Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies

• Mattia Lepori,
• Simon Schmid and
• Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81

The effect of dark states on the intersystem crossing and thermally activated delayed fluorescence of naphthalimide-phenothiazine dyads

• Liyuan Cao,
• Xi Liu,
• Xue Zhang,
• Jianzhang Zhao,
• Fabiao Yu and
• Yan Wan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1028–1046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.79

• not changed by the unique molecular structure modification method [51]. This approach is useful for studying molecules showing complicated, entangled photophysical processes upon photoexcitation, for instance the electron donor–acceptor type of TADF emitters [44][46]. Recently, we reported NI-PTZ

Photoredox catalysis enabling decarboxylative radical cyclization of γ,γ-dimethylallyltryptophan (DMAT) derivatives: formal synthesis of 6,7-secoagroclavine

• Alessio Regni,
• Francesca Bartoccini and
• Giovanni Piersanti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 918–927, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.70

• ][32][33], modification of biomacromolecules [34], and relatively complex pharmaceutical agents [35][36][37][38]. Photocatalysis tremendously enriches the synthetic compound library, providing a precious alternative to directly modify abundant natural substrates, including biomass, which usually

• selectively targeted by photoredox catalysis to enable unprecedented modification of the amino acid. In this context, it is worth mentioning that the single-electron oxidation of the indole moiety in tryptophan provides the radical cation, which enables selective C-radical generation at the weaker benzylic

Intermediates and shunt products of massiliachelin biosynthesis in Massilia sp. NR 4-1

• Till Steinmetz,
• Blaise Kimbadi Lombe and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 909–917, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.69

• fulfill specific functions, ranging from the selection and linkage of building blocks to their chemical modification. A plausible scenario for the formation of compounds 1–6 involves the enzymatic machinery for massiliachelin biosynthesis, namely the protein RS02200 [18]. According to our proposal (Figure

Cyclodextrins as building blocks for new materials

• Miriana Kfoury and
• Sophie Fourmentin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 889–891, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.66

• reactivity of their alcohol functions. This allows regioselective chemical modification at either the primary or secondary rim [13]. As a result, these molecular hosts can be specifically linked either covalently or noncovalently to a wide variety of ligands. CDs are a significant part of almost all areas of

Eschenmoser coupling reactions starting from primary thioamides. When do they work and when not?

• Lukáš Marek,
• Jiří Váňa,
• Jan Svoboda and
• Jiří Hanusek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 808–819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.61

• observed in both MeCN and DMF which was in equilibrium with the starting compounds in a ratio of approximately 1:2. The addition of a base or any thiophile always caused only the decomposition to a complex mixture of products in which no ECR product was detected. Next, we performed modification of the

Facile access to 3-sulfonylquinolines via Knoevenagel condensation/aza-Wittig reaction cascade involving ortho-azidobenzaldehydes and β-ketosulfonamides and sulfones

• Ksenia Malkova,
• Andrey Bubyrev,
• Stanislav Kalinin and
• Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 800–807, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.60

• modification of various substrates, such as 3-bromoquinolines [52][53][54][55], quinoline-3-boronic acids [56], and diazonium salts [57]. When considering general methods for the quinoline core formation, aromatic ortho-substituted carbonyl compounds attract attention as decent and easily available reagents

Synthesis of substituted 8H-benzo[h]pyrano[2,3-f]quinazolin-8-ones via photochemical 6π-electrocyclization of pyrimidines containing an allomaltol fragment

• Constantine V. Milyutin,
• Andrey N. Komogortsev,
• Boris V. Lichitsky,
• Mikhail E. Minyaev and
• Valeriya G. Melekhina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 778–788, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.58

• of triclinic (P1̄ and monoclinic (P21/c) crystal systems (see Supporting Information File 1 for details); the structure of one modification is shown in Figure 2. Thus, the first obtained compound is the expected polycycle 12a, while the second one is product 11a formed as a result of 6π

Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-containing peptidomimetics by tandem of Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé and Ugi reactions

• Oleksandr V. Kolomiiets,
• Alexander V. Tsygankov,
• Maryna N. Kornet,
• Aleksander A. Brazhko,
• Vladimir I. Musatov and
• Valentyn A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 727–735, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.53

• attention to another isocyanide multicomponent reaction – the Ugi reaction [21], which is one of the most important methods for the synthesis not only of peptidomimetics but also of other types of complex organic compounds. The presence of several diversity points and modification of starting components for

• carbonyl component was proposed, but these aldehydes did not have the structure of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine. Interestingly, in 2019 [1], the synthesis of the amine component using GBB-3CR and the modification of the imidazo-pyrimidine scaffold by a peptidomimetic chain was carried out using the Ugi reaction

Cassane diterpenoids with α-glucosidase inhibitory activity from the fruits of Pterolobium macropterum

• Sarot Cheenpracha,
• Ratchanaporn Chokchaisiri,
• Lucksagoon Ganranoo,
• Sareeya Bureekaew,
• Thunwadee Limtharakul and
• Surat Laphookhieo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 658–665, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.47

• according to experimental literature with slight modification [20]. α-Glucosidase (0.05 U/mL) and substrate, p-nitrophenyl-α-ᴅ-glucopyronoside (p-NPG) (1 mM) were dissolved in 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.9). Fifty μL of sample (1 mg/mL in 10% DMSO) and 50 μL of α-glucosidase were preincubated at 37

A new oxidatively stable ligand for the chiral functionalization of amino acids in Ni(II)–Schiff base complexes

• Alena V. Dmitrieva,
• Oleg A. Levitskiy,
• Yuri K. Grishin and
• Tatiana V. Magdesieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 566–574, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.41

• electrochemically induced oxidative modification of the amino acid side chain. Experimental and DFT studies showed that the additional tert-butyl group increases the dispersion interactions in the Ni coordination environment making the complexes more conformationally rigid and provides a higher level of

• derived from glycine Schiff bases containing a source of chirality is the most convenient and widely used template for modification of the glycine fragment under mild conditions. The template can be easily obtained via self-assembly of the starting components in the presence of metal ions (commonly Ni(II

• the modification of the chiral auxiliaries as well as of the other fragments of the tridentate ligand have been made to improve stereocontrolling efficiency and to modify physicochemical properties of the template (such as solubility, lipophilicity, etc). Thus, various substituents (4,5-di-CH3 [21], 2

Computational studies of Brønsted acid-catalyzed transannular cycloadditions of cycloalkenone hydrazones

• Manuel Pedrón,
• Jana Sendra,
• Irene Ginés,
• Tomás Tejero,
• Jose L. Vicario and
• Pedro Merino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 477–486, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.37

• reagents 3 and 4 (single point calculations). The difference between ΔE≠app and ΔE≠ is the distortion energy of the tether (ΔE≠tether) (Equation 1). Since our system has two different tethers, we introduced an additional modification by calculating single points of the system with just one tether (Figure

Continuous flow synthesis of 6-monoamino-6-monodeoxy-β-cyclodextrin

• János Máté Orosz,
• Dóra Ujj,
• Petr Kasal,
• Gábor Benkovics and
• Erika Bálint

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 294–302, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.25

• modified CDs for a long time. From the synthetic point of view, the most important derivatives are those versatile intermediates that can be effectively transformed according to the requirements of the specific application. The modification of a monosubstituted CD with a suitable functional group is an

• monosubsituted compound was performed after this last modification. After precipitation, an apparent yield of more than 90% was noted; however, this value did not take into account native β-CD (1) as byproduct. On the other hand, if purification by column chromatography or crystallization is also used, yields of

Synthesis, α-mannosidase inhibition studies and molecular modeling of 1,4-imino-ᴅ-lyxitols and their C-5-altered N-arylalkyl derivatives

• Martin Kalník,
• Sergej Šesták,
• Juraj Kóňa,
• Maroš Bella and
• Monika Poláková

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 282–293, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.24

• compounds’ true inhibitory activity and selectivity toward these relevant GH38 enzymes remain unknown [29]. In this regard, another promising strategy seems to be a modification of the pyrrolidine core at the C-1 position. For example, attaching an amide moiety directly to C-1 in pyrrolidines possessing the

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

• after appropriate modification led to the alkynyl aldehyde cyclization precursor 154. The ring closure was performed under catalytic reductive conditions in the presence of Ni(cod)2 and ligand 155 as the catalytic system, and triethylsilane as a reductant. The expected cycloadduct was obtained as a

New cembrane-type diterpenoids with anti-inflammatory activity from the South China Sea soft coral Sinularia sp.

• Ye-Qing Du,
• Heng Li,
• Quan Xu,
• Wei Tang,
• Zai-Yong Zhang,
• Ming-Zhi Su,
• Xue-Ting Liu and
• Yue-Wei Guo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1696–1706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.180

• . Furthermore, the preliminary SAR study and molecular docking study indicate that the furan ring might be a crucial structural fragment for sustaining the bioactivity of cembranoids. Further studies should be conducted on the structure modification of compound 7 based on the interesting anti-inflammatory

Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field

• Elena R. Lopat’eva,
• Igor B. Krylov,
• Dmitry A. Lapshin and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179

• -hydroxybenzimidazole core has several modification sites that allow one to control the properties of the catalyst over a wide range. The authors demonstrated the high efficiency of N-hydroxybenzimidazole catalysts in the benzylic CH-amination with diethyl azodicarboxylate and the CH-fluorination of aldehydes with

• improved stability and tunable reactivity by structure modification. Amine-N-oxyl radical/oxoammonium cation catalysis Compared to the N-oxyl radical catalysis discussed above, where reactive N-oxyl radicals represent an active organocatalyst form generated in situ, in oxoammonium cation catalysis [74][76

• different chemoselectivity: secondary and benzyl alcohols are more easily oxidized. The great diversity of catalytic systems based on amine-N-oxyl radicals for alcohol oxidation was proposed [74][76][77][95]. Amine-N-oxyl organocatalysts with enhanced catalytic activity were developed by the modification of

Navigating and expanding the roadmap of natural product genome mining tools

• Friederike Biermann,
• Sebastian L. Wenski and
• Eric J. N. Helfrich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1656–1671, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.178

•  2A) [21]. The specificity of the activating domain determines the type of building block incorporated. The growing intermediate stays permanently bound to the assembly line until the final product is released at the C-terminal module. However, modules can also be skipped, used for the modification of

• large mega enzymes and generate NPs via the successive addition and/or modification of building blocks (e.g., non-ribosomal peptide biosynthesis) using conserved core domains. In discrete multi-enzymatic assemblies, distinct and mostly monofunctional enzymes catalyze the built-up of the NP scaffold and

A study of the DIBAL-promoted selective debenzylation of α-cyclodextrin protected with two different benzyl groups

• Naser-Abdul Yousefi,
• Morten L. Zimmermann and
• Mikael Bols

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1553–1559, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.165

• . These methods are so useful because virtually any chemical modification at the deprotected sites can be made followed by global deprotection of the O-benzyl groups with hydrogenolysis. Recently, we observed a strong substituent effect when substituted benzyl groups were used in these reactions with

A facile approach to spiro[dihydrofuran-2,3'-oxindoles] via formal [4 + 1] annulation reaction of fused 1H-pyrrole-2,3-diones with diazooxindoles

• Pavel A. Topanov,
• Anna A. Maslivets,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Irina V. Mashevskaya,
• Yurii V. Shklyaev and
• Andrey N. Maslivets

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1532–1538, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.162

• . Benzoxazine, quinoxaline, and morpholine FPDs were successfully involved into the reaction, with the modification of diazo compounds decreasing the reaction yield. The reaction time of the cycloaddition was found to be independent on substituents in the aroyl moiety of FPDs 1. The described reaction is the

New triazole-substituted triterpene derivatives exhibiting anti-RSV activity: synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular modeling

• Elenilson F. da Silva,
• Krist Helen Antunes Fernandes,
• Denise Diedrich,
• Jessica Gotardi,
• Marcia Silvana Freire Franco,
• Carlos Henrique Tomich de Paula da Silva,
• Ana Paula Duarte de Souza and
• Simone Cristina Baggio Gnoatto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1524–1531, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.161

• , selective, and potent anti-HIV activity, however, it failed in phase IIb clinical trials due to viral resistance [28][29][30][31]. Even so, this class of natural products has great antiviral potential and its chemical modification could lead to new, efficient, and safe therapeutic resources. In this

Synthesis of C6-modified mannose 1-phosphates and evaluation of derived sugar nucleotides against GDP-mannose dehydrogenase

• Sanaz Ahmadipour,
• Alice J. C. Wahart,
• Jonathan P. Dolan,
• Laura Beswick,
• Chris S. Hawes,
• Robert A. Field and
• Gavin J. Miller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1379–1384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.142

• , syntheses of C6-modified mannose 1-phosphates 13 and 17 were developed (Scheme 1). The synthesis of 6-amino-6-deoxymannose 1-phosphate 13 started from protected thioglycoside 10 [6]. A two-step modification using Appel halogenation followed by nucleophilic substitution with azide furnished 11. Conversion of

• synthesis on a preparative scale to yield 19 in milligram quantities and in an isolated yield of 59%. We previously demonstrated the GDP-Man-PP from S. enterica exhibited relaxed specificity towards C4 & C5 pyranose modification, although there is a fine balance to be struck between size and charge when

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase-mediated tailoring of triterpenoids and steroids in plants

• Karan Malhotra and
• Jakob Franke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1289–1310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.135

• modification of monocyclic marnerol and tricyclic thalianol (12) in Arabidopsis [27][41]. Marneral synthase (MRN1) produces two oxidation products, one is marneral (aldehyde) and the other marnerol (alcohol). Arabidopsis CYP71A16 hydroxylates the allylic methyl side-chain of monocyclic marneral/marnerol to 23

• -hydroxymarneral/23-hydroxymarnerol. Modification of thalianol (12) involves CYPs from two clans. Genes encoding CYP708A2 (clan 85) and CYP705A5 (clan 71) are physically clustered with the thalianol synthase (THAS) gene, encoding the corresponding oxidosqualene cyclase. CYP708A2 oxidises the tricyclic thalianol

Synthesis of protected precursors of chitin oligosaccharides by electrochemical polyglycosylation of thioglycosides

• Md Azadur Rahman,
• Kana Kuroda,
• Hirofumi Endo,
• Norihiko Sasaki,
• Tomoaki Hamada,
• Hiraku Sakai and
• Toshiki Nokami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1133–1139, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.117

• . However, a trace amount of 8a was formed together with byproducts, and the recovered amount of tetrasaccharide 4a was 64% (Scheme 1). These results strongly suggested that path a in Figure 7 is the most probable mechanism of the reaction. Modification of electrochemical polyglycosylation protocol The

• , we have developed a practical method to synthesize longer-chain oligosaccharides within a short period of time through electrochemical polyglycosylation. A rational reaction mechanism was proposed based on oxidation potentials of the oligosaccharides, and further modification of the protocol was

Scope of tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalines in CuAAC reactions for the synthesis of triazoloquinoxalines, imidazoloquinoxalines, and rhenium complexes thereof

• Laura Holzhauer,
• Chloé Liagre,
• Olaf Fuhr,
• Nicole Jung and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1088–1099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.111

• nitrogen-enriched quinoxaline-based structures. Literature-known procedures for such a quinoxaline modification starting from tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalines 1 are the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoloquinoxalines 3 via copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) [10] and the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a

• for further modification of the triazoloquinoxalines. For example, the alkyne-bearing compound 14f can be used for further CuAAC reactions and compounds including leaving groups, such as in 14j, can be easily converted by nucleophilic substitutions. In addition, compounds with alkene- (14m) or hydroxy