Supramolecular polymerization of sulfated dendritic peptide amphiphiles into multivalent L-selectin binders

• David Straßburger,
• Svenja Herziger,
• Katharina Huth,
• Moritz Urschbach,
• Rainer Haag and
• Pol Besenius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 97–104, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.10

• copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (Scheme 2). The reaction took place in degassed DMSO at 50 °C with CuSO4 pentahydrate, sodium ascorbate and tris(benzyltriazolylmethyl)amine (TBTA) as chelating species. HPLC-monitoring of the reaction showed a full conversion after three days and the crude

The fluorescence of a mercury probe based on osthol

• Guangyan Luo,
• Zhishu Zeng,
• Lin Zhang,
• Zhu Tao and
• Qianjun Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 22–27, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.3

• be used for the quantitative detection and monitoring of mercury ions in the environment. Results and Discussion OST fluorescence probe for Hg2+ identification Selectivity of the fluorescent OST probe to metal ions The specificity of a probe for metal ions is the key factor to evaluate the

Secondary metabolites of Bacillus subtilis impact the assembly of soil-derived semisynthetic bacterial communities

• Heiko T. Kiesewalter,
• Carlos N. Lozano-Andrade,
• Mikael L. Strube and
• Ákos T. Kovács

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2983–2998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.248

• contained 13 genera with a relative abundance of >0.19% in at least one mock community. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that the addition of B. subtilis suppressed the genera Lysinibacillus and Viridibacillus. Additional optical density (OD)-based growth monitoring of the selected strain Lysinibacillus

• significance of pairs was determined with the Welch two-sample t-test, and the differences among groups >2 was determined with the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test and the Tukey HSD test. The statistical significance was determined with an alpha level <0.05. Growth monitoring of L. fusiformis

Selected peptide-based fluorescent probes for biological applications

• Debabrata Maity

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2971–2982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.247

• labeled with environmentally sensitive/FRET fluorophores have allowed direct detection/monitoring of biomolecules in aqueous media and in live cells. In this review, key peptide-based approaches for different biological applications are presented. Keywords: fluorescent probe; fluorophores; molecular

• detection The genetic information carrier nucleic acids are present in nearly all living organisms. Fluorescence monitoring of nucleic acids has become increasingly important in medical diagnosis, drug discovery, environmental monitoring, food safety etc. [40][41]. Schmuck et al. reported several

• excimer (490 nm) to monomer emission (406 nm, Figure 3B). Thus, monitoring the relative fluorescence intensities at two wavelengths (F406/F490) allowed the ratiometric detection of nucleic acids. Schmuck et al. reported a similar cationic peptide beacon 3 coupled with a FRET pair, a naphthalene donor and

Controlled decomposition of SF₆ by electrochemical reduction

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

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

• monitoring the potential scan rate. By cyclic voltametry, unlike macroelectrodes, the polarization of microelectrodes with a low potential scan rate (≤25 mV/s) leads to a drastic decrease of Cottrel contribution which involves the disappearance of current waves. The resulting current becomes a stationary

UV resonance Raman spectroscopy of the supramolecular ligand guanidiniocarbonyl indole (GCI) with 244 nm laser excitation

• Tim Holtum,
• Vikas Kumar,
• Daniel Sebena,
• Jens Voskuhl and
• Sebastian Schlücker

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2911–2919, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.240

• , Universitätsstrasse 7, 45141 Essen, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.16.240 Abstract Ultraviolet resonance Raman (UVRR) spectroscopy is a powerful vibrational spectroscopic technique for the label-free monitoring of molecular recognition of peptides or proteins with supramolecular ligands such as guanidiniocarbonyl pyrroles

• selectivity for monitoring the CBS, but the resulting UVRR spectrum overlaps with the UV-excited autofluorescence from the aromatic binding partners. This necessitates the use of a laser excitation <260 nm for spectrally separating the UVRR spectrum of the supramolecular ligand from the UV-excited

• strengths. Various spectroscopic techniques can be employed for monitoring these changes. For example, electronic absorption or fluorescence spectroscopy can probe the spectral differences due to the complexation of the supramolecular ligand with a peptide or protein. However, electronic spectroscopies

One-pot multicomponent green Hantzsch synthesis of 1,2-dihydropyridine derivatives with antiproliferative activity

• Giovanna Bosica,
• Kaylie Demanuele,
• José M. Padrón and
• Adrián Puerta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2862–2869, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.235

• particularly positive effect. Since the presence of water was shown to be detrimental, the ammonium acetate (3) used was left to dry in a desiccator before use. Reaction monitoring was mostly done using thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and at times also GC. These techniques showed the occurrence of at least

Using multiple self-sorting for switching functions in discrete multicomponent systems

• Amit Ghosh and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2831–2853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.233

• innovative catch–release system with multiple functions combined the ON/OFF-adjustment of silver(I) catalysis and fluorescence monitoring [59]. Actually, the ratiometric luminescence response allowed the exact monitoring of the catalytic activity. In the initial incomplete self-sorting (state SelfSORT-I

Selective recognition of ATP by multivalent nano-assemblies of bisimidazolium amphiphiles through “turn-on” fluorescence response

• Rakesh Biswas,
• Surya Ghosh,
• Shubhra Kanti Bhaumik and
• Supratim Banerjee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2728–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.223

• presence of positive surface charges on the multivalent aggregates led to ATP binding which was accompanied by a significant increase in the excimeric emission intensity. This provided a convenient way of monitoring ATP binding in a “turn-on” mode and an efficient detection of ATP was achieved in aqueous

Activation of pentafluoropropane isomers at a nanoscopic aluminum chlorofluoride: hydrodefluorination versus dehydrofluorination

• Maëva-Charlotte Kervarec,
• Thomas Braun,
• Mike Ahrens and
• Erhard Kemnitz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2623–2635, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.213

• =CHCH2C6D5 (9) and CF3CH=CHC6D5 (8, Scheme 11, middle). In neat silane, 5 and 6 were detected in a ratio of 1:4 (Scheme 11, bottom). Notably, for all conversions (C6D6 and silane, C6D12 and silane, or in neat silane), monitoring of the reaction by 19F NMR spectroscopy led to the observation of the early

Anion exchange resins in phosphate form as versatile carriers for the reactions catalyzed by nucleoside phosphorylases

• Julia N. Artsemyeva,
• Ekaterina A. Remeeva,
• Tatiana N. Buravskaya,
• Irina D. Konstantinova,
• Roman S. Esipov,
• Anatoly I. Miroshnikov,
• Natalia M. Litvinko and
• Igor A. Mikhailopulo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2607–2622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.212

• gently stirred at 47 °C for 48 h, with monitoring the product formation by HPLC. After 48 h, the conversion of the base into nucleoside reached equilibrium at 85% of the latter. The turbid (not reacted starting base according to TLC and barium phosphate) reaction mixture was filtered, the filtrate

• ; 1.2 mequiv/mL) in 15 mL of distilled water; pH 7.0), Ara-U (170 mg, 0.7 mmol) and MgCl2·6H2O (71 mg, 0.5 mmol of MgCl2 per 1 mmol of Ara-U), followed by UP (105 IU; 150 units per 1 mmol of substrate) were added, and the reaction mixture was gently stirred at 40 °C with monitoring the Ara-U

• reaction mixture was gently stirred at 47 °C for 48 h with monitoring the product formation by HPLC (HPLC system A, 5% H2O/MeCN), λ = 260 nm, 1 mL/min; tR 4.5 and 5.1 min for the base and nucleoside, respectively). After 48 h, the conversion of the base into nucleoside reached 85%. The turbid (not reacted

NMR Spectroscopy of supramolecular chemistry on protein surfaces

• Peter Bayer,
• Anja Matena and
• Christine Beuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2505–2522, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.203

• while titrating the other binding partner. However, for larger supramolecular hosts that encapsulate a large part of their (usually smaller) guest, it is advantageous to monitor the guest’s resonances. Monitoring binding with this simple spectrum requires at least one signal that does not overlap with

• supramolecular tweezers that bind to lysine or arginine, tweezers have been titrated to the free amino acids or short peptides, monitoring the Lys and Arg resonances [5][80]. While all resonances of the guest amino acid shift upon tweezer binding, the effect is most severe for the H atoms at the end of the side

• experiment, monitoring 15N,2H-labeled 14-3-3ΔC protein in 1H,15N-TROSY-HSQC experiments [103], was used to investigate the stabilizing effect of several compounds on the interaction of 14-3-3 with different unlabeled peptide epitopes derived from 14-3-3 cargo proteins [104][105][106]. E.g., a semi-synthetic

Tools for generating and analyzing glycan microarray data

• Akul Y. Mehta,
• Jamie Heimburg-Molinaro and
• Richard D. Cummings

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2260–2271, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.187

• monitoring for accurate printing. Between the printing of each probe (glycan), there is usually a wash step which is performed to prevent any carryover for the next ligand, and this would need to be determined empirically depending on the glycoconjugates used. After the entire print run, the slides are left

Naphthalene diimide bis-guanidinio-carbonyl-pyrrole as a pH-switchable threading DNA intercalator

• Poulami Jana,
• Filip Šupljika,
• Carsten Schmuck and
• Ivo Piantanida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2201–2211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.185

• molecules were dyes used for the DNA/RNA labelling or even monitoring or influencing DNA/RNA function [3][4]. However, due to the complexity of DNA-coded or RNA-coded processes, also including epigenetics, there is permanent need for novel dyes, differing in selectivity, colour, or method of monitoring [5

• monitoring, fluorescence is still the most popular method [8][9][10][11]. However, many new techniques or established ones with increased sensitivity are constantly improved or developed to report complementary to fluorescence. For instance, circular dichroism (CD) spectropolarimetry, highly sensitive to

Reactions of 3-aryl-1-(trifluoromethyl)prop-2-yn-1-iminium salts with 1,3-dienes and styrenes

• Thomas Schneider,
• Michael Keim,
• Bianca Seitz and
• Gerhard Maas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2064–2072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.173

• °C, 19F NMR monitoring of the reaction’s progress indicated the appearance of a second product beside the 1,4-cyclohexadien-1-iminium salt 4-Ch. Further investigations revealed that the new product was the dihydrofluorene 7, resulting from 4-Ch by an intramolecular electrophilic aromatic substitution

Three new O-isocrotonyl-3-hydroxybutyric acid congeners produced by a sea anemone-derived marine bacterium of the genus Vibrio

• Dandan Li,
• Enjuro Harunari,
• Tao Zhou,
• Naoya Oku and
• Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1869–1874, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.154

• (10 × 250 mm), eluted by a gradient method (MeCN/0.1% HCOOH) at 4 mL/min, with monitoring at 254 nm, to give the (S)-PGME amide 4a (2.9 mg, 93%) as colorless oil. The PGME amides 1a/b–3a/b and 4b were prepared by the same procedure but replacing the starting material and the chiral reagent accordingly

Nonenzymatic synthesis of anomerically pure, mannosyl-based molecular probes for scramblase identification studies

• Giovanni Picca,
• Markus Probst,
• Simon M. Langenegger,
• Oleg Khorev,
• Peter Bütikofer,
• Anant K. Menon and
• Robert Häner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1732–1739, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.145

• with radioactively labeled substrates, the use of fluorescently labeled probes offers several advantages, including the continuous monitoring of the transport and a better time resolution. For reasons of comparison, the α-configured ᴅ-mannose probe MPC-3 was synthesized in parallel. The

Facile synthesis of 7-alkyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,8-naphthyridines as arginine mimetics using a Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons-based approach

• Rhys A. Lippa,
• John A. Murphy and
• Tim N. Barrett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1617–1626, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.134

• to account for the deprotonation of the more acidic phosphonate product 7 versus the starting material 13, and potential lithium sequestration by chelation between an oxygen atom of the phosphonate and the nitrogen atom of the unsaturated ring. Monitoring of the deprotonation followed by quenching

Synthesis of new dihydroberberine and tetrahydroberberine analogues and evaluation of their antiproliferative activity on NCI-H1975 cells

• Giacomo Mari,
• Lucia De Crescentini,
• Serena Benedetti,
• Francesco Palma,
• Stefania Santeusanio and
• Fabio Mantellini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1606–1616, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.133

• detectable only in traces (Table 1, entries 1–5). The monitoring by TLC of the reaction conducted in acetonitrile reveals the formation of derivative 2a, which, however, does not precipitate in the reaction medium (Table 1, entry 6). The spontaneous precipitation is particularly relevant to prevent any

• in dichloromethane (3.0 mL) of α-bromohydrazones 1a–n [71] (1.0 mmol) was added the unsubstitued dihydroberberine [66][67] (1.0 mmol). The reaction was allowed to stand at room temperature under magnetic stirring until the complete disappearance of the starting materials (TLC monitoring) and the

• magnetic stirring until the complete disappearance of the starting hydrazono-DHBERs 2a–n (2.0–3.0 h, TLC monitoring). The reaction solvent was then evaporated under reduced pressure. The crude mixture was then purified by column chromatography on silica gel (elution with cyclohexane/ethyl acetate mixtures

Photoredox-catalyzed silyldifluoromethylation of silyl enol ethers

• Vyacheslav I. Supranovich,
• Vitalij V. Levin and
• Alexander D. Dilman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1550–1553, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.126

• starting enol ether. Moreover, a further increase in reaction time was accompanied by a decrease in the product yield. Finally, GC monitoring suggested complete consumption of the silyl enol ether within 6 hours. It should also be pointed out that the addition of basic additives, which are frequently

Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors

• Christopher G. Thomson,
• Ai-Lan Lee and
• Filipe Vilela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125

• monitored with in-line and on-line spectroscopies, such as UV–vis, FTIR, mass spectrometry, and NMR [63][64][65][66][67][68]. These systems can be automated to ensure consistency and to remove the need for laborious manual sampling. In-line and on-line monitoring is well aligned with automated synthesis and

The McKenna reaction – avoiding side reactions in phosphonate deprotection

• Katarzyna Justyna,
• Joanna Małolepsza,
• Damian Kusy,
• Waldemar Maniukiewicz and
• Katarzyna M. Błażewska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1436–1446, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.119

• susceptibility of 2-chloro-N-phenethylacetamide (13), towards halogen exchange mediated by BTMS (Scheme 6). The reaction progress was monitored by 1H NMR spectroscopy monitoring the signals of the methylene groups C(O)CH2Cl in 13 vs C(O)CH2Br in the product 22 (see Figure S16 in Supporting Information File 1

Oxime radicals: generation, properties and application in organic synthesis

• Igor B. Krylov,
• Stanislav A. Paveliev,
• Alexander S. Budnikov and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1234–1276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.107

• and the difficulties associated with the interpretation of the obtained data [53]. During EPR monitoring of the generation and decomposition of iminoxyl radicals, the formation of several free-radical products of a non-iminoxyl type, probably of the general formula R1R2NO•, was observed. It was

Anthelmintic drug discovery: target identification, screening methods and the role of open science

• Frederick A. Partridge,
• Ruth Forman,
• Carole J. R. Bataille,
• Graham M. Wynne,
• Marina Nick,
• Angela J. Russell,
• Kathryn J. Else and
• David B. Sattelle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1203–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.105

• available, enabling utilisation and modification by other groups. Stress-Chip is a chip that allows the isolation of a hundred worms in single-worm arenas and monitoring as chemicals flow over the worms [153]. The CAD file for producing the microfluidic device has been made available on Figshare under the

Synthesis and properties of quinazoline-based versatile exciplex-forming compounds

• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Simona Vekteryte,
• Ervinas Urbonas,
• Matas Guzauskas,
• Eigirdas Skuodis,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1142–1153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.101

• , such as monitoring of specific biological activities and as antimalarial and anticancer agents [5][6]. However, electroactive properties of derivatives of this acceptor have been scarcely reported. Quinazoline-based compounds were used as hosts for red phosphorescent OLEDs with an external quantum