheme 142: Synthesis of pyrroles from HXD and nitroarenes.
Scheme 143: Two-step production of PX from cellulose via HXD.
Scheme 144: Preparation of HCPN from HMF via hydrogenation and ring rearrangement.
Scheme 145: Suggested pathways from HMF to HCPN.
Scheme 146: α-Alkylation of HCPN with ethylene gas.
Scheme 147: Synthesis of 3-(hydroxymethyl)cyclopentylamine from HMF via reductive amination of HCPN.
Scheme 148: Production of LGO and Cyrene® from biomass.
Scheme 149: Synthesis of HBO from LGO and other applications.
Scheme 150: Construction of m-Cyrene® homopolymer.
Scheme 151: Conversion of Cyrene® to THFDM and 1,6-hexanediol.
Scheme 152: RAFT co-polymerization of LGO and butadienes.
Scheme 153: Polycondensation of HO-LGOL and diols with dimethyl adipate.
Scheme 154: Self-condensation of Cyrene® and Claisen–Schmidt reactions.
Scheme 155: Synthesis of 5-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydropyran from Cyrene®.
Bioinspired total syntheses of natural products: a personal adventure
- Zhengyi Qin,
- Yuting Yang,
- Nuran Yan,
- Xinyu Liang,
- Zhiyu Zhang,
- Yaxuan Duan,
- Huilin Li and
- Xuegong She
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2048–2061, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.160
- biotic evolution in which live survives from changes of Earth environment by changing themselves. Natural products play a pivotal role in biological transformations within organisms, and moreover, are of great value for human life by serving as food, cloth and medicine. It represents a longstanding goal
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative natural products with biomimetic total synthesis.
Scheme 1: Bioinspired total synthesis of chabranol (2010).
Scheme 2: Proposed biosynthetic pathway of monocerin-family natural products.
Scheme 3: Bioinspired total synthesis of monocerin-family molecules (2013).
Scheme 4: Bioinspired skeletal diversification of (12-MeO-)tabertinggine (2016).
Scheme 5: Structures and our proposed biosynthetic pathway of gymnothelignans.
Scheme 6: Bioinspired total synthesis of gymnothelignans (2014–2025).
Scheme 7: Bioinspired total synthesis of sarglamides (2025).
Understanding the origin of stereoselectivity in the photochemical denitrogenation of 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptene and its derivatives with non-adiabatic molecular dynamics
- Leticia A. Gomes and
- Steven A. Lopez
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2007–2020, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.156
- producing energy-dense compounds [2][3]. One promising strategy to access strained compounds involves gas-evolution (e.g., CO or N2) because of the associated entropic driving force; this approach has had wide utility in photomedicine and organic synthesis. For example, photochemical decarboxylation has
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Applications of bicyclo[1.1.0]butane (a) and bicyclo[2.1.0]pentane (b). Molecules with biological a...
Scheme 2: Diastereoselectivity in the direct photolysis of 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-enes.
Scheme 3: Mechanism for the photodenitrogenation of DBH proposed in the literature.
Figure 1: CASSCF(8,9) active space of 1 with average electron occupancies. Orbitals were calculated at the SA...
Figure 2: Absorption spectra and geometric overlays corresponding to Wigner-sampled geometries of 1 (a), 3 (b...
Figure 3: Minimum energy path using XMS-CASPT2(8,9)/ANO-S-VDZP for 1 (a), 3 (b), and 5 (c). The dots on the g...
Figure 4: (a) The bond lengths we calculated are depicted. σCN bonds plotted against each other for 1 (b), 3 ...
Figure 5: (a) Geometrical parameters. Plots show trajectories for a 1 ps NAMD simulation with CASSCF (8,9)/AN...
Figure 6: (a) Geometrical parameters. H–C–C–C dihedral angles plotted against each other for S1-to-S0 hopping...
Figure 7: The minimum energy conical intersection geometries are shown for the partially inverted hopping poi...
Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of helically chiral, planarly chiral and inherently chiral molecules
- Wei Liu and
- Xiaoyu Yang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1864–1889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.145
- asymmetric Mannich reactions, the past two decades have witnessed the remarkable evolution of CPA catalysis into one of the most versatile platforms for achieving diverse enantioselective transformations [3][4][5][6][7][8]. CPA catalysts are generally recognized as bifunctional catalysts with two distinct
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: General structure of CPAs and selected CPAs with various chiral scaffolds.
Figure 2: Representative elements of molecular chirality.
Scheme 1: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of azahelicenes via Fischer indole synthesis.
Scheme 2: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of azahelicenes via sequential Povarov reaction and oxidative ar...
Scheme 3: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of azahelicenes via sequential Povarov reaction involving 3-viny...
Scheme 4: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of heterohelicenes via sequential Povarov reaction involving 2-v...
Scheme 5: Diverse enantioselective synthesis of hetero[7]helicenes via a CPA-catalyzed double annulation stra...
Scheme 6: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of indolohelicenoids through enantioselective cycloaddition and ...
Scheme 7: Kinetic resolution of helical polycyclic phenols via CPA-catalyzed enantioselective aminative dearo...
Scheme 8: Kinetic resolution of azahelicenes via CPA-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation.
Scheme 9: Asymmetric synthesis of planarly chiral macrocycles via CPA-catalyzed electrophilic aromatic aminat...
Scheme 10: Enantioselective synthesis of planarly chiral macrocycles via CPA-catalyzed macrocyclization.
Scheme 11: (Dynamic) kinetic resolution of planarly chiral paracyclophanes via CPA-catalyzed asymmetric reduct...
Scheme 12: Kinetic resolution of macrocyclic paracyclophanes through CPA/Bi-catalyzed asymmetric allylation.
Scheme 13: Enantioselective synthesis of planarly chiral macrocycles via CPA-catalyzed coupling of carboxylic ...
Scheme 14: Kinetic resolution of substituted amido[2.2]paracyclophanes via CPA-catalyzed asymmetric electrophi...
Scheme 15: Enantioselective synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arenes via sequential CPA-catalyzed Povarov...
Scheme 16: Asymmetric synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arenes via CPA-catalyzed aminative desymmetrizati...
Scheme 17: Asymmetric synthesis of chiral heterocalix[4]arenes via CPA-catalyzed intramolecular SNAr reaction.
Scheme 18: Enantioselective synthesis of inherently chiral DDDs via CPA-catalyzed cyclocondensation.
Scheme 19: Asymmetric synthesis of saddle-shaped inherently chiral 9,10-dihydrotribenzoazocines via CPA-cataly...
Scheme 20: Enantioselective synthesis of inherently chiral saddle-shaped dibenzo[b,f][1,5]diazocines via CPA-c...
Scheme 21: Enantioselective synthesis of inherent chiral 7-membered tribenzocycloheptene oximes via CPA-cataly...
Transition-state aromaticity and its relationship with reactivity in pericyclic reactions
- Israel Fernández
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1613–1626, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.125
- [1][2][3]. Initially introduced to account for the remarkable stability, low reactivity, and unique structural features of benzene and related aromatic hydrocarbons, the concept has undergone a significant evolution [4]. Since the introduction of the famous Hückel’s (4n + 2) rule [5], first clearly
- ) value (ca. −20 ppm) [67]. Not surprisingly, the analogous, uncatalyzed carbonyl–ene reaction features a similar TS-aromaticity as confirmed by the evolution of the NICS values along a z-axis perpendicular to the molecular plane which exhibits the bell-shape expected for an in-plane aromatic molecule [45
- cycloadditions involving metal cyaphides should be in-plane aromatic species due to the cyclic delocalization of 6-electrons in the molecular plane. Indeed, the evolution of the NICS(3, +1) values along a z-axis perpendicular to the molecular plane shows the expected bell shape with a maximum value at z = 0 Å
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: (a) Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction between butadiene and ethylene. (b) Gold(I)-catalyzed propar...
Figure 1: Transition states computed for the Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction between isoprene and methyl a...
Figure 2: Comparative activation strain analyses (a) and energy decomposition analysis (b) of the Diels–Alder...
Figure 3: (a) Evolution of the NICS(3, +1) values along a z-axis perpendicular to the molecular plane of the ...
Figure 4: Comparative activation strain analyses (a) and energy decomposition analysis (b) of the carbonyl–en...
Figure 5: AICD (a) and EDDB (b) plots for the transition state involved in the DGRT between ethene and ethane....
Figure 6: Comparative activation strain analyses (a) and energy decomposition analysis (b) of the DGRT betwee...
Scheme 2: Representative cycloisomerization reaction of 1,3-hexadien-5-yne.
Figure 7: AICD plots of the transition states associated with the Hopf cyclization reactions involving cis-he...
Figure 8: Comparative activation strain analyses of the Hopf cyclization involving ene–ene–ynes E=CH–CH=CH–C≡...
Scheme 3: 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reactions between t-BuN3 and cyaphide complexes.
Figure 9: Evolution of the NICS(3, +1) values along a z-axis perpendicular to the molecular plane of the TSs ...
Figure 10: Comparative activation strain analyses (a) and energy decomposition analysis (b) of the 1,3-dipolar...
Thermodynamic equilibrium between locally excited and charge transfer states in perylene–phenothiazine dyads
- Issei Fukunaga,
- Shunsuke Kobashi,
- Yuki Nagai,
- Hiroki Horita,
- Hiromitsu Maeda and
- Yoichi Kobayashi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1577–1586, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.121
- to resolve into the evolution-associated spectra (EAS) [19]. The spectral evolution over time was tentatively analyzed using a three- or four-component sequential decay model (for example, the four-state kinetic model is described as EAS1 → EAS2 → EAS3 → EAS4 → ground state). Figure 6a and 6c show
- . Microsecond transient absorption (a) spectra and (b) dynamics of Pe–PTZ(TPA)2 in benzene excited at 355 nm (5 μJ/pulse) and probed at 430 nm under nitrogen and oxygen conditions. Femtosecond-to-nanosecond transient absorption spectra and evolution-associated spectra (EAS) of Pe–PTZ(TPA)2 in benzene excited at
- (a, c) 350 nm (20 nJ/pulse) and (b, d) 420 nm (6 nJ/pulse) at room temperature. (a) Femtosecond-to-nanosecond transient absorption spectra and (b) evolution-associated spectra (EAS) of Pe–Ph–PTZ(TPA)2 in benzene excited at 350 nm (20 nJ/pulse) at room temperature. Summarized photophysical process of
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Molecular structures of Pe–PTZ, Pe–PTZ(TPA), Pe–PTZ(TPA)2, and Pe–Ph–PTZ(TPA)2.
Figure 2: Energy diagrams around the frontier orbitals of Pe–PTZ, Pe–PTZ(TPA), Pe–PTZ(TPA)2, and Pe–Ph–PTZ(TP...
Figure 3: Steady-state (a) absorption and (b) emission spectra of Pe–PTZ, Pe–PTZ(TPA), Pe–PTZ(TPA)2, and Pe–P...
Figure 4: Emission decay curves of Pe–PTZ(TPA)2 in benzene excited at 403 nm and probed at 460 and 632 nm.
Figure 5: Microsecond transient absorption (a) spectra and (b) dynamics of Pe–PTZ(TPA)2 in benzene excited at...
Figure 6: Femtosecond-to-nanosecond transient absorption spectra and evolution-associated spectra (EAS) of Pe...
Figure 7: (a) Femtosecond-to-nanosecond transient absorption spectra and (b) evolution-associated spectra (EA...
Figure 8: Summarized photophysical process of Pe–PTZ(TPA)2 in benzene at room temperature. The left side desc...
Ambident reactivity of enolizable 5-mercapto-1H-tetrazoles in trapping reactions with in situ-generated thiocarbonyl S-methanides derived from sterically crowded cycloaliphatic thioketones
- Grzegorz Mlostoń,
- Małgorzata Celeda,
- Marcin Palusiak,
- Heinz Heimgartner,
- Marta Denel-Bobrowska and
- Agnieszka B. Olejniczak
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1508–1519, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.113
- slightly higher temperature (60 °C). In both cases, evolution of nitrogen was completed after ca. 3 h and pure thiiranes 8a and 8b were isolated as sole products in 62%, and 58% yield, respectively (Scheme 4). Thus, their formation clearly evidenced formation of the respective thiocarbonyl S-methanides 1c
- was typically carried out at 45 °C in THF solution, and evolution of N2 was monitored using a nitrometer connected with the reaction flask. When the evolution of the gas was completed, the solvent was evaporated, and the crude residue was checked by means of 1H NMR. Two high-field shifted singlets
- decomposition of dispiro-1,3,4-thiadiazoline 2c: A magnetically stirred solution of 2c (125.0 mg, 0.5 mmol) in 1 mL THF was heated in an oil bath at 65 °C and the evolution of nitrogen gas was controlled with a nitrometer (gas burette) connected with the flask. After ca. 3 h evolution of nitrogen was complete
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Typical [3 + 2] cycloaddition (above) and trapping (below) reactions of thiocarbonyl S-methanides 1a...
Scheme 2: Ambident reactivity of 5-mercapto-1H-tetrazoles 4 towards dimethyl 2-arylcyclopropane dicarboxylate...
Scheme 3: Regioselectivity of [3 + 2] cycloadditions of diazomethane with adamantanethione (7a) [22,24,25], and sterica...
Scheme 4: The in situ generation of sterically crowded thiocarbonyl S-methanides 1c,d (via a 1,3-dipolar cycl...
Scheme 5: Reactions of the in situ-generated thiocarbonyl S-methanides 1 (from 1,3,4-thiadiazolines 2) with e...
Figure 1: (a) Molecular structure of the N-insertion product (thioaminal) 9i. Atoms are represented by therma...
Scheme 6: Stepwise mechanism of the competitive N- and S-insertion reactions between the in situ-generated th...
Scheme 7: Mechanism of the isomerization of initially formed thioaminals 9 to dithioacetals 10.
On the photoluminescence in triarylmethyl-centered mono-, di-, and multiradicals
- Daniel Straub,
- Markus Gross,
- Mona E. Arnold,
- Julia Zolg and
- Alexander J. C. Kuehne
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 964–998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.80
- electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). This enables improved homogeneity in quantum phase evolution and superior Tm, rendering brominated trityl radicals interesting for quantum memory applications [55]. Symmetry in N-heteroaryl-functionalized diphenylmethyl radicals Another approach to affect the symmetry
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Figure 1: a) Tris(trichlorophenyl)methyl (TTM) radical and related trityl radicals, b) HDMO, SOMO, LUMO orbit...
Figure 2: Mixed halide tri- and perhalogenated triphenylmethyl radicals: a) Molecular structures of homo- and...
Figure 3: Pyridine-functionalized triarylmethyl radicals. a) Chemical structures of X2PyBTM, Py2MTM, and Au-F2...
Figure 4: Pyridine-functionalized triarylmethyl radicals. a) Molecular structure of Mes2F2PyBTM, and b) its f...
Figure 5: Carbazole functionalized triarylmethyl radical. a) Chemical structure of Cz-BTM and b) its energy d...
Figure 6: Donor-functionalized triphenylmethyl radicals. Molecular structures of TTM-Cz, DTM-Cz, TTM-3PCz, PT...
Figure 7: Tuning of the donor strength. Functionalization with electron-donating and electron-withdrawing gro...
Figure 8: Tuning of the donor strength, by varying the Cz-derived donor (1–36) on a TTM radical fragment. a) ...
Figure 9: Three-state model and Marcus theory: q is the charge transfer coordinate and G the free energy. Gro...
Figure 10: Dendronized carbazole donors on TTM radicals. a) Molecular structures of G3TTM and G4TTM. b) Photol...
Figure 11: Electronic extension of the Cz donor. a) Molecular structures and optoelectronic properties of TTM-...
Figure 12: Kekulé diradicals: a) hexadeca- and perchlorinated Thiele (TTH, PTH), Chichibabin (TTM-TTM, PTM-PTM...
Figure 13: Non-Kekulé diradicals: perchlorinated Schlenk–Brauns radical (m-PTH), meta-coupled TTM radicals in ...
Figure 14: UV–vis absorption and photoluminescence spectra of a) TTH in solvents of different polarity, b) dir...
Figure 15: Molecular structures of m-4BTH (meta-butylated Thiele hydrocarbon), m-4TTH (meta-trichlorinated Thi...
Figure 16: a) Polystyrene-based TTM-Cz polymer. b) Molecular structure of radical particles with backbone thro...
Figure 17: Molecular structures of polyradicals. a) Molecular structures of p-TBr6Cl3M-F8, p-TBr6Cl3M-acF8 and ...
Figure 18: Structures of coordination and metal-organic frameworks. a) Carboxylic acid functionalized monomers...
Figure 19: Structures of coordination and metal-organic frameworks. a) Molecular structures of monomers TTMDI, ...
Figure 20: Molecular structures of covalent organic frameworks m-TPM-Ph-COF, m-PTM-Ph-COF, p-TPH-COF, p-PTH-COF...
Figure 21: Molecular structures of covalent organic frameworks PTMAc-COF, oxTAMAc-COF, TOTAc-COF, PTMTAz-COF, p...
Recent advances in controllable/divergent synthesis
- Jilei Cao,
- Leiyang Bai and
- Xuefeng Jiang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 890–914, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.73
- or stimulus-responsive approaches, this paradigm capitalizes on the chronoselective evolution of reactive species to unlock sequence-controlled transformations. In 2020, the You group reported a reaction-time-dependent enantiodivergent synthesis method. Under the same chiral catalytic system, they
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Scheme 1: Ligand-controlled regiodivergent C1 insertion into arynes [19].
Scheme 2: Ligand effect in homogenous gold catalysis enabling regiodivergent π-bond-activated cyclization [20].
Scheme 3: Ligand-controlled palladium(II)-catalyzed regiodivergent carbonylation of alkynes [21].
Scheme 4: Catalyst-controlled annulations of strained cyclic allenes with π-allyl palladium complexes and pro...
Scheme 5: Ring expansion of benzosilacyclobutenes with alkynes [23].
Scheme 6: Photoinduced regiodivergent and enantioselective cross-coupling [24].
Scheme 7: Catalyst-controlled regiodivergent and enantioselective formal hydroamination of N,N-disubstituted ...
Scheme 8: Catalyst-tuned regio- and enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) coupling [31].
Scheme 9: Catalyst-controlled annulations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes with vinyl azides [32].
Scheme 10: Solvent-driven reversible macrocycle-to-macrocycle interconversion [39].
Scheme 11: Unexpected solvent-dependent reactivity of cyclic diazo imides and mechanism [40].
Scheme 12: Palladium-catalyzed annulation of prochiral N-arylphosphonamides with aromatic iodides [41].
Scheme 13: Time-dependent enantiodivergent synthesis [42].
Scheme 14: Time-controlled palladium-catalyzed divergent synthesis of silacycles via C–H activation [43].
Scheme 15: Proposed mechanism for the time-controlled palladium-catalyzed divergent synthesis of silacycles [43].
Scheme 16: Metal-free temperature-controlled regiodivergent borylative cyclizations of enynes [45].
Scheme 17: Nickel-catalyzed switchable site-selective alkene hydroalkylation by temperature regulation [46].
Scheme 18: Copper-catalyzed decarboxylative amination/hydroamination sequence [48].
Scheme 19: Proposed mechanism of copper-catalyzed decarboxylative amination/hydroamination sequence [48].
Scheme 20: Enantioselective chemodivergent three-component radical tandem reactions [49].
Scheme 21: Substrate-controlled synthesis of indoles and 3H-indoles [52].
Scheme 22: Controlled mono- and double methylene insertions into nitrogen–boron bonds [53].
Scheme 23: Copper-catalyzed substrate-controlled carbonylative synthesis of α-keto amides and amides [54].
Scheme 24: Divergent sulfur(VI) fluoride exchange linkage of sulfonimidoyl fluorides and alkynes [55].
Scheme 25: Modular and divergent syntheses of protoberberine and protonitidine alkaloids [56].
Recent advances in allylation of chiral secondary alkylcopper species
- Minjae Kim,
- Gwanggyun Kim,
- Doyoon Kim,
- Jun Hee Lee and
- Seung Hwan Cho
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 639–658, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.51
- nucleophiles 5 that have conjugate acids with pKa values greater than 25 such as organolithium, organomagnesium, organozinc, and organozirconium reagents. This crucial distinction effectively expanded the scope of allylic substitution reactions beyond traditional boundaries. The evolution of copper-catalyzed
- mechanistic insight into the observed stereochemical outcome. Conclusion This review highlights the evolution of strategies for generating and utilizing chiral nonracemic organocopper species with secondary carbon–metal bonds in asymmetric allylic substitution reactions. Early approaches relied on the
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Scheme 1: Representative transition-metal catalysis for allylic substitution.
Scheme 2: Formation of stereogenic centers in copper-catalyzed allylic alkylation reactions.
Scheme 3: Copper-mediated, stereospecific SN2-selective allylic substitution through retentive transmetalatio...
Scheme 4: ZnCl2-promoted stereospecific SN2' allylic substitution of secondary alkylcopper species via sequen...
Scheme 5: Temperature and time-dependent configurational stability of chiral secondary organocopper species.
Scheme 6: DFT analysis of B–C bond lengths in various boronate complexes and correlation with reactivity.
Scheme 7: Copper-catalyzed stereospecific allylic alkylation of secondary alkylboronic esters via tert-butyll...
Scheme 8: Copper-catalyzed stereospecific allylic alkylation of chiral tertiary alkylboronic esters via adama...
Scheme 9: DFT-calculated energy surface for boron-to-copper transmetalation of either the tert-butyl group or...
Scheme 10: CuH-catalyzed enantioselective allylic substitution and postulated catalytic cycle.
Scheme 11: CuH-catalyzed enantioselective allylic substitution of vinylarenes.
Scheme 12: CuH-catalyzed stereoselective allylic substitution of vinylboronic esters.
Scheme 13: (a) Generation of chiral copper species via enantioselective CuH addition to vinylBpin. (b) Regardi...
Scheme 14: CuH-catalyzed enantioselective allylic substitution of 1‐trifluoromethylalkenes with 18-crown-6.
Scheme 15: CuH-catalyzed enantioselective allylic substitution of terminal alkynes.
Scheme 16: Copper-catalyzed enantiotopic-group-selective allylic substitution of 1,1-diborylalkanes.
Scheme 17: (a) Computational and (b) experimental studies to elucidate the mechanistic details of the enantiot...
Scheme 18: Copper-catalyzed regio-, diastereo- and enantioselective allylic substitution of 1,1-diborylalkanes....
Scheme 19: (a) Experimental and (b) computational studies to understand the stereoselectivities in oxidative a...
Entry to 2-aminoprolines via electrochemical decarboxylative amidation of N‑acetylamino malonic acid monoesters
- Olesja Koleda,
- Janis Sadauskis,
- Darja Antonenko,
- Edvards Janis Treijs,
- Raivis Davis Steberis and
- Edgars Suna
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 630–638, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.50
- undesired cathodic reduction. Indeed, trace amounts of 2-aminoproline derivative 6g (<4%) could be obtained by replacing SS as the cathode material with platinum that has a low overpotential for hydrogen evolution reaction [14]. To avoid the undesired cathodic reduction of the nitro group, the electrolysis
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Figure 1: Selected examples of α,α-disubstituted cyclic amino acids in drug design.
Figure 2: Electrochemical decarboxylative amination reactions.
Scheme 1: Preparation of malonic acid monoester 9a.
Figure 3: A) Cyclic voltammograms of 6a and 9a at 3 mM and 6 mM concentration, respectively, in 5:1 MeCN/H2O ...
Scheme 2: Electrolysis of acid 9d in deuterated solvents.
Figure 4: Plausible mechanism for formation of pyrrolidine 6a and hemiaminal 10a.
Scheme 3: Scope of the decarboxylative amidation. aStainless-steel cathode; bgraphite cathode; cyield determi...
Scheme 4: Synthetic modifications of 2-aminoproline derivatives 6.
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
- reagents (“cofactors”), they could perform non-biotic reactions, and even have potential for the design of novel active sites that could be transposed into new designer enzymes for optimization [388][389][390][391], since directed evolution requires initial activity to work from. Flexibility vs rigidity
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Figure 1: Catalytic rate enhancements from a reduction in the Gibbs free energy transition barrier can be fra...
Figure 2: Typical catalysis modes using macrocycle cavities performing (non-specific) hydrophobic substrate b...
Figure 3: (A) Cram’s serine protease model system [87,88]. The macrocycle showed strong substrate binding (organizat...
Figure 4: (A) Self-assembling capsules can perform hydrophobic catalysis [116,117]. (B) Resorcin[4]arene building bloc...
Figure 5: (A) Metal-organic cages and key modes in catalysis. (B) Charged metals or ligands can result in +/−...
Figure 6: (A) Frameworks (MOFs, COFs) can be catalysts. (B) Example of a 2D-COF, assembled by dynamic covalen...
Figure 7: (A) Examples of dynamic covalent chemistry used to synthesize organic cages. (B) Organic cages are ...
Figure 8: (A) Design and development of soluble, functionalized, robust organic cages. (B) Examples of modula...
Figure 9: (A) There are 13 metastable conformers (symmetry-corrected) for cage 1 due to permutations of amide...
Red light excitation: illuminating photocatalysis in a new spectrum
- Lucas Fortier,
- Corentin Lefebvre and
- Norbert Hoffmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 296–326, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.22
- growing concerns around environmental sustainability, there is increasing interest in developing photocatalysts that are more accessible, tunable, and eco-friendly. Each section of this document discusses a specific approach to red-light photocatalysis, reflecting the field’s evolution and exploring
- efficient catalytic processes. In the same way, recent advances in red-light photoredox catalysis have expanded the utility of first-row transition metals in a domain traditionally dominated by second- and third-row elements. A prime example of this evolution is the development of a dual photoredox strategy
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Figure 1: Influence of the metal center M (Fe, Ru, Os) on the position of the MLCT and MC (metal-centered) ab...
Scheme 1: Red-light-mediated ring-closing metathesis through activation of a ruthenium catalyst by an osmium ...
Scheme 2: Photocatalyzed polymerization of dicylopentadiene mediated with red or blue light.
Figure 2: Comparison between [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and [Os(tpy)2]2+ in a photocatalyzed trifluoromethylation reaction:...
Scheme 3: Red-light photocatalyzed C–N cross-coupling reaction by T. Rovis et al. (SET = single-electron tran...
Figure 3: Red-light-mediated aryl oxidative addition with a bismuthinidene complex.
Scheme 4: Red-light-mediated reduction of aryl derivatives by O. S. Wenger et al. (PC = photocatalyst, anh = ...
Scheme 5: Red-light-mediated aryl halides reduction with an isoelectronic chromium complex (TDAE = tetrakis(d...
Scheme 6: Red-light-photocatalyzed trifluoromethylation of styrene derivatives with Umemoto’s reagent and a p...
Scheme 7: Red-light-mediated energy transfer for the cross-dehydrogenative coupling of N-phenyltetrahydroisoq...
Scheme 8: Red-light-mediated oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines with a phthalocyanin zinc complex.
Scheme 9: Formation of dialins and tetralins via a red-light-photocatalyzed reductive decarboxylation mediate...
Scheme 10: Oxidation of β-citronellol (28) via energy transfer mediated by a red-light activable silicon phtha...
Scheme 11: Formation of alcohol derivatives 32 from boron compounds 31 using chlorophyll (chl) as a red-light-...
Scheme 12: Red-light-driven reductive dehalogenation of α-halo ketones mediated by a thiaporphyrin photocataly...
Figure 4: Photoinduced electron transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization medi...
Figure 5: Recent examples of red-light-mediated photocatalytic reactions with traditional organic dyes.
Figure 6: Squaraine photocatalysts used by Goddard et al. and aza-Henry reaction with squaraine-based photoca...
Figure 7: Reactions described by Goddard et al. involving 40 as the photocatalyst.
Figure 8: Various structures of squaraine derivatives used to initiate photopolymerizations.
Figure 9: Naturally occurring cyanins.
Figure 10: Influence of the structure on the photophysical properties of a cyanin dye.
Figure 11: NIR-light-mediated aza-Henry reaction photocatalyzed by 46.
Scheme 13: Photocatalyzed arylboronic acids oxidation by 46.
Figure 12: Cyanin structures synthetized and characterized by Goddard et al. (redox potentials given against s...
Figure 13: N,N′-Di-n-propyl-1,13-dimethoxyquinacridinium (55) with its redox potentials at its ground state an...
Scheme 14: Dual catalyzed C(sp2)–H arylation of 57 using DMQA 55 as the red-light-absorbing photocatalyst.
Scheme 15: Red-light-mediated aerobic oxidation of arylboronic acids 59 into phenols 60 via the use of DMQA as...
Figure 14: Red-light-photocatalyzed reactions proposed by Gianetti et al. using DMQA as the photocatalyst.
Scheme 16: Simultaneous release of NO and production of superoxide (O2•−) and their combination yielding the p...
Figure 15: Palladium porphyrin complex as the photoredox catalyst and the NO releasing substrate are linked in...
Scheme 17: Uncaging of compound 69 which is a microtubule depolymerizing agent using near IR irradiation. The ...
Scheme 18: Photochemical uncaging of drugs protected with a phenylboronic acid derivative using near IR irradi...
Scheme 19: Photoredox catalytical generation of aminyl radicals with near IR irradiation for the transfer of b...
Scheme 20: Photoredox catalytical fluoroalkylation of tryptophan moieties.
Figure 16: Simultaneous absorption of two photons of infrared light of low energy enables electronic excitatio...
Scheme 21: Uncaging Ca2+ ions using two-photon excitation with near infrared light.
Oxidation of [3]naphthylenes to cations and dications converts local paratropicity into global diatropicity
- Abel Cárdenas,
- Zexin Jin,
- Yong Ni,
- Jishan Wu,
- Yan Xia,
- Francisco Javier Ramírez and
- Juan Casado
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 277–285, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.20
- Supporting Information File 1). Upon second oxidation, the former Raman vibrational band upshifts by 24 cm−1 for 12+, and the naphthalene ν(CC)NAP stretching one disappears. Overall, the evolution of the CBD breathing mode, throughout the series 1→1•+→12+ is 1700 → 1689 → 1713 cm−1. Figure 5 shows the Raman
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of heptacene, diindenoanthracene (DIAn), and the molecules of 1 and 2 studied i...
Figure 2: Cyclic voltammograms of 1 and 2.
Figure 3: UV–vis–NIR electronic absorption spectra of 1 (top) and 2 (bottom) during the electrochemical oxida...
Figure 4: Top: B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) theoretical Raman spectrum of an unsubstituted model of 1 (denoted as m-1 do...
Figure 5: FT-Raman spectra in CH2Cl2 (approx. 10−2 to 10−3 M) of: top) 1 (black), 1•+ (blue), and 12+ (red). ...
Figure 6: Force constants for the CC stretching vibrational coordinates of the neutral (black), radical catio...
Figure 7: NICS-XY scans, at the (U)B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level, for neutral m-1 and m-2 (black) and for their oxi...
Figure 8: ACID plots at the CSGT-B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level for dicationic species m-12+ (top) and m-22+ (bottom...
Emerging trends in the optimization of organic synthesis through high-throughput tools and machine learning
- Pablo Quijano Velasco,
- Kedar Hippalgaonkar and
- Balamurugan Ramalingam
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 10–38, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.3
- stations for consumables and sample storage. Remarkably, through a tedious ten-dimensional parameter search spanning eight days, the robot achieved an impressive hydrogen evolution rate of approximately 21.05 µmol⋅h−1. Despite the initial investment and two-year development timeline, the versatility of
- chromatographic spectra and to automatically assign the peaks to reagents or products depending on the decrease or increase in peak intensity over time. In addition to monitoring the evolution of the reaction, the IR spectral data was processed in real time. This was to ensure the complete consumption of acid
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Figure 1: A high-level representation of the workflow and framework used for the optimization of organic reac...
Figure 2: (a) Photograph showing a Chemspeed HTE platform using 96-well reaction blocks. (b) Mobile robot equ...
Figure 3: (a) Description of a slug flow platform developed using segments of gas as separation medium for hi...
Figure 4: Schematic representation (a) and photograph (b) of the flow parallel synthesizer intelligently desi...
Figure 5: (a) Schematic representation of an ASFR for obtaining an optimal solution with minimal human interv...
Figure 6: (a) A modular flow platform developed for a wider variety of chemical syntheses. (b) Various catego...
Figure 7: Implementation of four complementary PATs into the optimization process of a three-step synthesis.
Figure 8: Overlay of several Raman spectra of a single condition featuring the styrene vinyl region (a) and t...
Figure 9: (a) Schematic description of the process of chemical reaction optimization through ML methods. (b) ...
Figure 10: (a) Comparison between a standard GP (single-task) and a multitask GP. Training an auxiliary task u...
Figure 11: Comparison of the reaction yield between optimizations campaign where the catalyst ligand selection...
Multicomponent reactions driving the discovery and optimization of agents targeting central nervous system pathologies
- Lucía Campos-Prieto,
- Aitor García-Rey,
- Eddy Sotelo and
- Ana Mallo-Abreu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3151–3173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.261
- ]. In relation to epilepsy, the etiology of seizures depends on age. In children, seizures are frequently originated by genetic factors, malformations of cortical evolution, and injuries from perinatal events. In adults lacking an inherited tendency, typical causes include encephalitis or meningitis
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Figure 1: Classical MCRs.
Figure 2: Different scaffolds that can be formed with the Ugi adduct.
Scheme 1: Oxoindole-β-lactam core produced in a U4C-3CR.
Figure 3: Most active oxoindole-β-lactam compounds developed by Brãndao et al. [33].
Scheme 2: Ugi-azide synthesis of benzofuran, pyrazole and tetrazole hybrids.
Figure 4: The most promising hybrids synthesized via the Ugi-azide multicomponent reaction reported by Kushwa...
Scheme 3: Four-component Ugi reaction for the synthesis of novel antioxidant compounds.
Figure 5: Most potent antioxidant compounds obtained through the Ugi four-component reaction developed by Pac...
Scheme 4: Four-component Ugi reaction to synthesize β-amiloyd aggregation inhibitors.
Figure 6: The most potential β-amiloyd aggregation inhibitors generated by Galante et al. [37].
Scheme 5: Four-component Ugi reaction to obtain FATH hybrids and the best candidate synthesized.
Scheme 6: Four-component Ugi reaction for the synthesis of FATMH hybrids and the best candidate synthesized.
Scheme 7: Petasis multicomponent reaction to produce pyrazine-based MTDLs.
Figure 7: Best pyrazine-based MTDLs synthesized by Madhav et al. [40].
Scheme 8: Synthesis of BCPOs employing a Knoevenagel-based multicomponent reaction and the best candidate syn...
Scheme 9: Hantzsch multicomponent reaction for the synthesis of DHPs as novel MTDLs.
Figure 8: Most active 1,4-dihydropyridines developed by Malek et al. [43].
Scheme 10: Chromone–donepezil hybrid MTDLs obtained via the Passerini reaction.
Figure 9: Best CDH-based MTDLs as AChE inhibitors synthesized by Malek et al. [46].
Scheme 11: Replacement of the nitrogen in lactams 11 with an oxygen in 12 to influence hydrogen-bond donating ...
Scheme 12: MCR 3 + 2 reaction to develop spirooxindole, spiroacenaphthylene, and bisbenzo[b]pyran compounds.
Figure 10: SIRT2 activity of best derivatives obtained by Hasaninejad et al. [49].
Scheme 13: Synthesis of ML192 analogs using the Gewald multicomponent reaction and the best candidate synthesi...
Scheme 14: Development of 1,5-benzodiazepines via Ugi/deprotection/cyclization (UDC) approach by Xu et al. [59].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of polysubstituted 1,4-benzodiazepin-3-ones using UDC strategy.
Scheme 16: Synthetic procedure to obtain 3-carboxamide-1,4-benzodiazepin-5-ones employing Ugi–reduction–cycliz...
Scheme 17: Ugi cross-coupling (U-4CRs) to synthesize triazolobenzodiazepines.
Scheme 18: Azido-Ugi four component reaction cyclization to obtain imidazotetrazolodiazepinones.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of oxazolo- and thiazolo[1,4]benzodiazepine-2,5-diones via Ugi/deprotection/cyclization a...
Scheme 20: General synthesis of 2,3-dichlorophenylpiperazine-derived compounds by the Ugi reaction and Ugi/dep...
Figure 11: Best DRD2 compounds synthesized using a multicomponent strategy.
Scheme 21: Bucherer–Bergs multicomponent reaction to obtain a key intermediate in the synthesis of pomaglumeta...
Scheme 22: Ugi reaction to synthesize racetam derivatives and example of two racetams synthesized by Cioc et a...
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
- batteries, due to the ease of their structural modification, rich redox chemistry, and robust coordination M–N4 environment [100][101][102][103][104][105]. The key processes employed in energy transfer and storage are the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and oxygen
- evolution reaction (OER). There are several reviews focusing on the relationship between metallo-catalyst structures and HER, OER, and ORR performance/mechanisms, selection of the central metal ion, and peripheral functionalization of the catalysts [106][107][108][109]. This review summarizes recent
- , was used for controlling the electrocatalyzed H2 evolution in acidic conditions in acetonitrile [112]. There are not many reported examples of metal-free porphyrin macrocycles as HER electrocatalysts. Metal-free porphyrin macrocycles are capable of multielectron redox processes and have basic amine
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of the main tetrapyrrolic macrocycles studied in this review for their role as ...
Figure 2: Calix[4]pyrroles 3 and 4 and an their acyclic analogue 5 used for the transformation of Danishefsky...
Figure 3: Calixpyrrole-based organocatalysts 11 and 12 for the diastereoselective addition reaction of TMSOF ...
Figure 4: (a) Chemical structures of macrocyclic organocatalysts used for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates ...
Figure 5: Cuprous chloride-catalyzed aziridination of styrene (22) by chloramine-T (23) providing 1-tosyl-2-p...
Figure 6: Chemical structures of the various porphyrin macrocycles (18, 25–41) screened as potential catalyst...
Figure 7: Organocatalytic activity of distorted porphyrins explored by Senge and co-workers. Planar macrocycl...
Figure 8: Chemical structures of H2EtxTPP (x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8) compounds with incrementally increasing nonplan...
Figure 9: Chemical structures of OxP macrocycles tested as potential organocatalysts for the conjugate additi...
Figure 10: a) Fundamental structure of the J-aggregates of diprotonated TPPS3 53 and b) its use as a catalyst ...
Figure 11: Chemical structures of amphiphilic porphyrin macrocycles used as pH-switchable catalysts based on i...
Figure 12: a) Chemical structures of porphyrin macrocycles for the cycloaddition of CO2 to N-alkyl/arylaziridi...
Figure 13: Electron and energy-transfer processes typical for excited porphyrin molecules (Por = porphyrin mac...
Figure 14: Proposed mechanism for the light-induced α-alkylation of aldehydes with EDA in the presence of H2TP...
Figure 15: a) Chemical structures of porphyrins screened as photoredox catalysts, b) model reaction of furan (...
Figure 16: Porphyrin macrocycles H2TPP (18) and PPIX 78 as photoreductants for the red light-induced C–H aryla...
Figure 17: Porphyrin macrocycles H2TPP (18) and PPIX 78 as photoredox catalyst for (a) α-alkylation of an alde...
Figure 18: Corrole macrocycles 98–100 as photoredox catalysts for C–H arylation and borylation reactions. Adap...
Figure 19: Proposed catalytic cycle of electrocatalytic generation of H2 evolution using tetrapyrrolic macrocy...
Figure 20: a) Chemical structures of tetrapyrrolic macrocycles 109, 73, and 110 used for oxygen reductions in ...
Figure 21: a) Absorption spectra (left) of the air-saturated DCE solutions containing: 5 × 10−5 M H2TPP (black...
Figure 22: Chemical structures of N,N’-dimethylated saddle-distorted porphyrin isomers, syn-Me2P 111 and anti-...
Figure 23: Reaction mechanisms for the two-electron reduction of O2 by a) syn-Me2Iph 113 and b) anti-Me2Iph 114...
Figure 24: O2/H2O2 interconversion using methylated saddle-distorted porphyrin and isophlorin (reduced porphyr...
Figure 25: Chemical structures of distorted dodecaphenylporphyrin macrocycle 117 and its diprotonated form 118...
Synthesis of fluorinated acid-functionalized, electron-rich nickel porphyrins
- Mike Brockmann,
- Jonas Lobbel,
- Lara Unterriker and
- Rainer Herges
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2954–2958, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.248
- electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions, a proton source is needed [11]. In this context, trifluoroacetic acid is very frequently chosen as the proton source, because it is a strong acid but just not strong enough to destroy (demetallate) the Ni porphyrin [10]. Covalent attachment of acids facilitates proton
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of the starting materials 16, 17, and 18 for the subsequent Williamson ether synthesis wi...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of perfluoroalkyl ester-functionalized aldehydes 22, 23, and 24. Conditions: a) NIS, TFA,...
Scheme 3: Porphyrin synthesis. a) Rothemund porphyrin synthesis of metal-free porphyrins 26, 27, and 28; b) m...
A review of recent advances in electrochemical and photoelectrochemical late-stage functionalization classified by anodic oxidation, cathodic reduction, and paired electrolysis
- Nian Li,
- Ruzal Sitdikov,
- Ajit Prabhakar Kale,
- Joost Steverlynck,
- Bo Li and
- Magnus Rueping
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2500–2566, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.214
- . However, it should be noted that anodic oxidations often require electrodes with high resistance to oxidation, such as platinum electrodes, or inert electrodes with a highly developed surface, like reticulated vitreous carbon (RVC). Anodic oxidations generally involve the evolution of hydrogen (indicated
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Figure 1: Classification of LSF reactions in this review.
Scheme 1: C(sp2)–H trifluoromethylation of heteroarenes.
Scheme 2: C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–H alkylation of complex molecules.
Scheme 3: Electrochemical oxidation-induced intermolecular aromatic C–H sulfonamidation.
Scheme 4: Bioconjugation of tyrosine with (a) phenothiazine and (b) urazole derivatives.
Scheme 5: Electrochemical iodoamination of indoles using unactivated amines.
Scheme 6: Allylic C(sp3)–H aminations with sulfonamides.
Scheme 7: Electrochemical benzylic oxidation of C–H bonds.
Scheme 8: Site-selective electrooxidation of methylarenes to aromatic acetals.
Scheme 9: Electrochemical activation of C–H by electron-deficient W2C nanocrystals.
Scheme 10: α-Acyloxy sulfide preparation via C–H/OH cross-dehydrogenative coupling.
Scheme 11: Aromatic C–H-bond thiolation.
Scheme 12: C(sp2)–H functionalization for the installation of sulfonamide groups.
Scheme 13: Preparation of (hetero)aryl chlorides and vinyl chloride with 1,2-dichloroethane. aCu(OAc)2 (0.05 e...
Scheme 14: Electrochemical dual-oxidation enables access to α-chlorosulfoxides.
Scheme 15: Regio- and chemoselective formyloxylation–bromination/chlorination/trifluoromethylation of alkenes.
Scheme 16: Aziridine formation by coupling amines and alkenes.
Scheme 17: Formation of iminosulfide ethers via difunctionalization of an isocyanide.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 1,3-difunctionalized molecules via C–C-bond cleavage of arylcyclopropane.
Scheme 19: Electrooxidative amino- and oxyselenation of alkenes. VBImBr = 1-butyl-3-vinylimidazolium bromide.
Scheme 20: Electrooxidative dehydrogenative [4 + 2] annulation of indole derivatives.
Scheme 21: Electrochemical cyclization combined with alkoxylation of triticonazole.
Scheme 22: Electrochemically tuned oxidative [4 + 2] annulation of olefins with hydroxamic acids.
Scheme 23: Electrosynthesis of indole derivatives via cyclization of 2-ethynylanilines.
Scheme 24: Allylic C–H oxidation of mono-, di-, and sesquiterpenes.
Scheme 25: Oxidation of unactivated C–H bonds.
Scheme 26: Fluorination of C(sp3)–H bonds. rAP = rapid alternating polarity.
Scheme 27: C(sp3)–H α-cyanation of secondary piperidines.
Scheme 28: Selective electrochemical hydrolysis of hydrosilanes to silanols.
Scheme 29: Organocatalytic electrochemical amination of benzylic C–H bonds.
Scheme 30: Iodide ion-initiated anodic oxidation reactions.
Scheme 31: Mn(III/IV) electro-catalyzed C(sp3)–H azidation.
Scheme 32: Tailored cobalt–salen complexes enable electrocatalytic intramolecular allylic C–H functionalizatio...
Scheme 33: Cobalt–salen complexes-induced electrochemical (cyclo)additions.
Scheme 34: Electrochemical 1,2-diarylation of alkenes enabled by direct dual C–H functionalization of electron...
Scheme 35: Cobalt-electrocatalyzed atroposelective C–H annulation.
Scheme 36: Nickel-electrocatalyzed C(sp2)–H alkoxylation with secondary alcohols.
Scheme 37: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical enantioselective amination.
Scheme 38: Ruthenium-electrocatalyzed C(sp2)–H mono- and diacetoxylation.
Scheme 39: Rhodium(III)-catalyzed aryl-C–H phosphorylation enabled by anodic oxidation-induced reductive elimi...
Scheme 40: Asymmetric Lewis-acid catalysis for the synthesis of non-racemic 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 41: Electrochemical enantioselective C(sp3)–H alkenylation.
Scheme 42: Palladium-catalyzed electrochemical dehydrogenative cross-coupling.
Scheme 43: Ir-electrocatalyzed vinylic C(sp2)–H activation for the annulation between acrylic acids and alkyne...
Scheme 44: Electrochemical gold-catalyzed C(sp3)–C(sp) coupling of alkynes and arylhydrazines.
Scheme 45: Photoelectrochemical alkylation of C–H heteroarenes using organotrifluoroborates.
Scheme 46: Mn-catalyzed photoelectro C(sp3)–H azidation.
Scheme 47: Photoelectrochemical undirected C–H trifluoromethylations of (Het)arenes.
Scheme 48: Photoelectrochemical dehydrogenative cross-coupling of heteroarenes with aliphatic C–H bonds.
Scheme 49: C–H amination via photoelectrochemical Ritter-type reaction.
Scheme 50: Photoelectrochemical multiple oxygenation of C–H bonds.
Scheme 51: Accelerated C(sp3)–H heteroarylations by the f-EPC system.
Scheme 52: Photoelectrochemical cross-coupling of amines.
Scheme 53: Birch electroreduction of arenes. GSW = galvanized steel wire.
Scheme 54: Electroreductive deuterations.
Scheme 55: Chemoselective electrosynthesis using rapid alternating polarity.
Scheme 56: Electroreductive olefin–ketone coupling.
Scheme 57: Electroreductive approach to radical silylation.
Scheme 58: Electrochemical borylation of alkyl halides. CC = carbon close.
Scheme 59: Radical fluoroalkylation of alkenes.
Scheme 60: Electrochemical defluorinative hydrogenation/carboxylation.
Scheme 61: Electrochemical decarboxylative olefination.
Scheme 62: Electrochemical decarboxylative Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi coupling.
Scheme 63: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical reductive relay cross-coupling.
Scheme 64: Electrochemical chemo- and regioselective difunctionalization of 1,3-enynes.
Scheme 65: Electrocatalytic doubly decarboxylative crosscoupling.
Scheme 66: Electrocatalytic decarboxylative crosscoupling with aryl halides.
Scheme 67: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical reductive coupling of halides.
Scheme 68: Nickel-electrocatalyzed enantioselective carboxylation with CO2.
Scheme 69: Reductive electrophotocatalysis for borylation.
Scheme 70: Electromediated photoredox catalysis for selective C(sp3)–O cleavages of phosphinated alcohols to c...
Scheme 71: Stereoselective electro-2-deoxyglycosylation from glycals. MFE = methyl nonafluorobutyl ether.
Scheme 72: Electrochemical peptide modifications.
Scheme 73: Electrochemical α-deuteration of amides.
Scheme 74: Electrochemical synthesis of gem-diselenides.
Scheme 75: Site-selective electrochemical aromatic C–H amination.
Scheme 76: Electrochemical coupling of heteroarenes with heteroaryl phosphonium salts.
Scheme 77: Redox-neutral strategy for the dehydroxyarylation reaction.
Scheme 78: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical C(sp3)–C(sp2) cross-coupling of benzyl trifluoroborate and halides....
Scheme 79: Paired electrocatalysis for C(sp3)–C(sp2) coupling.
Scheme 80: Redox-neutral strategy for amination of aryl bromides.
Scheme 81: Redox-neutral cross-coupling of aryl halides with weak N-nucleophiles. aProtocol with (+) RVC | RVC...
Scheme 82: Nickel-catalyzed N-arylation of NH-sulfoximines with aryl halides.
Scheme 83: Esterification of carboxylic acids with aryl halides.
Scheme 84: Electrochemically promoted nickel-catalyzed carbon–sulfur-bond formation. GFE = graphite felt elect...
Scheme 85: Electrochemical deoxygenative thiolation by Ni-catalysis. GFE = graphite felt electrode; NFE = nick...
Scheme 86: Electrochemical coupling of peptides with aryl halides.
Scheme 87: Paired electrolysis for the phosphorylation of aryl halides. GFE = graphite felt electrode, FNE = f...
Scheme 88: Redox-neutral alkoxyhalogenation of alkenes.
Asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of chiral homoallylic amines
- Nikolay S. Kondratyev and
- Andrei V. Malkov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2349–2377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.201
- transfer reagents; (iv) direct metal-free imine carbanion addition to electrophilic alkene. Class (i) underwent an evolution from catalysis by covalent interaction to chiral hydrogen-bonded catalysis, which allowed the expansion of the allyl component scope from simple allyl to substituted allyl groups
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The position of homoallylic amines in the landscape of alkaloid and nitrogen compounds syntheses.
Scheme 2: 3,3’-Diaryl-BINOL-catalysed asymmetric organocatalytic allylation of acylimines [24].
Scheme 3: Aminophenol-catalysed reaction between N-phosphinoylimines and pinacol allylboronic ester. Imine sc...
Scheme 4: Asymmetric geranylation and prenylation of indoles catalysed by (R)- or (S)-3,3’-dibromo-BINOL [25]. aA...
Scheme 5: (R)-3,3’-Di(3,5-di(trifluoromethyl)phenyl-BINOL-catalysed asymmetric geranylation and prenylation o...
Scheme 6: Microwave-induced one-pot asymmetric allylation of in situ-formed arylimines, catalysed by (R)-3,3’...
Scheme 7: Microwave-induced one-pot asymmetric allylation of in situ-formed arylimines, catalysed by (R)-3,3’...
Scheme 8: Kinetic resolution of chiral secondary allylboronates [15,30].
Scheme 9: (E)-Stereospecific asymmetric α-trifluoromethylallylation of cyclic imines and hydrazones [31].
Scheme 10: Hosomi–Sakurai-type allylation of in situ-formed N-Fmoc aldimines [32].
Figure 1: Two different pathways for the Hosomi–Sakurai reaction of allyltrimethylsilane with N-Fmoc aldimine...
Scheme 11: Chiral squaramide-catalysed hydrogen bond-assisted chloride abstraction–allylation of N-carbamoyl α...
Figure 2: The pyrrolidine unit gem-methyl group conformational control in the squaramide-based catalyst [34].
Figure 3: The energetic difference between the transition states of the two proposed modes of the reaction (SN...
Scheme 12: One-pot preparation procedure for oxazaborolidinium ion (COBI) 63 [37].
Scheme 13: Chiral oxazaborolidinium ion (COBI)-catalysed allylation of N-(2-hydroxy)phenylimines with allyltri...
Scheme 14: The two-step N-(2-hydroxy)phenyl group deprotection procedure [37].
Scheme 15: Low-temperature (−40 °C) NMR experiments evidencing the reversible formation of the active COBI–imi...
Figure 4: Two computed reaction pathways for the COBI-catalysed Strecker reaction (TS1 identical to allylatio...
Scheme 16: Highly chemoselective and stereospecific synthesis of γ- and γ,δ-substituted homoallylic amines by ...
Scheme 17: Catalytic cycle for the three-component allylation with HBD/πAr–Ar catalyst [39].
Scheme 18: Reactivity of model electrophiles [39].
Scheme 19: HBD/πAr–Ar catalyst rational design and optimisation [39].
Scheme 20: Scope of the three-component HBD/πAr–Ar-catalysed reaction [39].
Scheme 21: Limitations of the HBD/πAr–Ar-catalysed reaction [39].
Scheme 22: Asymmetric chloride-directed dearomative allylation of in situ-generated N-acylquinolinium ions, ca...
Scheme 23: Chiral phosphoric acid-catalysed aza-Cope rearrangement of in situ-formed N-α,α’-diphenyl-(α’’-ally...
Scheme 24: Tandem (R)-VANOL-triborate-catalysed asymmetric aza-Cope rearrangement of in situ-formed aldimines ...
Scheme 25: (S)-TRIP-catalysed enantioconvergent aza-Cope rearrangement of β-formyl amides, substrate scope [43]. a...
Scheme 26: (S)-TRIP-catalysed enantioconvergent aza-Cope rearrangement of β-formyl amides 16–19, amide and all...
Scheme 27: Synthetic applications of homoallylic N-benzophenone imine products 131 [43].
Scheme 28: Chiral organocatalysed addition of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ketimines to isatin-derived Morita–Baylis–H...
Scheme 29: Chiral chinchona-derived amine-catalysed reaction between isatin-based Morita–Baylis–Hilman carbona...
Scheme 30: (R)-VAPOL-catalysed hydrogen atom transfer deracemisation [45].
Scheme 31: Chiral PA-catalysed [1,3]-rearrangement of ene-aldimines [46].
Catalysing (organo-)catalysis: Trends in the application of machine learning to enantioselective organocatalysis
- Stefan P. Schmid,
- Leon Schlosser,
- Frank Glorius and
- Kjell Jorner
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2280–2304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.196
- this chapter, we first discuss the evolution of physical-organic descriptors for the representation of organocatalysts [82]. Later, we examine the effects of increasing data availability towards the application of ML in this field. 2.1 Evolution of physical-organic descriptors in organocatalysis
- also the structure for which the descriptors are considered. This can either be ensured by expert-knowledge of preselecting relevant structures, for example based on a known mechanism, or by considering information from the entire conformer ensemble. Parallel to the evolution in modelling steric
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Schematic depiction of available data sources for predictive modelling, each with its advantages an...
Figure 2: Schematic depiction of different kinds of molecular representations for fluoronitroethane. Among th...
Figure 3: Depiction of the energy diagram of a generic enantioselective reaction. In the centre, catalyst and...
Figure 4: Hammett parameters are derived from the equilibrium constant of substituted benzoic acids (example ...
Figure 5: Selected examples of popular descriptors applied to model organocatalytic reactions. Descriptors en...
Figure 6: Example bromocyclization reaction from Toste and co-workers using a DABCOnium catalyst system and C...
Figure 7: Example from Neel et al. using a chiral ion pair catalyst for the selective fluorination of allylic...
Figure 8: Data set created by Denmark and co-workers for the CPA-catalysed thiol addition to N-acylimines [67]. T...
Figure 9: Selected examples of ML developments that used the dataset from Denmark and co-workers [67]. (A) Varnek...
Figure 10: Study from Reid and Sigman developing statistical models for CPA-catalysed nucleophilic addition re...
Figure 11: Selected examples of studies where mechanistic transferability was exploited to model multiple reac...
Figure 12: Generality approach by Denmark and co-workers [132] for the iodination of arylpyridines. From the releva...
Figure 13: Betinol et al. [133] clustered the relevant chemical space and then evaluated the average ee for every c...
Figure 14: Corminboeuf and co-workers [134] chose a representative subset of the reaction space (indicated by dark ...
Figure 15: Example for data-driven modelling to improve substrate and catalyst design. (A) C–N coupling cataly...
Figure 16: Example for utilising a genetic algorithm for catalyst design. (A) Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction s...
Figure 17: Organocatalysed synthesis of spirooxindole analogues by Kondo et al. [171] (A) Reaction scheme of dienon...
Figure 18: Schematic depiction of required developments in order to overcome current limitations of ML for org...
Computational toolbox for the analysis of protein–glycan interactions
- Ferran Nieto-Fabregat,
- Maria Pia Lenza,
- Angela Marseglia,
- Cristina Di Carluccio,
- Antonio Molinaro,
- Alba Silipo and
- Roberta Marchetti
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2084–2107, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.180
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Carbohydrate conformational variability. a) Illustration of Φ, Ψ and ω dihedral angles for a repres...
Figure 2: Monosaccharides diversity in eukaryotes and bacteria. a) Eukaryotic monosaccharides. b) Examples of...
Figure 3: Different glycan representations. The 3’-sialyllactosamine is depicted according to the a) IUPAC no...
Figure 4: Visualisation programs. Different representation of a protein–ligand complex by using the most used...
Figure 5: A schematic representation of useful computational methods to study protein–glycan interactions. a)...
Discovery of antimicrobial peptides clostrisin and cellulosin from Clostridium: insights into their structures, co-localized biosynthetic gene clusters, and antibiotic activity
- Moisés Alejandro Alejo Hernandez,
- Katia Pamela Villavicencio Sánchez,
- Rosendo Sánchez Morales,
- Karla Georgina Hernández-Magro Gil,
- David Silverio Moreno-Gutiérrez,
- Eddie Guillermo Sanchez-Rueda,
- Yanet Teresa-Cruz,
- Brian Choi,
- Armando Hernández Garcia,
- Alba Romero-Rodríguez,
- Oscar Juárez,
- Siseth Martínez-Caballero,
- Mario Figueroa and
- Corina-Diana Ceapă
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1800–1816, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.159
- crucial research area in discovering novel antimicrobial compounds [6][7]. Due to its unique position between basic and applied research, it has become an essential tool for identifying compounds with potential therapeutic applications. Genetic and genomic data mining enables the study of the evolution of
- genes and genomes across diverse species and populations. This provides insights into the origins and evolution of genes that have evolved as "tools" in the ongoing biological battles in the microbial world. The biodiversity of specialized metabolites is strain-specific, meaning that even closely
- lanthipeptides produced by these biosynthetic pathways has led to the discovery of many new compounds with potential therapeutic applications during recent years, along with a deeper understanding of their evolution, ecological importance, and gene composition [23]. Lanthipeptides produced by class I and II
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Phylogenetic trees of the LanM synthetase amino acid sequences. Unrooted phylogenetic tree of all t...
Figure 2: The phylogenetic tree was built by concatenating 1000 shared clostridial genes (left) between the s...
Figure 3: A. Similarity network created with the ESI web tool with the precursor peptide amino acid sequences...
Figure 4: Mass-spectrometric analysis of purified clostrisin and cellulosin (ESIMS spectra). A1 and A2: CloA2...
Figure 5: Growth curves of the strains with the bacterial activity of the samples. A. Precursor peptide for C...
Figure 6: Atomic force microscopy images (peak force mode) of S. epidermidis MIQ43 incubated with the differe...
Synthesis of polycyclic aromatic quinones by continuous flow electrochemical oxidation: anodic methoxylation of polycyclic aromatic phenols (PAPs)
- Hiwot M. Tiruye,
- Solon Economopoulos and
- Kåre B. Jørgensen
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1746–1757, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.153
- cations B and C which have only one Clar sextet with two alternative positions. Conclusion The electrochemical oxidation of polycyclic aromatic phenols to quinones represents a green alternative to chemical oxidants. Hydrogen gas evolution can be handled by recycling of the reaction mixture through the
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Formation of phenoxonium cation in the anodic oxidation of phenol performed under neutral or weakly...
Scheme 2: Anodic oxidation reported by Swenton et al. [37].
Figure 1: Cyclic voltammograms of PAPs first scan at 0.1 V/s in 0.1 M [NBu4] [PF6] in MeCN and UV–vis spectra...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism for the formation of p-dimethoxy acetals in the anodic oxidation of 1b and 3b.
Figure 2: Resonance structures of the phenoxonium cation formed from 2-chrysenol (3a).
