Synthesis, structure and π-expansion of tris(4,5-dehydro-2,3:6,7-dibenzotropone)

• Yongming Xiong,
• Xue Lin Ma,
• Shilong Su and
• Qian Miao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1–7, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.1

• orange solution in common organic solvents, and its solution in cyclohexane exhibits very weak orange photoluminescence with a quantum yield as low as 3.9 × 10−4 upon excitation at 400 nm. Such a low photoluminescence quantum yield may be attributed to the conformational motions of the helicene moieties

Synthesis, characterization, and photophysical properties of novel 9‑phenyl-9-phosphafluorene oxide derivatives

• Shuxian Qiu,
• Duan Dong,
• Jiahui Li,
• Huiting Wen,
• Jinpeng Li,
• Yu Yang,
• Shengxian Zhai and
• Xingyuan Gao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3299–3305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.274

• phosphine oxide (PO) groups have recently received considerable attention for their high thermal stability and unique optoelectronic features, and thus being widely applied in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [1][2]. To date, tremendous efforts have been devoted to the development of a variety of high

• recent years, and they are mostly based on purely organic electron donor−electron acceptor (D−A) or D−A−D systems with significant intramolecular charge transfer interactions for frontier molecular orbital separation [28][29][30]. Due to the electron-accepting properties, PhFlOP can clearly act as an

Synthesis of acenaphthylene-fused heteroarenes and polyoxygenated benzo[j]fluoranthenes via a Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura/C–H arylation cascade

• Merve Yence,
• Dilgam Ahmadli,
• Damla Surmeli,
• Umut Mert Karacaoğlu,
• Sujit Pal and
• Yunus Emre Türkmen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3290–3298, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.273

• focus of extensive research within the past two decades due to their interesting structural features, attractive photophysical properties, and diverse applications [2]. Indeed, fluoranthenes are particularly useful in supramolecular chemistry, organic electronics, and materials science [3] as

• fluorescent chemosensors and probes [4][5][6], as well as materials for applications in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [7][8][9], organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) [10], and perovskite solar cells [11]. In this respect, replacing either one or more of the carbons or rings of a fluoranthene with

• from certain plant species (Figure 1) [12]. The acenaphthylene-fused thiophene-based heteroarene 3 is another heterocyclic fluoranthene analogue, which was used as an organic semiconductor in transistors [13]. The synthesis and coordination complexes of the acenaphthylene-fused N-heterocyclic (NHC

Reactivity of hypervalent iodine(III) reagents bearing a benzylamine with sulfenate salts

• Beatriz Dedeiras,
• Catarina S. Caldeira,
• José C. Cunha,
• Clara S. B. Gomes and
• M. Manuel B. Marques

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3281–3289, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.272

• . A plausible mechanism is proposed, suggesting a possible radical pathway. Keywords: electrophilic amination; hypervalent iodine reagents; sulfinamide; sulfonamide; Introduction Iodine(III) compounds, known as λ3-iodanes, have been extensively applied in organic synthesis. Although initially used

• reagent 2a in most organic solvents, an alternative solvent was tested; nevertheless, BBX 2a showed to be insoluble when using toluene (Table 1, entry 3). To have further insights on the formation of sulfonamide 5aa, an experiment was conducted under the same stoichiometric conditions that yielded product

Giese-type alkylation of dehydroalanine derivatives via silane-mediated alkyl bromide activation

• Perry van der Heide,
• Michele Retini,
• Fabiola Fanini,
• Giovanni Piersanti,
• Francesco Secci,
• Daniele Mazzarella,
• Timothy Noël and
• Alberto Luridiana

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3274–3280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.271

• ; Introduction The construction of C(sp3)–C(sp3) bonds is a highly important target in synthetic organic chemistry. Historically, polar conjugate additions have been a benchmark method for constructing these bonds by functionalizing an electron-deficient olefin [1][2][3]. Recently, however, radical-based

Efficient synthesis of fluorinated triphenylenes with enhanced arene–perfluoroarene interactions in columnar mesophases

• Yang Chen,
• Jiao He,
• Hang Lin,
• Hai-Feng Wang,
• Ping Hu,
• Bi-Qin Wang,
• Ke-Qing Zhao and
• Bertrand Donnio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3263–3273, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.270

• tuneability of the optical and electronic properties, which can potentially be exploited for advanced applications in display technologies, photonic devices, sensors, and organic electronics. We recently successfully reported the straightforward synthesis of several mesogens containing four lateral aliphatic

• crystals (F-DLCs) [13][14][15][16][17] of interest for organic electronics and optical advanced materials, as they tend to promote more efficient molecular stacking into columns than their purely hydrogenated counterparts [18][19], thereby improving one-dimensional charge transport properties [20][21][22

• increase their structural and functional diversity. In the modern organic synthetic tool-box, the fluoroarene nucleophilc substitution (SNFAr) reaction possesses many outstanding advantages in the synthesis of π-conjugated functional molecules: the electrophiles are plentiful and include cheaply available

Intramolecular C–H arylation of pyridine derivatives with a palladium catalyst for the synthesis of multiply fused heteroaromatic compounds

• Yuki Nakanishi,
• Shoichi Sugita,
• Kentaro Okano and
• Atsunori Mori

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3256–3262, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.269

• ; phosphine ligand; pyridine amides; Introduction Transition-metal-catalyzed synthetic reactions have recently attracted much attention in synthetic organic chemistry [1][2]. C–H Arylation reactions catalyzed by a transition metal are of particular interest because these reactions involve rather superior

• dichloromethane (2 mL) three times. The combined organic extracts were repeatedly washed with water (20 mL) and brine (20 mL). The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a crude material, which was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane

Non-covalent organocatalyzed enantioselective cyclization reactions of α,β-unsaturated imines

• Sergio Torres-Oya and
• Mercedes Zurro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3221–3255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.268

• -raising activation (amine-based catalysis and N-heterocyclic carbenes), and iii) LUMO-lowering and HOMO-raising activation (bifunctional thioureas and squaramides). Due to the ubiquitous nature of non-covalent interactions in organic systems, they can play a decisive role in asymmetric transformations [15

• , and it will be a useful reference for organic chemists working in the field of asymmetric organocatalysis. The review is divided into sections, each covering a different catalytic system. Additionally, a chronological order is followed in the subchapters. In order to also give a general overview of

Ceratinadin G, a new psammaplysin derivative possessing a cyano group from a sponge of the genus Pseudoceratina

• Shin-ichiro Kurimoto,
• Kouta Inoue,
• Taito Ohno and
• Takaaki Kubota

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3215–3220, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.267

• , the first asymmetric total synthesis of psammaplysin A was accomplished by Smith and Morrow, and the absolute configuration of compound 1 was also confirmed through organic synthesis [7]. In our ongoing research focused on uncovering new bioactive secondary metabolites from Okinawan marine sponges, we

Direct trifluoroethylation of carbonyl sulfoxonium ylides using hypervalent iodine compounds

• Radell Echemendía,
• Carlee A. Montgomery,
• Fabio Cuzzucoli,
• Antonio C. B. Burtoloso and
• Graham K. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3182–3190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.263

• or fluoroalkyl motifs into organic molecules or key frameworks stands out as a crucial and appealing approach in uncovering and crafting innovative drugs, agrochemicals, and functional materials (Figure 1) [1][2][3][4]. Fluorinated functional groups can positively alter the electronic characteristics

• of compounds, increase their metabolic stability, and boost their lipophilicity [5][6][7]. Consequently, developing new synthetic techniques that incorporate fluorine and fluorinated groups represents a significant area of research in synthetic organic chemistry [8][9]. Among the various fluorine

• versatile intermediates in organic synthesis due to their unique reactivity and ability to participate in a wide range of chemical transformations. In this scenario, sulfoxonium ylides are excellent substrates for bifunctionalization reactions, due to the ambiphilic character in their ylidic carbon [16

Synthesis of extended fluorinated tripeptides based on the tetrahydropyridazine scaffold

• Thierry Milcent,
• Pascal Retailleau,
• Benoit Crousse and
• Sandrine Ongeri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3174–3181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.262

• groups (CF3 or CF2H) in organic molecules can modulate their physicochemical (pKa, lipophilicity), structural (additional hydrophobic and hydrogen-bond interactions), and biological properties (metabolic stability, membrane permeability) [14][15]. Alongside the very well-known CF3 group, the CF2H group

Multicomponent reactions driving the discovery and optimization of agents targeting central nervous system pathologies

• Lucía Campos-Prieto,
• Aitor García-Rey,
• Eddy Sotelo and
• Ana Mallo-Abreu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3151–3173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.261

• organic synthesis, particularly through MCRs, have streamlined the synthesis of benzodiazepines, making it more efficient and environmentally friendly [55]. For example, olanzapine as a benzodiazepine-based clinical drug was appropriately and concisely synthesized via MCR [56][57]. Over the last twenty

Surprising acidity for the methylene of 1,3-indenocorannulenes?

• Shi Liu,
• Märt Lõkov,
• Sofja Tshepelevitsh,
• Ivo Leito,
• Kim K. Baldridge and
• Jay S. Siegel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3144–3150, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.260

• CH3CN) [12][13] as upper and lower references, respectively, the acidities of BFC (pKa = 27.6 in CH3CN) and FIC (pKa = 27.8 in CH3CN) could be quantified and ordered relative to a series of organic aromatic acids (Table 1). Rather than falling among the series cyclopentadiene (pKa = 32 in CH3CN), indene

• an “azacorannulene”. Working from graph structures based on chemically stable (“group elementary”) nodes is a useful principle in molecular design and chemical synthesis. Such a perspective is important to understand fundamental physical organic molecular properties as well as to predict desirable

Hypervalent iodine-mediated intramolecular alkene halocyclisation

• Charu Bansal,
• Oliver Ruggles,
• Albert C. Rowett and
• Alastair J. J. Lennox

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3113–3133, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.258

• , including ligand coupling, oxidative addition, intermolecular nucleophilic attack, 1,2-aryl migration, reductive elimination, and intramolecular nucleophilic attack. This approach offers a rapid and effective way to produce 5-fluoro-2-aryloxazoline compounds, which are valuable building blocks in organic

Advances in the use of metal-free tetrapyrrolic macrocycles as catalysts

• Mandeep K. Chahal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3085–3112, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.257

• (aromatic) organic heterocyclic systems, excluding calix[4]pyrroles, which are colorless and non-aromatic, as well as norcorroles, isophlorins, and the 16π oxidized form of porphyrin that exhibits anti-aromatic character (Figure 1a). Calix[4]pyrroles possess a nonplanar structure and a high degree of

• recognition, and supramolecular assemblies [9][10][11][12][13]. There are numerous examples of using metalloporphyrins as artificial photosynthesis models, enzyme mimics, and catalysts for various organic transformations, where a metal center acts as an active site [14][15][16][17]. However, metal-free (or

• second-sphere interactions with a multipoint hydrogen-bonding pattern enhance CO2 reduction in organic solvents, improving stability, facilitating proton transfer, reducing energy barriers, and increasing selectivity [20]. Apart from advances in synthetic methodologies [2][21][22][23], the exploration of

Enantioselective regiospecific addition of propargyltrichlorosilane to aldehydes catalyzed by biisoquinoline N,N’-dioxide

• Noble Brako,
• Sreerag Moorkkannur Narayanan,
• Amber Burns,
• Layla Auter,
• Valentino Cesiliano,
• Rajeev Prabhakar and
• Norito Takenaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3069–3076, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.255

• . Accordingly, the development of efficient access to optically active chiral α-allenic alcohols continues to be of significant interest in organic chemistry [11][12][13]. The asymmetric catalytic addition of allenylation reagents to aldehydes provides direct access to chiral α-allenic alcohols in an

Extension of the π-system of monoaryl-substituted norbornadienes with acetylene bridges: influence on the photochemical conversion and storage of light energy

• Robin Schulte,
• Dustin Schade,
• Thomas Paululat,
• Till J. B. Zähringer,
• Christoph Kerzig and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3061–3068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.254

• acetylenes at ca. 85 ppm and 95 ppm were observed. The norbornadienes 1h–l,n exhibit very good solubility in organic solvents, like ethyl acetate, chloroform, or benzene, whereas they have poor solubility in cyclohexane, acetonitrile, or ethanol. In polar protic solvents, like methanol or water, they are

Cyclodextrin-based rotaxanes for polymer materials: challenge on simultaneous realization of inexpensive production and defined structures

• Yosuke Akae

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3026–3049, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.252

• molecule must be sufficiently long to penetrate the CD cavity and be available for the end-capping reactions, (3) the inclusion complex must dissolve appropriately, (4) the solvent must not decompose the inclusion complex (water or other polar organic solvents, such as dimethylformamide (DMF) and dimethyl

Tunable full-color dual-state (solution and solid) emission of push–pull molecules containing the 1-pyrindane moiety

• Anastasia I. Ershova,
• Sergey V. Fedoseev,
• Konstantin V. Lipin,
• Mikhail Yu. Ievlev,
• Oleg E. Nasakin and
• Oleg V. Ershov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3016–3025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.251

• chemistry. This type of chromophores is of particular interest in the fields of organic electronics, photonics, and optoelectronics due to their unique optical and electronic properties [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Among heteroaromatic push–pull molecules, stilbazole derivatives

• materials [14][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. For example, organic π-systems whose main structural unit is stilbazole are used as active compounds in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [20], dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) [21], nonlinear optics (NLO) materials [22][23

• , and optical power limiting applications [33]. Materials with tunable full-color emission based on small organic molecules have attracted attention due to their great potential for applications [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]. These compounds provide unique benefits due to their

Tailored charge-neutral self-assembled L₂Zn₂ container for taming oxalate

• David Ocklenburg and
• David Van Craen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3007–3015, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.250

• -driven self-assemblies like cages or containers while numerous classic organic receptors for oxalate exist. This discrepancy is astonishing because metallocontainers or metallocages have advantages over classic macrocycles or organocages like a higher modularity and good preorganization paired with a

• calcium oxalate [6][7][8]. Unsurprisingly, the detection of oxalate was studied with numerous classic organic receptors involving acyclic hosts [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21], macrocycles [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33], and cages [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42

• ][43][44]. Additionally, organic receptors featuring metal centers which are strongly bound in a multidentate fashion with the sole purpose of acting as binding sites are utilized beside the pure organic systems [26][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]. In the last decade, metallocages and

Advances in radical peroxidation with hydroperoxides

• Oleg V. Bityukov,
• Pavel Yu. Serdyuchenko,
• Andrey S. Kirillov,
• Gennady I. Nikishin,
• Vera A. Vil’ and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2959–3006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.249

• Oleg V. Bityukov Pavel Yu. Serdyuchenko Andrey S. Kirillov Gennady I. Nikishin Vera A. Vil' Alexander O. Terent'ev N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky prosp., 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation 10.3762/bjoc.20.249 Abstract Organic peroxides have

• the radical Kharasch-type functionalization of organic molecules with OOR fragment including free-component radical couplings. The discussion has been structured by the type of the substrate of radical peroxidation: C(sp3)–H substrates; aromatic systems; compounds with unsaturated C–C or C–Het bonds

• . Keywords: C–H functionalization; oxidation; peroxidation; radical reactions; TBHP; Introduction Organic peroxides are used in many different areas of human activities. The traditional and most developed field is the use of peroxides as initiators in the polymerization process for the production of a wide

Synthesis of fluorinated acid-functionalized, electron-rich nickel porphyrins

• Mike Brockmann,
• Jonas Lobbel,
• Lara Unterriker and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2954–2958, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.248

• Mike Brockmann Jonas Lobbel Lara Unterriker Rainer Herges Otto Diels-Institute of Organic Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Otto-Hahn-Platz 4, 24118 Kiel, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.20.248 Abstract In this study, novel fluorinated carboxylic acid esters of the generic structure TfO

gem-Difluorovinyl and trifluorovinyl Michael acceptors in the synthesis of α,β-unsaturated fluorinated and nonfluorinated amides

• Monika Bilska-Markowska,
• Marcin Kaźmierczak,
• Wojciech Jankowski and
• Marcin Hoffmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2946–2953, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.247

• Poznań, Poland 10.3762/bjoc.20.247 Abstract The incorporation of fluorine atoms within the structure of organic compounds is known to exert a significant impact on their electronic properties, thereby modulating their reactivity in diverse chemical transformations. In the context of our investigation

• nucleophiles to unsaturated compounds with electron-withdrawing groups, is a cornerstone in constructing carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds [1]. It is instrumental in synthesizing natural products [2][3][4][5] and pharmaceuticals [6], underlining its significance in organic chemistry. Recent

Structure and thermal stability of phosphorus-iodonium ylids

• Andrew Greener,
• Stephen P. Argent,
• Coby J. Clarke and
• Miriam L. O’Duill

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2931–2939, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.245

• Andrew Greener Stephen P. Argent Coby J. Clarke Miriam L. O'Duill School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK 10.3762/bjoc.20.245 Abstract Hypervalent iodine(III) reagents have become indispensable tools in organic synthesis, but gaps remain in the

• synthetic organic chemistry, becoming indispensable tools in total synthesis, late-stage functionalisation and radiolabelling [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Due to their great mechanistic flexibility, including reactivity as oxidants, electrophiles, radical precursors and transmetalating agents, they often

• the rational design and synthesis of novel, unstabilised hypervalent iodine(III) compounds and expand the application of these powerful reagents in organic synthesis. Results and Discussion Structural data Twelve phosphorus-iodonium ylids were synthesised (Figure 2). X-ray diffraction data (XRD) of

Recent advances in transition-metal-free arylation reactions involving hypervalent iodine salts

• Ritu Mamgain,
• Kokila Sakthivel and
• Fateh V. Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2891–2920, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.243

• unsymmetrical forms of these salts serve as effective electrophilic arylating reagents in various organic syntheses. The use of diaryliodoniums in C–C and carbon–heteroatom bond formations, particularly under metal-free conditions, has further enhanced the popularity of these reagents. In this review, we

• arylation; rearrangement reaction; Introduction The chemistry of hypervalent iodine compounds is well-established and they are prevalent as oxidants and electrophilic reagents in organic conversions [1][2][3]. They have gained significant attention due to their high reactivity and ability to carry out

• capability to function as radical initiators. The use of diaryliodonium salts as efficient electrophilic arylating reagents in a wide range of organic transformations is due to their unique features such as solid-state nature, excellent stability, and the presence of a robust leaving group [39][40][41][42