Cycloaddition reactions of heterocyclic azides with 2-cyanoacetamidines as a new route to C,N-diheteroarylcarbamidines

• Pavel S. Silaichev,
• Tetyana V. Beryozkina,
• Vsevolod V. Melekhin,
• Valeriy O. Filimonov,
• Andrey N. Maslivets,
• Vladimir G. Ilkin,
• Wim Dehaen and
• Vasiliy A. Bakulev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 17–24, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.3

• (Mo Kα irradiation, graphite monochromator, ω-scans with 1° step at T = 295(2) K). Empirical absorption correction was applied. The structure was solved using the intrinsic phases in ShelXT program [24] and refined by ShelXL [25] using full-matrix least-squared method for non-hydrogen atoms. The H

Aldiminium and 1,2,3-triazolium dithiocarboxylate zwitterions derived from cyclic (alkyl)(amino) and mesoionic carbenes

• Nedra Touj,
• François Mazars,
• Guillermo Zaragoza and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1947–1956, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.145

• observed for C2 when replacing its acidic proton with a CS2 group among all the nucleophilic carbene precursors that we have investigated so far [40][75]. Yet, we do not have an explanation for it. On IR spectroscopy, the most intense absorption in the ATR spectra of compounds 4a–c and 6a–f was always due

• stretching vibration of the S=C–S− group, another strong absorption was clearly visible in the IR spectra of CAAC·CS2 betaines 4a–c. This second most intense band was observed around 1550 cm−1 (Table 2). It probably originated from the asymmetric stretching of the aldiminium group, in line with similar high

• intensity bands previously observed at ca. 1528 and 1477 cm−1, respectively, in the IR spectra of imidazolinium and imidazolium inner salts [40]. Contrastingly, no remarkable absorption was detected in the IR spectra of triazolium derivatives 6a–f for the CNN or NNN motifs. Yet, in all the cases, medium

Beyond n-dopants for organic semiconductors: use of bibenzo[d]imidazoles in UV-promoted dehalogenation reactions of organic halides

• Kan Tang,
• Megan R. Brown,
• Chad Risko,
• Melissa K. Gish,
• Garry Rumbles,
• Phuc H. Pham,
• Oana R. Luca,
• Stephen Barlow and
• Seth R. Marder

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1912–1922, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.142

• potentials of the halides that can be reduced in this way, quantum-chemical calculations, and steady-state and transient absorption spectroscopy suggest that UV irradiation accelerates the reactions via cleavage of the dimers to the corresponding radical monomers. Keywords: dehalogenation; n-dopant

• in THF are ca. 420 and 43 M−1 cm−1, respectively. Figure 3a and b show the absorption spectra of the two dimeric reductants in THF (see Supporting Information File 1, Figure S6 for data in toluene). (N-DMBI)2 shows a strong absorption feature with a maximum at 304 nm (εmax = 28000 M−1 cm−1) and a

• bibenzoimidazole portion of the molecules to the C6H4NMe2 Y substituents (see Figure 3d and Supporting Information File 1, Figure S11). Most of the above-mentioned substrates exhibit little or no absorption at 365 nm (see Supporting Information File 1, Figure S4 for comparison of spectra of the reductants and BnBr

Biphenylene-containing polycyclic conjugated compounds

• Cagatay Dengiz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1895–1911, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.141

• ranging between 45% and 60%. The last step of the sequential reactions is the aromatization step and the target POAs 34a–c were obtained in yields between 80–84%. UV–vis investigations conducted on compounds 34a–c revealed absorption bands that align well with acene structures. While 34a and 34b displayed

• nearly identical absorption profiles with a maximum absorption at λmax = 515 nm, the incorporation of donor groups in compound 34c led to a noteworthy bathochromic shift with a maximum absorption at λmax = 534 nm. Additionally, it was reported that all three compounds, 34a–c, demonstrated remarkable

• )2C6H3, (c) H), followed by aromatization in acidic conditions, resulted in the formation of three [3]naphthalene regioisomers 43a–c, 44a–c, and 45a–c with excellent yields of up to 94%. The synthesized PAHs 43a, 44a, and 45a with diverse geometries exhibited interesting absorption and emission

Aromatic systems with two and three pyridine-2,6-dicarbazolyl-3,5-dicarbonitrile fragments as electron-transporting organic semiconductors exhibiting long-lived emissions

• Karolis Leitonas,
• Brigita Vigante,
• Dmytro Volyniuk,
• Audrius Bucinskas,
• Pavels Dimitrijevs,
• Sindija Lapcinska,
• Pavel Arsenyan and
• Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1867–1880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.139

• -carbonitrile (REF) [5]. Absorption spectra of dilute toluene, tetrahydrofuran (THF), and chloroform solutions as well as of the films of compounds 6–9 are shown in Figure 2a,b. The nonstructured low-energy bands at wavelengths of 350–450 nm are well seen in the absorption spectra of 6–9. The wavelengths of

• peaks of these low-energy absorption bands are collected in Table 1. A similar band was previously observed for REF [5]. On the basis of the results of the theoretical investigations, the low-energy absorption band of REF has been attributed to the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) caused by electron

• transfer from the donor to the acceptor. The absorption spectrum of REF is included in Figure 2a for comparison. Compounds 6–9 are characterized by similar absorption bands also caused by electron transfer from the 3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazole units to the pyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile moiety. The number

Controlling the reactivity of La@C₈₂ by reduction: reaction of the La@C₈₂ anion with alkyl halide with high regioselectivity

• Yutaka Maeda,
• Saeka Akita,
• Mitsuaki Suzuki,
• Michio Yamada,
• Takeshi Akasaka,
• Kaoru Kobayashi and
• Shigeru Nagase

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1858–1866, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.138

• pressure and replaced with 1,2-dichlorobenzene (ODCB). The characteristic absorption peak at 1000 nm assigned to La@C2v-C82 decreased, and the new absorption peak at 934 nm assigned to the La@C2v-C82 anion increased. Reactions of the La@C2v-C82 anion with 4-methylbenzyl bromide (1a) were conducted at 110

• °C for 2 h (Scheme 1). Figure 1 depicts the changes in the visible–near infrared (vis–NIR) absorption spectra during the reaction, showing gradual changes with isosbestic points. Since the electrolyte interferes with the high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation and anionic species may

• absorption intensity ratio at 330 nm. On the other hand, no consumption of La@C2v-C82 was observed in the reaction of La@ C2v-C82 with 1a (Figure 2b). The reaction of the La@C2v-C82 anion toward 2a–5a requires heating, therefore the reactivity of La@C2vC82 anion is lower than that of the C602− and C60 anion

Thienothiophene-based organic light-emitting diode: synthesis, photophysical properties and application

• Recep Isci and
• Turan Ozturk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1849–1857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.137

• absorption and emission maxima of 411 and 520 nm, respectively, with a mega Stokes shift of 109 nm and fluorescence quantum yields both in the solid state (41%) and in solution (86%). The optical properties were supported by computational chemistry using density functional theory for optimized geometry and

• absorption. A solution-processed OLED was fabricated using low turn-on voltage, which had performances with maximum power, current, and external quantum efficiencies of 6.70 lm/W, 10.6 cd/A, and 4.61%, respectively. Keywords: OLED; organoboron; solution processes; thienothiophene; triphenylamine

• lithiation of 7 and following reaction with dimesitylboron fluoride in 85% yield (Scheme 1). Photophysical properties The UV–vis absorption and fluorescence spectra of DMB-TT-TPA (8) were recorded in THF (Figure 1 and Table 1) [38]. It showed maximum absorption and emission wavelengths of 411 and 520 nm

Substituent-controlled construction of A₄B₂-hexaphyrins and A₃B-porphyrins: a mechanistic evaluation

• Seda Cinar,
• Dilek Isik Tasgin and
• Canan Unaleroglu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1832–1840, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.135

• ), coupling constant, number of atoms. UV–vis absorption spectra were recorded on a Mapada Instruments UV3100PC spectrophotometer. Mass spectra were recorded on an Agilent 1200/6210 high-resolution mass time-of-flight (TOF) LC–MS spectrometer. Reactions were followed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC

GlAIcomics: a deep neural network classifier for spectroscopy-augmented mass spectrometric glycans data

• Thomas Barillot,
• Baptiste Schindler,
• Baptiste Moge,
• Elisa Fadda,
• Franck Lépine and
• Isabelle Compagnon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1825–1831, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.134

• approach is based on the IRMPD spectroscopic scheme (infrared multiple photon dissociation), which is the combination of mass spectrometry and IR spectroscopy. IRMPD is an action spectroscopy method that allows recording IR absorption spectra of isolated gas-phase ions, based on the measurement of the

Selectivity control towards CO versus H₂ for photo-driven CO₂ reduction with a novel Co(II) catalyst

• Lisa-Lou Gracia,
• Philip Henkel,
• Olaf Fuhr and
• Claudia Bizzarri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1766–1775, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.129

• photosynthesis. Taking Nature as a model, the absorption of photons can drive electron-transfer processes, leading to the production of highly energetic molecules. By aiming at the conversion of CO2, a greenhouse gas implicated in climate change, the closure of the carbon cycle can be achieved [2]. For this

• detect, if the two polymorphs show different catalytic activity, as in the following investigations the amorphic powder was used. Spectroscopic and electrochemical characterization The Co(II) complex 1 was characterized by UV–vis absorption spectroscopy in N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA), as it was the

• chosen solvent for photocatalysis. The absorption profile evokes the structured band of the free ligand BzQuTr [42], with two intense π–π* ligand-centered transitions at circa 319 nm and 330 nm (Figure 3). The pink solid dissolves as an intense blue DMA solution. Nevertheless, the d–d transitions

Charge carrier transport in perylene-based and pyrene-based columnar liquid crystals

• Alessandro L. Alves,
• Simone V. Bernardino,
• Carlos H. Stadtlober,
• Edivandro Girotto,
• Giliandro Farias,
• Rodney M. do Nascimento,
• Sergio F. Curcio,
• Thiago Cazati,
• Marta E. R. Dotto,
• Juliana Eccher,
• Leonardo N. Furini,
• Hugo Gallardo,
• Harald Bock and
• Ivan H. Bechtold

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1755–1765, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.128

• ≈3.5 Å for all mesophases. Absorption and photoluminescence (PL) of 1 and 2 are presented in Figure 3 for solution and spin-coated film. Compound 1 shows the three well-defined bands typical of perylene absorption and PL in solution. The absorption becomes broader and the PL destructured and red

• monomeric species [34]. It agrees with the intensity inversion of the vibronic absorption bands and PL redshift in the spin-coated film compared to the solution. The intensity inversion suggests formation of H-aggregates, leading to excimer fluorescence [35]. Due to the similarity to the lifetime in

• Optics USB4000 spectrophotometer. The PL spectra were collected with a Hitachi fluorescence spectrophotometer (Model F-7000) and the samples were excited at the wavelength of maximal absorption. For the PL as a function of the temperature, casting films were placed on a hot stage (Mettler Toledo FP-82

Effects of the aldehyde-derived ring substituent on the properties of two new bioinspired trimethoxybenzoylhydrazones: methyl vs nitro groups

• Dayanne Martins,
• Roberta Lamosa,
• Talis Uelisson da Silva,
• Carolina B. P. Ligiero,
• Sérgio de Paula Machado,
• Daphne S. Cukierman and
• Nicolás A. Rey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1713–1727, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.125

• stability in aqueous medium. Thus, the electronic absorption spectra of hdz-CH3 and hdz-NO2 were recorded in a 10% DMSO/buffer solution (pH 7.4) immediately after preparation and at regular time intervals. The UV–vis spectrum of hdz-CH3 between 250 and 450 nm (Figure 6A) shows two multicomponent absorptions

• ’ absorption profiles, being consequently assigned to the hydrazone moiety, meaning that it probably involves a transition delocalized throughout the molecule (i.e., electronic density moving from one ring to the other). No significant changes were observed in the hdz-CH3 spectra during the 48 hours of follow

• power than the hydrazone moiety. Because of this particularity, we analyzed individually the absorption patterns of fully protonated and phenol-deprotonated hdz-NO2 at the pH values of 3.8 and 8.2, respectively. When the phenol group is protonated, the spectrum of this hydrazone is very similar to that

Quinoxaline derivatives as attractive electron-transporting materials

• Zeeshan Abid,
• Liaqat Ali,
• Sughra Gulzar,
• Faiza Wahad,
• Raja Shahid Ashraf and
• Christian B. Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1694–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.124

• ]thiophene in different ratios to produce three copolymers, Qx1a, Qx1b and Qx1c (Figure 2). This strategy reduced aggregation and improved the performance and stability of copolymers, with Qx1c achieving a PCE of 4.81% with PTB7-Th donor in an all-PSC device. Moreover, the broadened absorption band indicated

• molecule series, Qx16, featured a 1,4-dihydro-2,3-quinoxalinedione core and different terminal acceptor units. The modified NFAs demonstrated visible and near-infrared absorption as well as good electron mobility, suggesting their potential for experimental exploration in (OCSs) [31]. While FREAs are

• compounds exhibited good coplanarity through intramolecular interactions, narrow bandgaps, broad absorption in the NIR region and PCEs above 10% [32]. Ayub et al. decorated the central donor–acceptor–donor unit of Qx17 and Qx18 with five new terminal end groups, resulting in the Qx19 series, and predicted

A deep-red fluorophore based on naphthothiadiazole as emitter with hybridized local and charge transfer and ambipolar transporting properties for electroluminescent devices

• Suangsiri Arunlimsawat,
• Patteera Funchien,
• Pongsakorn Chasing,
• Atthapon Saenubol,
• Taweesak Sudyoadsuk and
• Vinich Promarak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1664–1676, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.122

• the D–A–D structure to further reduce the bandgap, thereby red-shifting the absorption and emission wavelengths. In addition, the strong electron affinity of Nz and the electron-donating and hole-transporting ability of carbazole would build in the good ability to transport electrons and holes

• , thin film, and solid powder. As shown in Figure 2a, the UV–vis absorption spectrum in diluted toluene solution displays intense absorption peaks in the high energy region (<380 nm) and a much weaker absorption peak at 508 nm attributed to the π–π* transition of the conjugated aromatic backbone and

• intramolecular charge-transfer (ICT) transition from carbazole donor to Nz acceptor, respectively. Such weak ICT absorption peak (ε = 17,000 M−1 cm−1) as compared to the π–π* absorption peak (ε = 95,300 M−1 cm−1) symbolizes a weak electronic coupling between the carbazole donor and the Nz acceptor parts because

Benzoimidazolium-derived dimeric and hydride n-dopants for organic electron-transport materials: impact of substitution on structures, electrochemistry, and reactivity

• Swagat K. Mohapatra,
• Khaled Al Kurdi,
• Samik Jhulki,
• Georgii Bogdanov,
• John Bacsa,
• Maxwell Conte,
• Tatiana V. Timofeeva,
• Seth R. Marder and
• Stephen Barlow

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1651–1663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.121

• not react significantly with VII in solution at room temperature, while the reactions of 12 derivatives and VI are very rapid) [9][14][50][61]. Figure 8a compares the evolution of the absorbance at 1030 nm, corresponding to a VI•– absorption maximum, when doping excess VI with 1H derivatives in

• strongly bound dimers. Figure 8b compares the evolution of one of the distinctive VII •– absorptions when doping VII with excess 12 derivatives in chlorobenzene at 293 K in the absence of light, air, and water. In the case of the Y = 4-dimethylaminophenyl dimers 1b2 and 1g2, the VII•– absorption grows in

• the rise in VII•– absorption is neither zero-order nor first-order in VII, consistent with both mechanisms contributing, as previously demonstrated by more extensive investigations in the case of 1c2, 1d2, and (RhCp*Cp)2 [14][61]. Thus, the Y = alkyl derivative (1h2, “ET-first” only) appears to be

Tying a knot between crown ethers and porphyrins

• Maksym Matviyishyn and
• Bartosz Szyszko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1630–1650, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.120

• alkali metals. Due to the presence of crown ether moieties, the receptors exhibited selective binding of K+, NH4+, and Ba2+. The pronounced changes in the absorption spectra of free-base ligands 1 and TriCP with adding K+, NH4+, and Ba2+ cations were observed, whereas Na+, Mg2+, and Ca2+ did not produce

• appreciable effects. Furthermore, zinc(II) porphyrins 1-Zn and TriCP-Zn bound potassium cations forming dimeric assemblies 2, as demonstrated by the absorption and 1H NMR spectra. Although DCP-Zn and MCP-Zn were also capable of forming dimers, the highest stability and the largest level of attraction between

Sulfur-containing spiroketals from Breynia disticha and evaluations of their anti-inflammatory effect

• Ken-ichi Nakashima,
• Naohito Abe,
• Masayoshi Oyama,
• Hiroko Murata and
• Makoto Inoue

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1604–1614, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.117

• formula of C45H64O28SNa (calcd 1107.3197). The IR spectrum showed absorption peaks corresponding to hydroxy groups (νmax = 3414 cm−1) and carbonyl groups (νmax = 1782 and 1695 cm−1). The 1H NMR signals (Table 1) were characteristic of a breynogenin moiety, namely, a methyl group [δH 0.92 (d, J = 6.9 Hz

Synthesis of 5-arylidenerhodanines in L-proline-based deep eutectic solvent

• Stéphanie Hesse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1537–1544, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.110

• give a purple solution and present a strong absorption maximum at 517 nm. In the presence of an antioxidant compound DPPH is reduced forming DPPH-H and the color of the solution changes to yellow. The overall antioxidant capacity of compounds was measured after 30 minutes of incubation. We used the

Consecutive four-component synthesis of trisubstituted 3-iodoindoles by an alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation sequence

• Nadia Ledermann,
• Alae-Eddine Moubsit and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1379–1385, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.99

• absorption maximum of indole derivative 8b appears at 309 nm with an absorption coefficient ε = 10700 M−1 cm−1 and the emission maximum is found at 423 nm with a Stokes shift of 8700 cm−1 (Figure 1A). Moreover, compound 8b emits intensively blue in both the solid state and solution (Figure 1B). Conclusion In

• , 6.29; N, 4.52. A: Absorption and emission spectra of 1-methyl-2-phenyl-3-(p-tolyl)-1H-indole (8b), recorded in dichloromethane, T = 298 K, λexc = 290 nm. B: Emission of compound 8b in the solid state (right) and in solution (left) (UV lamp, λexc = 365 nm. Consecutive alkynylation–cyclization–alkylation

Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues

• Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
• Alicia Bauduin,
• Chloé Le Roux,
• Romain Fouinneteau,
• Wilfried Berthe,
• Mathieu Berchel,
• Hélène Couthon and
• Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96

Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence material with strained benzoguanidine donor

• Alexander C. Brannan,
• Elvie F. P. Beaumont,
• Nguyen Le Phuoc,
• George F. S. Whitehead,
• Mikko Linnolahti and
• Alexander S. Romanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1289–1298, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.95

• for 4BGIPN are shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5 while data in various media is collected in Table 2 and Table 3, respectively. UV–vis absorption spectra of 4BGIPN show a strong π–π* intraligand transition (IL, benzoguanidine) at 290 nm with ε = 42000 M−1cm−1. Unlike 4CzIPN, we do not observe any

• vibronically resolved carbazole absorption peaks which are commonly present at 325 nm [15]. Similar to 4CzIPN [14][15], the UV–vis profile has two broad regions: localized charge transfer (loCT) over 320–380 nm region with ε up to 14000 M−1 cm−1 and a delocalized charge transfer (deCT) broad shoulder over the

• , equipped with an AFC-11 4-circle kappa goniometer, VariMAXTM microfocus optics, a Hypix-6000HE detector and an Oxford Cryosystems 800 plus nitrogen flow gas system, at a temperature of 100 K. Data were collected and reduced using CrysAlisPro v42 [21][22]. Absorption correction was performed using empirical

Unravelling a trichloroacetic acid-catalyzed cascade access to benzo[f]chromeno[2,3-h]quinoxalinoporphyrins

• Chandra Sekhar Tekuri,
• Pargat Singh and
• Mahendra Nath

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1216–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.89

• ) porphyrins were transformed to the corresponding free base and zinc(II) benzo[f]chromeno[2,3-h]quinoxalinoporphyrins under standard demetallation and zinc insertion conditions. The absorption and emission properties of the obtained porphyrins were investigated by using UV–visible and fluorescence

• spectroscopy. The preliminary photophysical results revealed a significant red-shift in their absorption and emission spectra as compared to the meso-tetrakis(4-methylphenyl)porphyrins due to the extended π-conjugation. Keywords: bathochromic shift; benzo[f]chromeno[2,3-h]quinoxalinoporphyrins; catalysis

• other materials applications [4][5][6][7]. Among the previously synthesized synthetically modified porphyrinoids, β,β’-fused meso-tetraphenylporphyrins have gained a considerable importance because of their red-shifted absorption and emission due to the extended π-conjugation. In particular, β,β’-fused

Enabling artificial photosynthesis systems with molecular recycling: A review of photo- and electrochemical methods for regenerating organic sacrificial electron donors

• Grace A. Lowe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1198–1215, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.88

• considered: solubility in the chosen solvent, absorption spectrum, oxidation potential, and the reversibility of the sacrificial donor oxidation. As the sacrificial donor is a reactant in the photoreduction reaction of carbon dioxide, it needs to be highly soluble in the solvent used. It also needs to have a

• low absorption in the visible region to prevent side reactions and allow the photosensitizer to absorb as much light as possible. The oxidation potential of the sacrificial electron donor must be less positive than the reduction potential of the excited or oxidized photosensitizer for quenching or

• catalyst [56]. This allowed the electron to be promoted by 2 photon absorption events, making it a Z-scheme. It can be argued that the linking ruthenium chromophore was acting as a redox mediator. Rather than using water as the sacrificial donor in this work, they used methanol which can be produced by

Cyanothioacetamides as a synthetic platform for the synthesis of aminopyrazole derivatives

• Valeriy O. Filimonov,
• Alexandra I. Topchiy,
• Vladimir G. Ilkin,
• Tetyana V. Beryozkina and
• Vasiliy A. Bakulev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1191–1197, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.87

• accomplished on the automated X-ray diffractometer «Xcalibur 3» with CCD detector following standard procedures (Mo Kα-irradiation, graphite monochromator, ω-scans with 1o step at T = 295(2) K). Empirical absorption correction was applied. The structure was solved using the intrinsic phases in ShelXT program

Exploring the role of halogen bonding in iodonium ylides: insights into unexpected reactivity and reaction control

• Carlee A. Montgomery and
• Graham K. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1171–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.86

• potential to alter the physical properties (e.g., stability, solubility, UV–vis absorption) of an ylide, as well as bias a Lewis base’s σ-hole selectivity through σ-hole blocking, which represent emerging avenues for tuning an ylide’s reactivity and improving its reaction outcomes. Review 1 Halogen bonding

• to changes in an ylide’s UV–vis absorption profile, or to its overall basicity or nucleophilicity, both of which could lead new and unexpected reactivity. The first example that specifically invoked electron donor–acceptor complexes of iodonium ylides was reported in 2018 by Wang and co-workers [122

• a near identical mechanism to that of Wang (Figure 8). Strong evidence for formation of an initial EDA complex was found when measuring the UV–vis absorption spectra of 39, alone and in the presence of 32. The latter showed a significant absorption red shift, which implied a structural change in 39