Access to cyclopropanes with geminal trifluoromethyl and difluoromethylphosphonate groups

• Ita Hajdin,
• Romana Pajkert,
• Mira Keßler,
• Jianlin Han,
• Haibo Mei and
• Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 541–549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.39

• confirm the lack of selectivity during the cyclopropanation process with terminal alkenes, the reaction mechanism between the diazo reagent 5 and styrene as a model substrate in the presence of CuI catalyst was investigated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations (Table 2). In the first step, CuI

CuAAC-inspired synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-bridged porphyrin conjugates: an overview

• Dileep Kumar Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 349–379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.29

• porphyrin subunits and was more efficient in DMSO as compared to chloroform. Also, a clear evidence of a folded conformer was found by electrostatic and CH–π interactions, which was also, confirmed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. In another report, meso-triazole-bridged porphyrin-carborane

Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series

• Cécile Alleman,
• Charlène Gadais,
• Laurent Legentil and
• François-Hugues Porée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23

Improving the accuracy of ³¹P NMR chemical shift calculations by use of scaling methods

• William H. Hersh and
• Tsz-Yeung Chan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 36–56, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.4

• series of tri- and tetracoordinate phosphorus compounds using several basis sets and density functional theory (DFT) functionals gave a modest fit to experimental chemical shifts, but an excellent linear fit when plotted against the experimental values. The resultant scaling methods were then applied to

• ; stereoisomers; Introduction Calculation of 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts and coupling constants using density functional theory (DFT) has increasingly become an adjunct to structure determination [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. In particular for complex organic compounds, determination of relative stereochemistry

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

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

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

• -PTZ, were optimized with Density Functional Theory (DFT) using the CAM-B3LYP rane-separated hybrid functional in combination with the 6-31G(d) atomic basis set [60]. The excited states geometries of S1, T1, and T2 were optimized with time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) in its Tamm–Dancoff approximation (TDA

Characterization of a new fusicoccane-type diterpene synthase and an associated P450 enzyme

• Jia-Hua Huang,
• Jian-Ming Lv,
• Liang-Yan Xiao,
• Qian Xu,
• Fu-Long Lin,
• Gao-Qian Wang,
• Guo-Dong Chen,
• Sheng-Ying Qin,
• Dan Hu and
• Hao Gao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1396–1402, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.144

• labeling experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations are needed so as to gain deeper insight into the cyclization mechanism of 1. Functional analysis of the cytochrome P450 enzyme TadB Due to the significance of tailoring enzymes in terms of structural diversification and bioactivity

Ionic multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for light emitting electrochemical cells

• Merve Karaman,
• Abhishek Kumar Gupta,
• Subeesh Madayanad Suresh,
• Tomas Matulaitis,
• Lorenzo Mardegan,
• Daniel Tordera,
• Henk J. Bolink,
• Sen Wu,
• Stuart Warriner,
• Ifor D. Samuel and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1311–1321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.136

• spectrometry (HRMS) (Figures S1–S24 in Supporting Information File 1), and melting point analysis. We modelled the electron density distribution in DiKTa-OBuIm and DiKTa-DPA-OBuIm using density functional theory (DFT) calculations in the ground state, at the PBE0/6-31G(d,p) level of theory in the gas phase

Dienophilic reactivity of 2-phosphaindolizines: a conceptual DFT investigation

• Nosheen Beig,
• Aarti Peswani and
• Raj Kumar Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1217–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.127

• dienophiles and undergo Diels–Alder reactions with 1,3-dienes. However, the dienophilic reactivity is affected by the nature of the substituent groups on the two sides of the σ2,λ3-P atom and also by the presence of more nitrogen atom(s) in the five-membered ring. The conceptual density functional theory (DFT

Mechanochemical bottom-up synthesis of phosphorus-linked, heptazine-based carbon nitrides using sodium phosphide

• Blaine G. Fiss,
• Georgia Douglas,
• Michael Ferguson,
• Jorge Becerra,
• Jesus Valdez,
• Trong-On Do,
• Tomislav Friščić and
• Audrey Moores

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1203–1209, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.125

• -PCN300) show a reduction in photoluminescent recombination, as well as a nearly two-time increase in photocurrent under broad spectrum irradiation, which are appealing properties for photocatalysis. Keywords: carbon nitride; density functional theory; mechanochemistry; phosphorus; photochemistry

• functional theory (DFT) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). Compared to traditional furnace-based techniques, the presented method utilizes milder conditions, as well as shorter reaction times. Both samples of g-h-PCN directly after milling and aging and after an hour of annealing at 300 °C (g-h

• , mechanochemical synthesis of phosphorus-bridged heptazine-based carbon nitrides (g-h-PCN). The structure of these materials was determined through a combination of powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), 31P magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR), density

Experimental and theoretical studies on the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted pyrrolidine-2,3-diones

• Nguyen Tran Nguyen,
• Vo Viet Dai,
• Nguyen Ngoc Tri,
• Luc Van Meervelt,
• Nguyen Tien Trung and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1140–1153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.118

• level brings an efficient evaluation and good orientation in experimental work [43]. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to explore the mechanistic aspects of the reaction between 4-acetyl-3-hydroxy-1,5-diphenyl-3-pyrrolin-2-one and methylamine (CH3NH2) to achieve 4-(1-methylamino

Understanding the competing pathways leading to hydropyrene and isoelisabethatriene

• Shani Zev,
• Marion Ringel,
• Ronja Driller,
• Bernhard Loll,
• Thomas Brück and
• Dan T. Major

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 972–978, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.97

• inherent chemistry in these reactions and also points to some understanding of the possible thermodynamic and kinetic control in the enzyme. Results Reaction mechanism To better understand the HP and IE reaction pathways, we performed quantum mechanics (QM) calculations using density functional theory (DFT

Electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of twisted dibenzo[g,p]chrysene derivatives

• Tomoya Imai,
• Ryuhei Akasaka,
• Naruhiro Yoshida,
• Toru Amaya and
• Tetsuo Iwasawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 963–971, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.96

• design of DBC-based materials. Here, the electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of DBC derivatives were investigated, and the effects of substituents and torsion of the naphthalene moiety were examined based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations. All the substituted DBC derivatives showed

Electroreductive coupling of 2-acylbenzoates with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds: density functional theory study on product selectivity

• Naoki Kise and
• Toshihiko Sakurai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 956–962, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.95

• 2 and subsequent rearrangement to 3 are also discussed. In particular, the latter mechanism was studied using density functional theory (DFT) calculations and it was suggested that the ΔG for the cyclization step of an intermediate enolate anion determines the product selectivity. Results and

Introducing a new 7-ring fused diindenone-dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]thiophene unit as a promising component for organic semiconductor materials

• Valentin H. K. Fell,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
• Eman J. Hussien and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 944–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.94

• highly delocalised bipolaron states [69]. Computation of structure Since all attempts to grow crystals of EtH-T-DI-DTT failed, we predicted the structure with a density functional theory (DFT) gas-phase optimisation using the B3LYP[70][71]/6-311g(d,p) [72] level of theory, using both the Gaussian09 [73

Anti-inflammatory aromadendrane- and cadinane-type sesquiterpenoids from the South China Sea sponge Acanthella cavernosa

• Shou-Mao Shen,
• Qing Yang,
• Yi Zang,
• Jia Li,
• Xueting Liu and
• Yue-Wei Guo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 916–925, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.91

• -dependent density functional theory/electronic circular dichroism (TDDFT-ECD) calculations or X-ray diffraction analysis. A plausible biosynthetic pathway of these sesquiterpenoids and their internal correlation were proposed and discussed. In an in vitro bioassay, (+)-aristolone (3) exhibited promising

Post-synthesis from Lewis acid–base interaction: an alternative way to generate light and harvest triplet excitons

• Hengjia Liu and
• Guohua Xie

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 825–836, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.83

• the excited states, accounting for the decrease of band gap [27][37][43]. In 2018, Li et al. used density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the energy levels of polymers 19 (P1) and 20 (P2, Figure 10) containing pyrazine groups before and after the addition of B(C6F5)3 (see Figure 11a) [45

Synthesis of bis-spirocyclic derivatives of 3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane via cyclopropene cycloadditions to the stable azomethine ylide derived from Ruhemann's purple

• Alexander S. Filatov,
• Olesya V. Khoroshilova,
• Anna G. Larina,
• Vitali M. Boitsov and
• Alexander V. Stepakov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 769–780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.77

• using density functional theory (DFT) methods at the M11/cc-pVDZ level of theory. The cycloaddition reactions have been found to be HOMOcyclopropene–LUMOylide controlled while the transition-state energies for the reaction of 3-methyl-3-phenylcyclopropene with PRP are fully consistent with the

• ). Based on these observations, we concluded that electronic properties of the substituent at the C3 position of a cyclopropene ring have a major impact on the reactivity. A more detailed discussion of this issue is presented in the section devoted to the DFT (density functional theory) computational study

• ourselves exclusively to carrying out laboratory experiments. We turned to DFT calculations (M11 density functional theory) [42][43][44][45][46] to interpret the experimental results. At the beginning of the computational study, we evaluated the relative stability of prototropic tautomers which are formed

Syntheses of novel pyridine-based low-molecular-weight luminogens possessing aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) properties

• Masayori Hagimori,
• Tatsusada Yoshida,
• Yasuhisa Nishimura,
• Yukiko Ogawa and
• Keitaro Tanaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 580–587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.60

• -induced emission enhancement (AIEE) properties in aqueous media. Compounds 4a and 4e, bearing electron-withdrawing groups (Br and CF3, respectively) showed 7.0 and 15 times fluorescence enhancement. Time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations were performed to gain better insight into

BINOL as a chiral element in mechanically interlocked molecules

• Matthias Krajnc and
• Jochen Niemeyer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 508–523, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.53

• catalysts ((S)-48/(S)-49, see Figure 13) for a broad range of substrates. While the bifunctional catenane (S,S)-47 delivers enantioselectivities between 84–98% ee, the monophosphoric acids (S)-48 and (S)-49 gave lower enantiomeric excesses (12–70% ee for (S)-48 and 9–84% ee for (S)-49). Density functional

• theory (DFT) studies suggested that the excellent stereoselectivities of the catenane are a direct result of the cooperative interaction of both phosphoric acid groups, enabled by the mechanical bond. Follow-up studies showed that such acid–acid interactions are also relevant for monophosphoric acid

Substituent effect on TADF properties of 2-modified 4,6-bis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9-carbazolyl)-5-methylpyrimidines

• Irina Fiodorova,
• Tomas Serevičius,
• Rokas Skaisgiris,
• Saulius Juršėnas and
• Sigitas Tumkevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 497–507, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.52

• 49 ms integration time. Solid-state samples were mounted in a closed cycle He cryostat (Cryo Industries 204 N) for PL measurements in oxygen-free conditions. Quantum chemical calculations were carried out by using density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level as implemented in a software

Comparative study of thermally activated delayed fluorescent properties of donor–acceptor and donor–acceptor–donor architectures based on phenoxazine and dibenzo[a,j]phenazine

• Saika Izumi,
• Prasannamani Govindharaj,
• Anna Drewniak,
• Paola Zimmermann Crocomo,
• Satoshi Minakata,
• Leonardo Evaristo de Sousa,
• Piotr de Silva,
• Przemyslaw Data and
• Youhei Takeda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 459–468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.48

• the efficacy of introducing two electronic donors on the acceptor unit. The calculations employed density functional theory (DFT) with the long-range corrected ωPBE functional and the 6-31G(d,p) basis set. Tuning of the range separation parameter was performed for both molecules [20] with the results

Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions of C1-substituted oxabenzonorbornadienes with salicylaldehyde: an experimental and computational study

• Angel Ho,
• Austin Pounder,
• Krish Valluru,
• Leanne D. Chen and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 251–261, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.30

• hydride, and C–C bond-forming reductive elimination. Computational results indicate the origin of regioselectivity is involved in the reductive elimination step. Keywords: C–H activation; density functional theory; hydroacylation; iridium catalysis; regioselectivity; Introduction Organic synthesis is

• density functional theory calculations. We set out to confirm the catalytic cycle in detail, the geometries of the intermediates, the energy profiles of the reactions, and most importantly, the origin of regioselectivity. Results and Discussion Experimental We began our investigation with C1-methyl

• electron-withdrawing groups inactivates the iridium catalyst, perhaps by chelation with the carbonyl and the bridging oxygen atom. Computational Computational details All density functional theory (DFT) calculations in this study were carried out with the Gaussian 16, C.01 suite of programs [68]. Geometry

Efficient and regioselective synthesis of dihydroxy-substituted 2-aminocyclooctane-1-carboxylic acid and its bicyclic derivatives

• İlknur Polat,
• Selçuk Eşsiz,
• Uğur Bozkaya and
• Emine Salamci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 77–85, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.7

• -functional theory (DFT) computations were used to explain the reaction mechanism for the ring opening of the epoxide and the formation of five-membered lactones. The stereochemistry of the synthesized compounds was determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. The configuration of methyl 6-hydroxy-9-oxo-8

• -en-10-one is described. cis-9-Azabicyclo[6.2.0]dec-6-en-10-one was transformed into the corresponding amino ester and its protected amine. Oxidation of the double bond in the N-Boc-protected methyl 2-aminocyclooct-3-ene-1-carboxylate then delivered the targeted amino acid and its derivatives. Density

Peptide stapling by late-stage Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling

• Hendrik Gruß,
• Rebecca C. Feiner,
• Ridhiwan Mseya,
• David C. Schröder,
• Michał Jewgiński,
• Kristian M. Müller,
• Rafał Latajka,
• Antoine Marion and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1–12, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.1

• -helicity in water. Investigation of several derivatives by means of density functional theory (DFT) geometry optimisations indicated that substitution at indole C6 tends to induce more significant deformation of the peptide chain compared to substitution at indole C7. Moreover, introduction of an

Effect of a twin-emitter design strategy on a previously reported thermally activated delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting diode

• Ettore Crovini,
• Zhen Zhang,
• Yu Kusakabe,
• Yongxia Ren,
• Yoshimasa Wada,
• Bilal A. Naqvi,
• Prakhar Sahay,
• Tomas Matulaitis,
• Stefan Diesing,
• Ifor D. W. Samuel,
• Wolfgang Brütting,
• Katsuaki Suzuki,
• Hironori Kaji,
• Stefan Bräse and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2894–2905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.197

• DICzTRZ were determined by a combination of NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and IR spectroscopy. Theoretical calculations Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations in the gas phase at the PBE0/6-31G(d,p) level reveal the potential of DICzTRZ as a TADF material. The