Synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial, cytotoxic and carbonic anhydrase inhibition activities of multifunctional pyrazolo-1,2-benzothiazine acetamides

• Ayesha Saeed,
• Shahana Ehsan,
• Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman,
• Erin M. Marshall,
• Sandra Loesgen,
• Abdus Saleem,
• Simone Giovannuzzi and
• Claudiu T. Supuran

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 348–357, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.25

• -benzothiazine derivatives into a carbonic anhydrase inhibition assessment test. The design of the present research work is emphasized by all mentioned pharmaceutical contributions of benzothiazines and adjoining scaffolds. After synthesis following characterization, these new pyrazolobenzothiazine scaffolds

• ethanol. Characterization data Solutions of all synthesized compounds 7a–h were prepared in DMSO-d6 and scanned for their 1H NMR spectra at 300 MHz and 13C NMR spectra at 75 MHz. The characterization data for compounds 7a–h is given in Supporting Information File 1. Antimicrobial assays The antimicrobial

Synthesis of new condensed naphthoquinone, pyran and pyrimidine furancarboxylates

• Kirill A. Gomonov,
• Vasilii V. Pelipko,
• Igor A. Litvinov,
• Ilya A. Pilipenko,
• Anna M. Stepanova,
• Nikolai A. Lapatin,
• Ruslan I. Baichurin and
• Sergei V. Makarenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 340–347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.24

• 1a,b with pyrimidine-4,6-diols 2e–g. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 2: General synthetic procedures, characterization data and copies of IR spectra, 1H, 13C spectra of all synthesized compounds, as well as 1H-13C HMQC, 1H-13C HMBC spectra and the crystallographic data for

Antibiofilm and cytotoxic metabolites from the entomopathogenic fungus Samsoniella aurantia

• Rita Toshe,
• Syeda J. Khalid,
• Blondelle Matio Kemkuignou,
• Esteban Charria-Girón,
• Paul Eckhardt,
• Birthe Sandargo,
• Kunlapat Nuchthien,
• J. Jennifer Luangsa-ard,
• Till Opatz,
• Hedda Schrey,
• Sherif S. Ebada and
• Marc Stadler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 327–339, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.23

• [6], which has to the best of our knowledge not been studied before on its secondary metabolism. The current study deals with the isolation and characterization of the major bioactive principles of the ex-holotype strain of Samsoniella aurantia. Results and Discussion Structure elucidation Compound 1

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

• the synthesis and characterization of over 20 new cyanins, reporting their synthetic applications and both calculated and measured their photophysical properties and redox potentials [66]. The study shows that substituents at the central position of the polymethin chain significantly affect their

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

• characterization of all molecules is presented. A detailed assignment of the most relevant Raman bands obtained after vibrational analysis from the theoretical Raman spectrum obtained for the neutral state of m-1 is included in Table S7 of Supporting Information File 1. The most significant Raman feature for the

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

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

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

• BPP 2 and BPP-OiPr 3. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 114: Experimental and computational details, X-ray crystallography, synthesis and characterization of new compounds, additional PL, mass, and NMR spectra, and theoretical calculations. Acknowledgements We appreciate the help

Synthesis of disulfides and 3-sulfenylchromones from sodium sulfinates catalyzed by TBAI

• Zhenlei Zhang,
• Ying Wang,
• Xingxing Pan,
• Manqi Zhang,
• Wei Zhao,
• Meng Li and
• Hao Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 253–261, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.17

• 120 °C for 12 h; yield based on 3. Gram-scale synthesis of 2a and 4a and one-pot synthesis of 4a. Control experiments. Plausible reaction mechanism. Optimization of reaction conditions.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 110: Experimental procedures, compound characterization data

Visible-light-promoted radical cyclisation of unactivated alkenes in benzimidazoles: synthesis of difluoromethyl- and aryldifluoromethyl-substituted polycyclic imidazoles

• Yujun Pang,
• Jinglan Yan,
• Nawaf Al-Maharik,
• Qian Zhang,
• Zeguo Fang and
• Dong Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 234–241, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.15

• . Optimization of reaction conditions.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 102: Experimental procedures, product characterization, and copies of NMR spectra. Funding We are grateful to the Scientific Research Project of Hubei Education Department (T2020023 and Q20211402) and the open project of

Streamlined modular synthesis of saframycin substructure via copper-catalyzed three-component assembly and gold-promoted 6-endo cyclization

• Asahi Kanno,
• Ryo Tanifuji,
• Satoshi Yoshida,
• Sota Sato,
• Saori Maki-Yonekura,
• Kiyofumi Takaba,
• Jungmin Kang,
• Kensuke Tono,
• Koji Yonekura and
• Hiroki Oguri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 226–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.14

• by small crystal analysis using an X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) [54][55]. aSee Supporting Information File 1 for details. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 100: The experimental procedures and characterization data, including copies of NMR spectra and X-ray crystallographic

Quantifying the ability of the CF₂H group as a hydrogen bond donor

• Matthew E. Paolella,
• Daniel S. Honeycutt,
• Bradley M. Lipka,
• Jacob M. Goldberg and
• Fang Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 189–199, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.11

• correlation between ΔGexp and ELP→σ*. Summary of ΔδDMSO–CDCl3, ΔδDMSO–CD3NO2, and A values of select HB donors.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 90: Supplementary figures and schemes, materials, experimental procedures; characterization data (1D and 2D NMR, MS, HRMS) for all compounds

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

• commercial and in-house developed equipment. Normally, HTE for organic chemistry will include a liquid transfer module, a reactor stage, and analytical tools for product characterization. When the full experimental process is automated and coupled with a centralized control system performing ML optimization

• , Unchained Labs, etc.). In these HTE platforms, microtiter well plates (MTP) and reaction blocks containing 96/48/24-well plates are widely used as reaction and characterization vessels [5]. UltraHTE configurations typically incorporate 1536-well plates, enabling the exploration of lager spaces of reaction

• photocatalytic reactions for water molecule cleavage to produce hydrogen. The mobile robot (Figure 2b) acted as a substitute of a human experimenter by executing tasks and linking eight separate experimental stations, including solid and liquid dispensing, sonication, several characterization equipments, and

Chemical glycobiology

• Elisa Fadda,
• Rachel Hevey,
• Benjamin Schumann and
• Ulrika Westerlind

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 8–9, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.2

• . [12] in the context of photoswitchable ligands to the lectin LecA. Staying in the theme of lectin characterization, Lundstrøm et al. study the glycan binding profile of CMA1 originating from melon [13]. A time that sees great opportunities in computational biology also breeds innovative applications

Synthesis, structure and π-expansion of tris(4,5-dehydro-2,3:6,7-dibenzotropone)

• Yongming Xiong,
• Xue Lin Ma,
• Shilong Su and
• Qian Miao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1–7, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.1

• . This corresponds to a molecular formula of C119H122O9, which is in agreement with the fully fused product 11 in its protonated form. Unfortunately, clean 1H and 13C NMR spectra of this product could not be obtained to allow full characterization of this product. Efforts to increase the yield of 11

• nm) of compound 3 in cyclohexane (1 × 10−5 mol/L). a) Synthesis of 1; b) reactions of 1; c) synthesis of 3. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 63: Experimental details, characterization data, and spectra. Supporting Information File 64: CIF-files of compounds 1 and 3

Synthesis, characterization, and photophysical properties of novel 9‑phenyl-9-phosphafluorene oxide derivatives

• Shuxian Qiu,
• Duan Dong,
• Jiahui Li,
• Huiting Wen,
• Jinpeng Li,
• Yu Yang,
• Shengxian Zhai and
• Xingyuan Gao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3299–3305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.274

• available 2-bromo-4-fluoro-1-nitrobenzene, featuring a noble-metal-free system, mild reaction conditions, and a good yield, especially for the final Cs2CO3-facilitated nucleophilic substitution (77–91% yield). The characterization data obtained from IR and NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C, 19F, and 31P) as well as

• , starting from commercially available 2-bromo-4-fluoro-1-nitrobenzene under noble-metal-free conditions. The structures and photophysical properties of the desired molecules were also determined. Results and Discussion Synthesis and structural characterization The synthesis of the PhFlOP-based compounds 7

• delight, by treatment of 5 with substituted carbazoles 6 in the presence of Cs2CO3 (5.0 equiv) in DMF at 100 °C, seven 2,8-bis(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-5-phenylbenzo[b]phosphindole 5-oxide derivatives 7 were furnished in good to excellent yields (77–91%). The structural characterization of the obtained molecules

Synthesis of acenaphthylene-fused heteroarenes and polyoxygenated benzo[j]fluoranthenes via a Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura/C–H arylation cascade

• Merve Yence,
• Dilgam Ahmadli,
• Damla Surmeli,
• Umut Mert Karacaoğlu,
• Sujit Pal and
• Yunus Emre Türkmen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3290–3298, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.273

• , characterization data, and copies of 1H and 13C{1H} NMR spectra. Acknowledgements The data presented in this article are partially taken from the M.Sc. theses of Merve Yence (Bilkent University, 2019) and Dilgam Ahmadli (Bilkent University, 2021). Funding Financial support for some parts of this work from the

Reactivity of hypervalent iodine(III) reagents bearing a benzylamine with sulfenate salts

• Beatriz Dedeiras,
• Catarina S. Caldeira,
• José C. Cunha,
• Clara S. B. Gomes and
• M. Manuel B. Marques

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3281–3289, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.272

• the electrophilic amination of tert-butyl 3-(p-tolylsulfinyl)propanoate (4a) with BBX 2a (0.23 mmol of limitant in 2 mL of solvent). Supporting Information Supporting Information File 54: Experimental procedures, characterization data, NMR spectra, and X-ray diffraction data. Funding The authors

Efficient synthesis of fluorinated triphenylenes with enhanced arene–perfluoroarene interactions in columnar mesophases

• Yang Chen,
• Jiao He,
• Hang Lin,
• Hai-Feng Wang,
• Ping Hu,
• Bi-Qin Wang,
• Ke-Qing Zhao and
• Bertrand Donnio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3263–3273, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.270

• been studied in various solutions and thin film: G66 emitted green light in solution with an absolute photoluminescent quantum yield of ca. 33%. Results and Discussion Synthesis and characterization We have recently generalized a very efficient “palladium-free” synthesis for the preparation of a

• , obtained in 50% yield, opening great possibilities in structural variations. The facile synthesis of G55, G66, and G48 demonstrates again the versatility of this synthetic method. The synthesis and detailed characterization of compounds F6 and G66 have been the subject of a preliminary patent description

• '-hexafluoro-6,6',7,7',10,10',11,11'-octakisalkoxy-2,2'-bitriphenylene dimers (G55, G66 and G48). Mesophases’ parameters. Supporting Information Synthesis (Schemes S1–S3) and characterization, 1H, 13C, and 19F NMR (Figures S1–S21), HRMS (Figures S22–S32), EA, single crystal X-ray structures (Figures S33, S34

Germanyl triazoles as a platform for CuAAC diversification and chemoselective orthogonal cross-coupling

• John M. Halford-McGuff,
• Thomas M. Richardson,
• Aidan P. McKay,
• Frederik Peschke,
• Glenn A. Burley and
• Allan J. B. Watson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3198–3204, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.265

• /53959471-068e-483e-bcd4-920e6761926b and CCDC 2355570 contains the supplementary crystallographic data for this study. Supporting Information File 38: Characterization data and copies of NMR spectra. Supporting Information File 39: Crystallographic information file (cif) for compound 13. Supporting

Synthesis of 2H-azirine-2,2-dicarboxylic acids and their derivatives

• Anastasiya V. Agafonova,
• Mikhail S. Novikov and
• Alexander F. Khlebnikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3191–3197, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.264

• -chloroisoxazole-4-carbonyl chlorides. Optimization of amide preparation. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 34: Experimental procedures and characterization data of new compounds. Acknowledgements In commemoration of the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg State University’s founding. This

Synthesis of extended fluorinated tripeptides based on the tetrahydropyridazine scaffold

• Thierry Milcent,
• Pascal Retailleau,
• Benoit Crousse and
• Sandrine Ongeri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3174–3181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.262

• Supporting Information File 30: Experimental procedures, product characterization, X-ray analysis and copies of NMR spectra. Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge Central Glass Co. for the gift of trifluoro- and difluoroacetaldehyde hemiacetal.

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

• compounds with high yields (84–92%). The three most promising compounds of the library (13a, 13b, and 13c) were selected for further detailed characterization. In vitro evaluation was performed employing a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-based methodology, using the fluorogenic histone

• primary and secondary pharmacophores. Inspired by the structure and bioactivity profile of aripiprazole, a novel series of DRD2-biased agonists have been developed. The study involves the design, synthesis, and pharmacological characterization of DRD2 partial agonists [68]. Employing Ugi and Ugi post

Controlled oligomerization of [1.1.1]propellane through radical polarity matching: selective synthesis of SF₅- and CF₃SF₄-containing [2]staffanes

• Jón Atiba Buldt,
• Wang-Yeuk Kong,
• Yannick Kraemer,
• Masiel M. Belsuzarri,
• Ansh Hiten Patel,
• James C. Fettinger,
• Dean J. Tantillo and
• Cody Ross Pitts

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3134–3143, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.259

• procedures, characterization data, NMR spectra, computational details, and X-ray crystallographic experimental details. Supporting Information File 16: LTP X-ray crystal structure of compound 3 (2357079.cif), HTP X-ray crystal structure of compound 3 (2357080.cif) and X-ray crystal structure of compound 2 at

Synthesis of the 1,5-disubstituted tetrazole-methanesulfonylindole hybrid system via high-order multicomponent reaction

• Cesia M. Aguilar-Morales,
• América A. Frías-López,
• Nadia V. Emilio-Velázquez,
• Alejandro Islas-Jácome,
• Angelica Judith Granados-López,
• Jorge Gustavo Araujo-Huitrado,
• Yamilé López-Hernández,
• Hiram Hernández-López,
• Luis Chacón-García,
• Jesús Adrián López and
• Carlos J. Cortés-García

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3077–3084, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.256

• Information File 12: Experimental procedures, compound characterization data, and copies of NMR spectra. Funding C.M. A-M. (756225) and América A. Frías-López (833463) acknowledges the support of CONACHYT through a graduate scholarship. This work was financially supported by Instituto De Ciencia, Tecnología

Enantioselective regiospecific addition of propargyltrichlorosilane to aldehydes catalyzed by biisoquinoline N,N’-dioxide

• Noble Brako,
• Sreerag Moorkkannur Narayanan,
• Amber Burns,
• Layla Auter,
• Valentino Cesiliano,
• Rajeev Prabhakar and
• Norito Takenaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3069–3076, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.255

• Information File 10: Experimental details, characterization data, spectra, and HPLC traces. Acknowledgements We thank the Florida Institute of Technology and University of Miami for the generous support of the instrumentation facility. Funding This work was financially supported by a grant from the National

Chemical structure metagenomics of microbial natural products: surveying nonribosomal peptides and beyond

• Thomas Ma and
• John Chu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3050–3060, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.253

• the discovery of a new NRP. Conversely, every “unpredictable” A domain, if its substrate specificity were to be experimentally determined, is guaranteed to be a new datapoint. In fact, various in vitro substrate characterization assays that studied A domains as stand-alone enzymes have been reported