Characterization of two new degradation products of atorvastatin calcium formed upon treatment with strong acids

• Jürgen Krauß,
• Monika Klimt,
• Markus Luber,
• Peter Mayer and
• Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2085–2091, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.206

• stress tests on atorvastatin (and its salts), and an overview has been published by Sirén [5]. Hereby, atorvastatin was found to be sensitive to acidic, oxidative, photochemical and thermal stress. Acidic degradation of atorvastatin was reported to follow first order kinetics, but decomposition products

Genome mining in Trichoderma viride J1-030: discovery and identification of novel sesquiterpene synthase and its products

• Xiang Sun,
• You-Sheng Cai,
• Yujie Yuan,
• Guangkai Bian,
• Ziling Ye,
• Zixin Deng and
• Tiangang Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2052–2058, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.202

• dependency of Tvi09626 and its kinetics As reported previously, most terpene synthases are active in the presence of Mg2+ ions [8][37]. To test the Mg2+ dependency of Tvi09626, an in vitro assay was performed. The GC–MS analysis showed that in the presence of Mg2+, compound 1 can be obtained, whereas without

• Mg2+ or added EDTA (2.5 mM), compound 1 cannot be detected (Figure 5). This assay demonstrated that Tvi09626 was a Mg2+-dependent sesquiterpene synthase. In a kinetics analysis, the turnover rate (kcat) of the enzyme with FPP was (15 ± 0.3) × 10−2, which is similar to those of omp6 and omp7. Its

Synthesis of 1-azaspiro[4.4]nonan-1-oxyls via intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

• Yulia V. Khoroshunova,
• Denis A. Morozov,
• Andrey I. Taratayko,
• Polina D. Gladkikh,
• Yuri I. Glazachev and
• Igor A. Kirilyuk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2036–2042, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.200

• 630090, Russian Federation Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion SB RAS, Institutskaya 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation 10.3762/bjoc.15.200 Abstract Sterically shielded nitroxides of the pyrrolidine series have shown the highest resistance to reduction. Here we report the

• synthesis of new pyrrolidine nitroxides from 5,5-dialkyl-1-pyrroline N-oxides via the introduction of a pent-4-enyl group to the nitrone carbon followed by an intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction and isoxazolidine ring opening. The kinetics of reduction of the new nitroxides with ascorbate were

• results lead us to the assumption that symmetric structures with bulky substituents at positions 3 and 4 should be favoured for achieving higher resistance to reduction. Structure of nitroxide 1. Kinetics of the reduction of nitroxides 1 and 12a–c (0.3 mM) with ascorbate (50 mM) in 50 mM phosphate-citrate

Complexation of chiral amines by resorcin[4]arene sulfonic acids in polar media – circular dichroism and diffusion studies of chirality transfer and solvent dependence

• Bartosz Setner and
• Agnieszka Szumna

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1913–1924, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.187

• quantitative. The kinetics of complex formation is fast on the NMR timescale. The complexes exhibit a high degree of ordering that is manifested by chirality transfer observed by diastereotopic splitting (Figure 6c, inset). In this case CD spectra are not diagnostic (CD bands are observed already for chiral

• fact, they reveal important information about the thermodynamic and kinetics of the complexation, that cannot be obtained based on standard 1H NMR titration (because there are no complexation-induced shifts). We rationalize these results assuming that in [1(R)-2]DMSO solution the complex partially

A heteroditopic macrocycle as organocatalytic nanoreactor for pyrroloacridinone synthesis in water

• Piyali Sarkar,
• Sayan Sarkar and
• Pradyut Ghosh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1505–1514, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.152

• screening of the kinetics of the reaction for the optimum time is shown in Figure 3. The best result was obtained at approximate 8 h and longer reaction times (up to 18 h), maintaining all reaction conditions unchanged, did not improve the yield. Thus, we converge that the BATA-MC as a nanoreactor provides

Diazocine-functionalized TATA platforms

• Roland Löw,
• Talina Rusch,
• Fynn Röhricht,
• Olaf Magnussen and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1485–1490, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.150

• to measure kinetics on surfaces [15]. The C–O stretching frequencies proved to be ideal reporter signals to determine the configuration and to measure kinetics in monolayers of azo-TATAs on surfaces. Results and Discussion To obtain information on preferred conformations of 1 and 2 in their cis and

• ) surfaces. Further studies will include IRRAS measurements to determine the trans→cis isomerization kinetics on Au(111) surfaces. Experimental For detailed experimental procedures, including NMR, UV–vis and MS spectra see Supporting Information File 1, chapters I–IV, for kinetic studies see Supporting

Reaction of oxiranes with cyclodextrins under high-energy ball-milling conditions

• László Jicsinszky,
• Federica Calsolaro,
• Katia Martina,
• Fabio Bucciol,
• Maela Manzoli and
• Giancarlo Cravotto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1448–1459, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.145

• that of bead polymers in all cases. The adsorption of MO shows apparent first order kinetics, and the largest adsorption rates were accordingly found at the beginning of adsorption. The adsorption isotherm of insoluble β-CDP was recorded after 1 day and 2 weeks of equilibration. The adsorption isotherm

Efficiency Eff_syn of complex syntheses as multicomponent reactions, its algorithm and calculations based on concrete criteria

• Heiner Eckert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1425–1433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.142

• . Time influences reactions via their kinetics and is therefore not a primary factor but a soft criterion. This can usually be greatly minimised during cost generation through clever time management of the synthesis planning and can essentially be treated here as a fixed cost. Table 1 indicates the major

Reversible end-to-end assembly of selectively functionalized gold nanorods by light-responsive arylazopyrazole–cyclodextrin interaction

• Maximilian Niehues,
• Patricia Tegeder and
• Bart Jan Ravoo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1407–1415, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.140

• advantage of the different ligand exchange kinetics of CTAB on the ends and the side of the particles [14][15]. CTAB serves as a capping agent in AuNR synthesis by the seed-mediated growth process and is essential for the anisotropic growth. Due to the different crystallographic environments on the particle

• is assumed by preliminary studies that the ligand exchange mainly emerges at the AuNR ends due to its high ligand exchange kinetics [10][15][16]. The addition of an excess of tTEG resulted in a negative surface charge (−32 mV) indicating a complete removal of CTAB from the gold surface. Furthermore

Efficient resolution of racemic crown-shaped cyclotriveratrylene derivatives and isolation and characterization of the intermediate saddle isomer

• Sven Götz,
• Andreas Schneider and
• Arne Lützen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1339–1346, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.133

• kinetics. Although the presence of the in-between lying saddle isomer indicates a more complex kinetic, we decided, for the sake of comparability, to determine rate constants and energy barrier ΔG≠ for the racemization also with the assumption of first order kinetics (see Supporting Information File 1 for

Understanding the unexpected effect of frequency on the kinetics of a covalent reaction under ball-milling conditions

• Ana M. Belenguer,
• Adam A. L. Michalchuk,
• Giulio I. Lampronti and
• Jeremy K. M. Sanders

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1226–1235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.120

• Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK 10.3762/bjoc.15.120 Abstract We here explore how ball-mill-grinding frequency affects the kinetics of a disulfide exchange reaction. Our kinetic data show that the reaction progress is similar at all the frequencies studied (15–30 Hz

• grinding; grinding frequency; kinetics; mechanism; mechanochemistry; Introduction We describe here an unusual frequency-dependence in the induction period of a covalent reaction carried out using ball-mill grinding. We present a kinetic analysis indicating that this is due to the successive fracture of

• various kinetic treatments, an understanding of mechanochemical reaction dynamics remains largely elusive. While mechanochemical kinetics must obey the general principles of reactivity (collision, energy gain and relaxation), there remains a poorly understood, complex interplay between physical and

Insertion of [1.1.1]propellane into aromatic disulfides

• Robin M. Bär,
• Gregor Heinrich,
• Martin Nieger,
• Olaf Fuhr and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1172–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.114

• about reaction kinetics. We acknowledge the support by two projects of the German Research Foundation, namely BR 1750/34-1 (use of the electronic lab notebook and repository Chemotion to disclose the herein described research data) and BR1750/40-1, JU2909/5-1 (service for the deposit of physical samples

Mechanochemical synthesis of hyper-crosslinked polymers: influences on their pore structure and adsorption behaviour for organic vapors

• Sven Grätz,
• Sebastian Zink,
• Hanna Kraffczyk,
• Marcus Rose and
• Lars Borchardt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1154–1161, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.112

• and the resulting thermal and frictional stress of the material and reinforces our prior findings regarding the synthesis of porous polymers inside a ball mill [30][35]. Development of vessel pressure during the reaction In an attempt to track and understand the kinetics of the mechanochemical

Unexpected polymorphism during a catalyzed mechanochemical Knoevenagel condensation

• Sebastian Haferkamp,
• Andrea Paul,
• Adam A. L. Michalchuk and
• Franziska Emmerling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1141–1148, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.110

• ] in understanding reaction kinetics of these processes. Early insight into formation pathways was provided ex situ, in which the mechanical treatment was stopped, and powder removed for analysis [10][11]. More recently, further detail has been gained by monitoring mechanochemical transformations in

Precious metal-free molecular machines for solar thermal energy storage

• Meglena I. Kandinska,
• Snejana M. Kitova,
• Vladimira S. Videva,
• Stanimir S. Stoyanov,
• Stanislava B. Yordanova,
• Stanislav B. Baluschev,
• Silvia E. Angelova and
• Aleksey A. Vasilev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1096–1106, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.106

• which was found to be long enough to reach a photostationary state. The kinetics of the cis–trans thermal isomerization were studied by measuring the absorbance at a fixed wavelength in the dark as a function of time after irradiation stopped until the initial absorbance value before excitation was

Fabrication, characterization and adsorption properties of cucurbit[7]uril-functionalized polycaprolactone electrospun nanofibrous membranes

• Changzhong Chen,
• Fengbo Liu,
• Xiongzhi Zhang,
• Zhiyong Zhao and
• Simin Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 992–999, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.97

• of CB[7] even when the cavity is empty according to above DSC results. Various adsorption kinetics models were used to explain the adsorption mechanism and to determine the intrinsic adsorption kinetic constant. Usually, the pseudo-first-order model, pseudo-second-order model and intraparticle

• diffusion model are used to evaluate adsorption kinetics behavior (the equations of the three models are given in Supporting Information File 1). According to the experimental data, the adsorption kinetic data of PCL and PCL/CB[7] nanofibrous membranes fitting by the above three adsorption kinetics models

• confirm the pseudo-second-order kinetic of PCL/CB[7] nanofibrous membranes. Actually, the adsorption kinetics of the PCL/CB[7] nanofibrous membranes agree with those of calixarene-functionalized [20] and CD-functionalized [37] nanofibrous membranes. The adsorption isotherm of MB by nanofibrous membranes

SO₂F₂-mediated transformation of 2'-hydroxyacetophenones to benzo-oxetes

• Revathi Lekkala,
• Ravindar Lekkala,
• Balakrishna Moku,
• K. P. Rakesh and
• Hua-Li Qin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 976–980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.95

• desirable. However, the intrinsic ring strain in oxetanes makes cyclization a basic challenge, moreover, the kinetics of cyclization to make four-membered ring ethers are considerably slower than those of six, five, and three-membered ring compounds [16]. Therefore, the formation of oxetanes with

Tuning the stability of alkoxyisopropyl protection groups

• Zehong Liang,
• Henna Koivikko,
• Mikko Oivanen and
• Petri Heinonen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 746–751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.70

• chromatography without degradation. The compatibility of these protecting groups in parallel use with benzoyl and silyl groups was verified. The stabilities of the different alkoxy acetal protecting groups were compared by following the kinetics of their hydrolysis at 25.0 °C in buffered solutions through an

Synthesis of polydicyclopentadiene using the Cp₂TiCl₂/Et₂AlCl catalytic system and thin-layer oxidation of the polymer in air

• Zhargolma B. Bazarova,
• Ludmila S. Soroka,
• Alex A. Lyapkov,
• Мekhman S. Yusubov and
• Francis Verpoort

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 733–745, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.69

• gradually happen during the exposure time of polydicyclopentadiene thin layers in the air as a result of the oxidation of double bonds. A new vibrational band at 1410 cm−1 in the IR spectrum appears which is originating from the primary radicals which are formed alongside the chain initiation. The kinetics

• deformation vibrations and the layer exposure time in air at ambient temperature. The correlation presented in Figure 10 demonstrates that the kinetics of double bond consumption during oxidation occurs in two stages. During the first stage, the chain (formation of primary radicals) initiates, and then the

• supplied into the sample, the process rate is limited by the diffusion, and the oxidation takes place in a diffusion mode. The reaction kinetics is consecutive and hence, it is characterized by a wide range of rate constants and can be described by the following equation: where the first element on the

Cyclopropene derivatives of aminosugars for metabolic glycoengineering

• Jessica Hassenrück and
• Valentin Wittmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 584–601, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.54

• reaction kinetics and their labeling intensities after metabolic incorporation. To determine the efficiencies by which the derivatives are metabolized to sialic acids, we synthesized and investigated the corresponding cyclopropane derivatives because cyclopropenes are not stable under the analysis

• norbornenes, have high DAinv reaction kinetics, but suffer from low incorporation efficiencies [21]. Cyclopropenes, that combine fast reaction kinetics and small size, turned out to be excellent reporters for application in MGE [22][23][24][25][26][27]. Three cyclopropene-derivatized mannosamine derivatives

• moiety is connected by a carbamate-linkage. All three cyclopropene derivatives easily undergo DAinv reactions. Kinetic studies revealed that the carbamate derivative ManNCyoc has the highest reaction rate, followed by ManNCp and finally ManNCyc with the slowest reaction kinetics. Performing MGE

Back to the future: Why we need enzymology to build a synthetic metabolism of the future

• Tobias J. Erb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 551–557, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.49

• from first principles based on simple physico-chemical considerations, such as kinetics and thermodynamics. For the design, a starting compound and a target molecule are defined and a short, thermodynamically feasible and energetically efficient route connecting the two molecules is identified. While

Syntheses and chemical properties of β-nicotinamide riboside and its analogues and derivatives

• Mikhail V. Makarov and
• Marie E. Migaud

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 401–430, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.36

• is pH independent at pH below 6.5 and above 12.5. However, in the pH range from 8.5 to 11.0 the hydrolysis reaction shows first order kinetics in OH− (i.e., the hydrolysis rate constant is linearly dependent on pH with a slope of unity). It was also shown that different hydrolysis products were

Olefin metathesis in multiblock copolymer synthesis

• Maria L. Gringolts,
• Yulia I. Denisova,
• Eugene Sh. Finkelshtein and
• Yaroslav V. Kudryavtsev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 218–235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.21

• sufficient to carry out the process effectively [86][87]. In the PBD–polyisoprene (PI) cross metathesis, Gr1 can be replaced by Gr–H1 but longer reaction times are needed [87]. A control over the reaction kinetics can be sometimes complicated because the overall composition of a polymer mixture does not

• the initial polymers display different glass transition temperatures, DSC can be also used to monitor the kinetics (Figure 5). At the beginning of the MCM reaction, two Tg values are observed which get closer and finally merge into one, when long sequences of chemically identical units stemming from

• the MCM conditions enables one to obtain copolymers with a controllable average block length ranging from the initial homopolymer length to a few monomer units. Important data on the kinetics of MCM between PNB and PCOE mediated by Gr1 were obtained by combining in situ NMR studies of the Ru-carbene

Catalysis of linear alkene metathesis by Grubbs-type ruthenium alkylidene complexes containing hemilabile α,α-diphenyl-(monosubstituted-pyridin-2-yl)methanolato ligands

• Tegene T. Tole,
• Johan H. L. Jordaan and
• Hermanus C. M. Vosloo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 194–209, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.19

• secondary metathesis products were observed with the latter reaching values >20% for the 3-OMe- and 3-Me-substituted precatalysts at 110 and 100 °C, respectively. All the precatalysts exhibits first-order kinetics at 80 °C with the 3-substituted precatalysts the slowest. The behaviour of the 3-substituted

• . Plots of ln([starting material]) versus time, proposed by Grubbs and co-workers [20], were used as a measure of the stability of the precatalyst, i.e., a linear plot indicates a reaction with pseudo-first order rate kinetics, while a curved plot points towards catalyst decomposition. We used the

• -order kinetics over the first ca 540 min when the ln(% 1-octene) plots (Figure 11b) are considered. The substituted precatalysts show better stability than 5d, thus longer lifetimes, with 6 and 9 the slowest and 8 close to but slower than 5d. It is interesting to note that the stability of 5j and 5k

Silanediol versus chlorosilanol: hydrolyses and hydrogen-bonding catalyses with fenchole-based silanes

• Falco Fox,
• Jörg M. Neudörfl and
• Bernd Goldfuss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 167–186, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.17

• ) and BIFOXSiCl(OH) (8) are described. The hydrolytic stability of dichlorosilane 7 is investigated in a kinetics study and is compared to analogue dichlorosilanes, i.e., 13 and 14 (Scheme 4). UV–vis titration experiments and catalyses are carried out with chlorosilanol 8 and silanediol 9, to assess

• −1, Ea = 31.4 kcal mol−1, Ea = 40.2 kcal mol−1, Table 3, entries 4–6, Figures 9–11), which also confirms the kinetics study of BIFOXSiCl2 (7) and BIFOXSiCl(OH) (8) as the most stable dichlorosilane and chlorosilanol (Figure 2 and Figure 3, Table 2). In comparison the front attack mechanism for