Silver(I) triflate-catalyzed post-Ugi synthesis of pyrazolodiazepines

• Muhammad Hasan,
• Anatoly A. Peshkov,
• Syed Anis Ali Shah,
• Andrey Belyaev,
• Chang-Keun Lim,
• Shunyi Wang and
• Vsevolod A. Peshkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 915–925, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.74

• characterization data and the copies of NMR spectra. Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21971174 and 21906114), Nazarbayev University Faculty-Development Competitive Research Grants Program (11022021FD2903), Nazarbayev University Collaborative Research

Dicarboxylate recognition based on ultracycle hosts through cooperative hydrogen bonding and anion–π interactions

• Wen-Hui Mi,
• Teng-Yu Huang,
• Xu-Dong Wang,
• Yu-Fei Ao,
• Qi-Qiang Wang and
• De-Xian Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 884–889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.72

• . Synthesis of ultracycles. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 4: Experimental details and characterization data (including 1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR, and HRMS of precursor compounds and ultracycles, X-ray data for B4aH, theoretical calculations, and NMR titration data). Funding Financial support

Cu–Bpin-mediated dimerization of 4,4-dichloro-2-butenoic acid derivatives enables the synthesis of densely functionalized cyclopropanes

• Patricia Gómez-Roibás,
• Andrea Chaves-Pouso and
• Martín Fañanás-Mastral

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 877–883, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.71

• )cyclopropanes by base-promoted intramolecular cyclization. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 2: Experimental procedures, characterization data and copies of NMR spectra. Funding Financial support from the AEI (PID2020-118237RB-I00), European Research Council (863914), Xunta de Galicia (ED431C

Data accessibility in the chemical sciences: an analysis of recent practice in organic chemistry journals

• Sally Bloodworth,
• Cerys Willoughby and
• Simon J. Coles

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 864–876, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.70

• , standards, and data centers for these communities. The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) [9] has accelerated the production of large, public datasets that are driving an exponential increase in the design and discovery of novel materials, their properties prediction and characterization [10][11][12

• at least two types of data (Figure 2a,b). Commonly, studies generated NMR data (93%) and mass spectrometry (MS) data (87%) as these are the minimum requirement for compound characterization in all journals (Figure 2c). Are unprocessed primary data included? (Access_3) 239 of the 240 articles produced

Light-enabled intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition via photoactivation of simple alkenylboronic esters

• Lewis McGhie,
• Hannah M. Kortman,
• Jenna Rumpf,
• Peter H. Seeberger and
• John J. Molloy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 854–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.69

• the substrate scope. Conditions: 3 (1 equiv), xanthone (20 mol %), MeCN (0.03 M), under 365 nm irradiation, rt, 16 h; axanthone (50 mol %) was used and reactions were run for 48 h; bto aid characterization of isolated material, the product was isolated after oxidation to the corresponding

• scrambling.a Reaction optimization of intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 52: Experimental section, characterization, and copies of spectra. Acknowledgements We thank Eduardo Garcia Alonso for preliminary results and Dr. Roza Bouchal for help with cyclic

Chitosan-supported CuI-catalyzed cascade reaction of 2-halobenzoic acids and amidines for the synthesis of quinazolinones

• Xuhong Zhao,
• Weishuang Li,
• Mengli Yang,
• Bojie Li,
• Yaoyao Zhang,
• Lizhen Huang and
• Lei Zhu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 839–844, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.67

• ). Optimization of reaction conditionsa. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 48: Full experimental details, characterization data and copies of NMR spectra of all products. Funding This work was financially supported by Project of Science and Technology Research of Hubei Provincial Department of

Substituent effects in N-acetylated phenylazopyrazole photoswitches

• Radek Tovtik,
• Dennis Marzin,
• Pia Weigel,
• Stefano Crespi and
• Nadja A. Simeth

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 830–838, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.66

• equipment, experimental procedures, compound characterization, UV–vis spectra at different concentrations, photochemical experiments, thermal isomerization analysis, and NMR spectra. Funding We thank the Swedish Vetenskapsrådet for a Starting Grant (2021-05414 to SC and to 2023-04088 to NAS). This work was

4-(1-Methylamino)ethylidene-1,5-disubstituted pyrrolidine-2,3-diones: synthesis, anti-inflammatory effect and in silico approaches

• Nguyen Tran Nguyen,
• Vo Viet Dai,
• Luc Van Meervelt,
• Do Thi Thao and
• Nguyen Minh Thong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 817–829, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.65

• compounds 5a–e. Molecular docking results of potential drugs with enzyme iNOS. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 44: Synthetic procedures, compound characterization, X-ray crystallographic data, bioassay for NO inhibition, NMR and ESI-HRMS spectra for all reported compounds

Synthesis and photoinduced switching properties of C₇-heteroatom containing push–pull norbornadiene derivatives

• Daniel Krappmann and
• Andreas Hirsch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 807–816, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.64

• Daniel Krappmann Andreas Hirsch Department Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Straße 10, 91058 Erlangen, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.21.64 Abstract We report the synthesis and characterization of heteroatom-incorporated norbornadiene (NBD

• Information Supporting Information File 42: Experimental, characterization data, copies of NMR spectra and switching experiments. Funding The authors acknowledge financial support provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as part of the project “Molekulares Management von Sonnenenergie - Chemie

Regioselective formal hydrocyanation of allenes: synthesis of β,γ-unsaturated nitriles with α-all-carbon quaternary centers

• Seeun Lim,
• Teresa Kim and
• Yunmi Lee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 800–806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.63

• , experimental procedures, characterization data and copies of spectra. Funding This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) (NRF-2020R1A2C1005817).

Development and mechanistic studies of calcium–BINOL phosphate-catalyzed hydrocyanation of hydrazones

• Carola Tortora,
• Christian A. Fischer,
• Sascha Kohlbauer,
• Alexandru Zamfir,
• Gerd M. Ballmann,
• Jürgen Pahl,
• Sjoerd Harder and
• Svetlana B. Tsogoeva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 755–765, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.59

• used it after isolation and characterization. In these cases, BINOL phosphate 5 was purchased, and used either without any further purification (Table 2, entries 5–7), or it was washed first with 2 N HCl solution, then rinsed with water, to remove possible traces of Ca2+, which could stem from

Copper-catalyzed domino cyclization of anilines and cyclobutanone oxime: a scalable and versatile route to spirotetrahydroquinoline derivatives

• Qingqing Jiang,
• Xinyi Lei,
• Pan Gao and
• Yu Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 749–754, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.58

• Supporting Information Supporting Information File 30: Experimental procedures, characterization data for all new compounds, and NMR spectra of products. Funding We are grateful for the financial support from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M692713) and the Natural Science Foundation of

Synthesis of HBC fluorophores with an electrophilic handle for covalent attachment to Pepper RNA

• Raphael Bereiter and
• Ronald Micura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 727–735, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.56

• (pulldown of circular Pepper RNA from total RNA of HEK 293T cells) see reference [11]. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 26: Experimental, characterization data and copies of NMR spectra. Funding This work was funded in part by the Austrian Science Fund FWF [P31691, F8011-B] and the

Acyclic cucurbit[n]uril bearing alkyl sulfate ionic groups

• Christian Akakpo,
• Peter Y. Zavalij and
• Lyle Isaacs

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 717–726, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.55

• Christian Akakpo Peter Y. Zavalij Lyle Isaacs Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States 10.3762/bjoc.21.55 Abstract We report the synthesis and characterization of a new acyclic cucurbit[n]uril (CB[n]) host C1 that features four

• spectroscopic characterization of C1 along with determination of its inherent aqueous solubility and self-association properties. Next, we present the X-ray crystal structure of C1 as its C1·Me6CHDA complex. Subsequently, we describe a qualitative investigation of C1·guest and M1·guest complexation by 1H NMR

• spectroscopy and quantitative investigation by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). Finally, we discuss the trends in binding affinity observed for C1·guest and M1·guest complexation. Design, synthesis and characterization of C1 In order to disentangle the effects of the ionic group (sulfonate versus

Semisynthetic derivatives of massarilactone D with cytotoxic and nematicidal activities

• Rémy B. Teponno,
• Sara R. Noumeur and
• Marc Stadler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 607–615, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.48

• derivatives 2–8. The preliminary characterization of these products, in contrast to the parent compound, showed that both massarilactone D 3,4-di-O-methacryloyl-7-O-(6-chloro-3,4-dihydro-2,5-dimethyl-2H-pyran-2-carbonyl) (2) and massarilactone H 3,4-di-O-trans-cinnamoyl (3) exhibited a significant cytotoxic

Total synthesis of (±)-simonsol C using dearomatization as key reaction under acidic conditions

• Xiao-Yang Bi,
• Xiao-Shuai Yang,
• Shan-Shan Chen,
• Jia-Jun Sui,
• Zhao-Nan Cai,
• Yong-Ming Chuan and
• Hong-Bo Qin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 601–606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.47

• access of the basic skeleton of (±)- simonsol C. Synthetic details to (±)-simonsol C. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 12: Experimental procedures and characterization data of new compounds. Funding This work was financially supported by start-up package of Yunnan Minzu University.

Study of the interaction of 2H-furo[3,2-b]pyran-2-ones with nitrogen-containing nucleophiles

• Constantine V. Milyutin,
• Andrey N. Komogortsev and
• Boris V. Lichitsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 556–563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.44

• Supporting Information File 2: General information, characterization data, NMR spectra and crystallographic data of synthesized compounds. Acknowledgements Crystal structure determination was performed in the Department of Structural Studies of Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Moscow.

Asymmetric synthesis of β-amino cyanoesters with contiguous tetrasubstituted carbon centers by halogen-bonding catalysis with chiral halonium salt

• Yasushi Yoshida,
• Maho Aono,
• Takashi Mino and
• Masami Sakamoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 547–555, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.43

• : Experimental procedures, characterization data, NMR spectra, and HPLC chromatograms. Funding This research was funded by an IAAR Research Support Program (Chiba Halogen Science: Halogen-Linkage of Molecular Functions); Chiba University Open Recruitment for International Exchange Program, Chiba University

Vinylogous functionalization of 4-alkylidene-5-aminopyrazoles with methyl trifluoropyruvates

• Judit Hostalet-Romero,
• Laura Carceller-Ferrer,
• Gonzalo Blay,
• Amparo Sanz-Marco,
• José R. Pedro and
• Carlos Vila

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 533–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.41

• chromatography. Diastereoisomeric ratio (dr) determined by 1H NMR of the crude reaction mixture. Plausible mechanism and X-ray structure of compound 5aca. Optimization of the reaction conditions.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 14: Detailed experimental procedures, characterization data, and

Deep-blue emitting 9,10-bis(perfluorobenzyl)anthracene

• Long K. San,
• Sebastian Balser,
• Brian J. Reeves,
• Tyler T. Clikeman,
• Yu-Sheng Chen,
• Steven H. Strauss and
• Olga V. Boltalina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 515–525, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.39

• a relatively fast and efficient conversion into the desired products. Further optimization of this promising photochemical method is currently under way in our laboratory. Isolation and characterization Pure samples of 9,10-ANTH(BnF)2 and 9-ANTH(BnF) were isolated by HPLC (Figure S3, Supporting

• removed in vacuo. Yield (NMR): 9-Br-10-BnF-ANTH (22%), 9,10-(BnF)2-ANTH (45%). Product characterization and NMR spectra 9-ANTH(BnF): white/yellow solid; isolated yield 14% based on ANTH; mp 177–179 °C; 19F NMR (CDCl3, δ/ppm): −73.61 (t, J = 17.7 Hz, 2F), −140.94 (m, 2F), −152.56 (t, J = 20.4 Hz, 1F

Synthesis of N-acetyl diazocine derivatives via cross-coupling reaction

• Thomas Brandt,
• Pascal Lentes,
• Jeremy Rudtke,
• Michael Hösgen,
• Christian Näther and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 490–499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.36

• [17]. As a starting point for further derivatization, the synthesis and characterization of monohalogenated N-acetyl diazocines 2 and 3 (Figure 1) have been performed [22]. Unfortunately, diazocines in general, and N-acetyl diazocines in particular cannot be derivatized by electrophilic aromatic

• diazocine 23 in yields of 61% from bromide 2 and 81% from iodide 3 (Scheme 3). Nitriles are a good starting point for further functional group interconversions [39]. Photochemical characterization With these new N-acetyl diazocine derivatives at hand we turned towards the photochemical characterization, in

Organocatalytic kinetic resolution of 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds through a retro-Michael reaction

• James Guevara-Pulido,
• Fernando González-Pérez,
• José M. Andrés and
• Rafael Pedrosa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 473–482, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.34

• resolution of pure diastereomer anti-1. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 10: Characterization data, copies of spectra and HPLC chromatograms. Funding J.G.-P. thanks to the Universidad de Valladolid for a predoctoral fellowship. The Spanish MINECO (Project CTQ2014-59870 P) and the Junta de

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

• , although the synthesis and characterization (particularly crystallization) of low-symmetry structures remains challenging [227][231][232]. Likewise, COFs hosting chiral organocatalysts are known (Figure 6B) [226][233]. Frameworks are well-suited to hosting opposing reactive functionalities (e.g., acids and

• purify the cage by size-exclusion (GPC) due to the cage robustness [41]. Use of bulky internal groups can statistically bias cage self-assembly of mixed groups, a strategy previously reported [375]. Versatile characterization in the solid and solution states: The stable and soluble nature of covalent

Identification and removal of a cryptic impurity in pomalidomide-PEG based PROTAC

• Bingnan Wang,
• Yong Lu and
• Chuo Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 407–411, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.28

• the PEG chain on the relative retention time of 8 and 9 on HPLC. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 18: Computational details, general experimental information, synthetic procedures, compound characterization data, and copies of NMR spectra. Funding This work is supported by the NIH

Synthesis, structure, ionochromic and cytotoxic properties of new 2-(indolin-2-yl)-1,3-tropolones

• Yurii A. Sayapin,
• Eugeny A. Gusakov,
• Inna O. Tupaeva,
• Alexander D. Dubonosov,
• Igor V. Dorogan,
• Valery V. Tkachev,
• Anna S. Goncharova,
• Gennady V. Shilov,
• Natalia S. Kuznetsova,
• Svetlana Y. Filippova,
• Tatyana A. Krasnikova,
• Yanis A. Boumber,
• Alexey Y. Maksimov,
• Sergey M. Aldoshin and
• Vladimir I. Minkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 358–368, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.26

• CH3CN.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 11: Experimental procedures and characterization data for all novel compounds 7a, 7b, 8a and 8b. Supporting Information File 12: 1H, 13C NMR, IR and HRMS spectra of all novel compounds. Supporting Information File 13: X-ray analysis data of 7b