Photoswitchable glycoligands targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa LecA

• Yu Fan,
• Ahmed El Rhaz,
• Stéphane Maisonneuve,
• Emilie Gillon,
• Maha Fatthalla,
• Franck Le Bideau,
• Guillaume Laurent,
• Samir Messaoudi,
• Anne Imberty and
• Juan Xie

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1486–1496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.132

• respectively 71%, 41%, and 37% total yields (Scheme 1). Photophysical characterization The photoswitching properties of galactosyl azobenzenes 1–5 were realized in water or in Tris buffer containing 5 to 10% DMSO, in accordance with the biophysical evaluation conditions by using ITC. All these compounds

• File 14: Compound characterization, detailed photochemical and photophysical procedures and copies of spectra. Acknowledgements A. Imberty and E. Gillon acknowledge support from Glyco@Alps (ANR-15-IDEX-02) and Labex Arcane/CBH- EUR-GS (ANR-17-EURE-0003). The authors would like to thank also Cyril

Synthesis of 2-benzyl N-substituted anilines via imine condensation–isoaromatization of (E)-2-arylidene-3-cyclohexenones and primary amines

• Lu Li,
• Na Li,
• Xiao-Tian Mo,
• Ming-Wei Yuan,
• Lin Jiang and
• Ming-Long Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1468–1475, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.130

• Information Supporting Information File 6: Experimental procedures, characterization data, and copies of NMR spectra of all new compounds. Funding This research was founded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22161051, 21302163) and Yunnan XingDian Youth Talent Support Program (XDYC-QNRC

Synthesis of 4-functionalized pyrazoles via oxidative thio- or selenocyanation mediated by PhICl₂ and NH₄SCN/KSeCN

• Jialiang Wu,
• Haofeng Shi,
• Xuemin Li,
• Jiaxin He,
• Chen Zhang,
• Fengxia Sun and
• Yunfei Du

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1453–1461, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.128

• 3a and their derivatization. Plausible reaction mechanism. Optimization of oxidative thiocyanation of pyrazole.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 28: Synthetic details and compound characterization data. Funding We acknowledge the National Key Research and Development Program of

Rapid construction of tricyclic tetrahydrocyclopenta[4,5]pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine via isocyanide-based multicomponent reaction

• Xiu-Yu Chen,
• Ying Han,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1436–1443, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.126

• 2346135) and 6g (CCDC 2346136) have been deposited at the Cambridge Crystallographic Database Center (http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk). Supporting Information File 24: Characterization data and 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and HRMS spectra of compounds. Funding This work was financially supported by the National Natural

Synthesis of cyclic β-1,6-oligosaccharides from glucosamine monomers by electrochemical polyglycosylation

• Md Azadur Rahman,
• Hirofumi Endo,
• Takashi Yamamoto,
• Shoma Okushiba,
• Norihiko Sasaki and
• Toshiki Nokami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1421–1427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.124

• monomers 6 with a 2-PhthN group. Electrochemical polyglycosylation of monomers 17 with a 2-azido group. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 18: Synthetic details, DFT calculations, and compound characterization data. Acknowledgements We thank Koganei Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) for donation

Hypervalent iodine-catalyzed amide and alkene coupling enabled by lithium salt activation

• Akanksha Chhikara,
• Fan Wu,
• Navdeep Kaur,
• Prabagar Baskaran,
• Alex M. Nguyen,
• Zhichang Yin,
• Anthony H. Pham and
• Wei Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1405–1411, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.122

• cycle for the hypervalent iodine-catalyzed amide and alkene coupling. Hypervalent iodine-catalyzed olefin difunctionalizations background. Amide and alkene reaction optimization studies. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 14: Spectral characterization of the products and kinetic studies

Synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles containing an allomaltol moiety from substituted pyrano[2,3-d]isoxazolones via base-promoted Boulton–Katritzky rearrangement

• Constantine V. Milyutin,
• Andrey N. Komogortsev and
• Boris V. Lichitsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1334–1340, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.117

• File 96: Experimental procedures, characterization data of all products, copies of 1H, 13C NMR, spectra of all new compounds, and X-ray crystallographic data. Acknowledgements The crystal structure determination was performed in the Department of Structural Studies of Zelinsky Institute of Organic

Transition-metal-catalyst-free electroreductive alkene hydroarylation with aryl halides under visible-light irradiation

• Kosuke Yamamoto,
• Kazuhisa Arita,
• Masami Kuriyama and
• Osamu Onomura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1327–1333, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.116

• Supporting Information Supporting Information File 94: Experimental procedures, characterization data, and copies of NMR spectra of the products. Acknowledgements The spectral data were collected with the research equipment shared in the MEXT Project for promoting public utilization of advanced research

Diameter-selective extraction of single-walled carbon nanotubes by interlocking with Cu-tethered square nanobrackets

• Guoqing Cheng and
• Naoki Komatsu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1298–1307, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.113

• . Characterization of the extracted SWNTs To evaluate the diameter enrichment of the extracted SWNTs, Raman spectra are measured at 488, 633 and 785 nm excitation wavelengths for the p-SWNTs. In the RBM region, the Raman shift of the signal is known to be inversely proportional to the diameter of SWNTs. Even though

Phenotellurazine redox catalysts: elements of design for radical cross-dehydrogenative coupling reactions

• Alina Paffen,
• Christopher Cremer and
• Frederic W. Patureau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1292–1297, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.112

• the Te(II)-catalyzed benchmark dehydrogenative phenothiazination of phenols, a reaction that we discovered in 2015 [35][36][37], under analogous conditions as previously described [30][31][32]. The results are summarized in Scheme 2. The multistep synthesis and characterization of all Te-based

• characterization of synthesized compounds. Acknowledgements Pola A. Hild and Steffen Schauerte, both students at the RWTH Aachen University, are acknowledged for short internships in the group on topics peripherally related to this research. Funding DFG-funded transregional collaborative research center SFB/TRR

Synthesis and physical properties of tunable aryl alkyl ionic liquids based on 1-aryl-4,5-dimethylimidazolium cations

• Stefan Fritsch and
• Thomas Strassner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1278–1285, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.110

• conductivity σ was measured at 25 °C. Anodic and cathodic cut-off limit: 0.1 mA cm−2. 48, 51 and 54 are excluded due to their melting point. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 80: Experimental procedures and characterization data. Acknowledgements The authors thank the ZIH Dresden for the

Synthesis of indano[60]fullerene thioketone and its application in organic solar cells

• Yong-Chang Zhai,
• Shimon Oiwa,
• Shinobu Aoyagi,
• Shohei Ohno,
• Tsubasa Mikie,
• Jun-Zhuo Wang,
• Hirofumi Amada,
• Koki Yamanaka,
• Kazuhira Miwa,
• Naoyuki Imai,
• Takeshi Igarashi,
• Itaru Osaka and
• Yutaka Matsuo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1270–1277, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.109

• future. Characterization data. (a) FTIR spectra of t-Bu-FIDO and t-Bu-FIDS. (b) UV–vis spectra of fullerene derivatives normalized at 270 nm. (c) Vacuum TGA curves of t-Bu-FIDO (black), t-Bu-FIDS (red), and C60 (blue). The measurements were conducted under 0.1 Pa. (d) HPLC analyses before deposition of t

Mechanistic investigations of polyaza[7]helicene in photoredox and energy transfer catalysis

• Johannes Rocker,
• Till J. B. Zähringer,
• Matthias Schmitz,
• Till Opatz and
• Christoph Kerzig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1236–1245, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.106

• thorough photochemical characterization is essential for efficient light-driven applications. In this article, the mode of action of a polyazahelicene catalyst (Aza-H) was investigated using laser flash photolysis (LFP). The study revealed that the chromophore can function as a singlet-state photoredox

• triplet reactivity of the Aza-H photocatalyst through spectroscopic measurements. The careful characterization of the versatile Aza-H photochemistry might contribute to the development of a new class of photoactive catalysts that can compete with traditional metal complexes and well-known organic

Competing electrophilic substitution and oxidative polymerization of arylamines with selenium dioxide

• Vishnu Selladurai and
• Selvakumar Karuthapandi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1221–1235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.105

• account. Characterization of the organoselenium compounds by HRMS, 1H, and 13C NMR was supported by 77Se NMR and single-crystal X-ray analysis in order to confirm the identity of the compounds. Experimental General procedures All syntheses were carried out using the standard Schlenk line in a nitrogen

• -crystal X-ray structure refinement data for 3, 9, and 10. Single-crystal X-ray structure refinement data for 11, 12, and 13. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 64: Spectroscopic characterization of products (1H, 13C and 77Se NMR, IR, and HRMS spectra), packing arrangements of compounds

Two-fold addition reaction of silylene to C₆₀: structural and electronic properties of a bis-adduct

• Masahiro Kako,
• Masato Kai,
• Masanori Yasui,
• Michio Yamada,
• Yutaka Maeda and
• Takeshi Akasaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1179–1188, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.100

• C–Si σ bonds of the silirane ring and adjacent π-bonds of the fullerene cage [17][18][19][20]. Therefore, it is interesting to examine the electronic properties of multi-silylene adducts in comparison with those of 2. Herein, we report the structural determination and characterization of a bis

Structure–property relationships in dicyanopyrazinoquinoxalines and their hydrogen-bonding-capable dihydropyrazinoquinoxalinedione derivatives

• Tural N. Akhmedov,
• Ajeet Kumar,
• Daken J. Starkenburg,
• Kyle J. Chesney,
• Khalil A. Abboud,
• Novruz G. Akhmedov,
• Jiangeng Xue and
• Ronald K. Castellano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1037–1052, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.92

• -stacking distances (≈3.2 Å) are observed between the 5b units. For 6b, this is likely due to the included solvent (ethylene glycol) that hydrogen bonds to the quinoxalinedione. Moving forward, 2b stands out as a promising candidate for future solid-state characterization and device fabrication studies

• , Synthesis, and Characterization of Novel N-Heteroacenes for Organic Electronics”, University of Florida, 2017). We acknowledge the University of Florida Research Computing facilities for providing computational resources and support that have contributed to the research results reported herein (https

Enantioselective synthesis of β-aryl-γ-lactam derivatives via Heck–Matsuda desymmetrization of N-protected 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles

• Arnaldo G. de Oliveira Jr.,
• Martí F. Wang,
• Rafaela C. Carmona,
• Danilo M. Lustosa,
• Sergei A. Gorbatov and
• Carlos R. D. Correia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 940–949, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.84

• –Matsuda reaction of the protected 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles with aryldiazonium salts catalyzed by a (S)-PyraBox–palladium complex. Optimization of the reaction conditions with tosyl-protected pyrroline 1b.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 4: Experimental procedures and characterization

One-pot Ugi-azide and Heck reactions for the synthesis of heterocyclic systems containing tetrazole and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline

• Jiawei Niu,
• Yuhui Wang,
• Shenghu Yan,
• Yue Zhang,
• Xiaoming Ma,
• Qiang Zhang and
• Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 912–920, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.81

• ]isoquinolin-6(5H)-ones 6. One-pot synthesis for tetrazolyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines 8. Gram-scale two-step one-pot synthesis of 6c. Conditions for one-pot Ugi-azide and Heck reactions.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 30: General reaction procedures, compound characterization data

Three-component N-alkenylation of azoles with alkynes and iodine(III) electrophile: synthesis of multisubstituted N-vinylazoles

• Jun Kikuchi,
• Roi Nakajima and
• Naohiko Yoshikai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 891–897, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.79

• -membered aromatic azacycles, imidazole completely failed to undergo the present N-alkenylation, whereas the reaction of 1,2,4-triazole was too sluggish to allow for the isolation and unambiguous characterization of the expected product. Next, the reaction of pyrazole (2a) was explored using different

• . Optimization of reaction conditions.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 22: Experimental procedures and characterization data of new compounds. Acknowledgements We thank the Central Glass Co., Ltd. for the generous donation of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-phenylpropan-2-ol (HFAB). Funding This

Ortho-ester-substituted diaryliodonium salts enabled regioselective arylocyclization of naphthols toward 3,4-benzocoumarins

• Ke Jiang,
• Cheng Pan,
• Limin Wang,
• Hao-Yang Wang and
• Jianwei Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 841–851, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.76

• and characterization data of all products, copies of 1H, 13C, 19F NMR spectra of all compounds. Acknowledgements The authors thank the Research Center of Analysis and Test of the East China University of Science and Technology for the help on the characterization and Professor Zhen-Jiang Xu from SIOC

Activity assays of NnlA homologs suggest the natural product N-nitroglycine is degraded by diverse bacteria

• Kara A. Strickland,
• Brenda Martinez Rodriguez,
• Ashley A. Holland,
• Shelby Wagner,
• Michelle Luna-Alva,
• David E. Graham and
• Jonathan D. Caranto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 830–840, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.75

• they are found in bacteria found in widespread classes and environments. Herein, we report the characterization of five NnlA homologs. It is shown that all five homologs exhibited NNG degradation activity. Isolation and characterization of four of these homologs showed that all contain heme, the

• further characterization. The H73A Vs NnlA variant, previously shown to lack NNG degradation activity, was used as a negative control [21]. E. coli transformants containing the expression vectors were incubated at 37 °C overnight in diluted lysogeny broth (LB) containing NNG and IPTG, the latter component

• . Other conserved positions could be required for subunit association in the active homodimer. Discussion The combined activity and characterization data indicate that each of the five homologs were similar to Vs NnlA in terms of oligomerization (Figure 2B), heme occupancy (Table 1 and Figure 3), NNG

Synthesis and characterization of water-soluble C₆₀–peptide conjugates

• Yue Ma,
• Lorenzo Persi and
• Yoko Yamakoshi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 777–786, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.71

• . Purple arrows in (b) indicate the split peaks. The 1H NMR spectrum of purified 5b was measured in D2O with 2% NaOD (Figure S12, Supporting Information File 1). 13C NMR analysis of the same sample was not possible due to the high ionic strength of the solution. NMR characterization was performed using a

Synthesis of new representatives of A₃B-type carboranylporphyrins based on meso-tetra(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin transformations

• Victoria M. Alpatova,
• Evgeny G. Rys,
• Elena G. Kononova and
• Valentina A. Ol'shevskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 767–776, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.70

• synthesis and characterization of tris(carboranyl)porphyrins of A3B-type (where “B” corresponds to the substituent responsible for bioconjugate coupling) based on the transformations of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin which was used as a basic compound for the synthesis of new boronated

• NMR spectra for all synthesized compounds. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 2: Experimental details and characterization data. Acknowledgments This work was performed employing the equipment of Center for molecular composition studies of INEOS RAS. Funding This work was supported

Research progress on the pharmacological activity, biosynthetic pathways, and biosynthesis of crocins

• Zhongwei Hua,
• Nan Liu and
• Xiaohui Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 741–752, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.68

• ) [95]. Xu et al. identified GjCCD4a from G. jasminoides. Through prokaryotic expression and in vitro characterization, GjCCD4a was found to cleave the 7,8-/7',8'-double bonds of lycopene (5), β-carotene (6), and zeaxanthin (7). Further investigation revealed that GjCCD4a originated from tandem

• , and UGTs are the key players in crocin biosynthesis. Empowered by the genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analysis and biochemical characterization, many such enzymes have been identified. Some proteins, exemplified by GjCCD4a and GjUGT94E13, exhibit broad substrate promiscuity and high catalytic

Chemoenzymatic synthesis of macrocyclic peptides and polyketides via thioesterase-catalyzed macrocyclization

• Senze Qiao,
• Zhongyu Cheng and
• Fuzhuo Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 721–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.66

• strategy has been widely employed in the TE domains characterization and chemoenzymatic synthesis of other bioactive macrocyclic peptides, such as surfactin [40], streptogramin B [41], cereulide [42], seongsanamide E [43], etc. In 2005, Marahiel and co-workers accomplished the chemoenzymatic synthesis of

• -acetylcysteamine. Via bioinformatics analysis, Parkinson and co-workers most recently reported the characterization of Ulm16, the PBP-TE predicted to cyclize ulleungymycin. Compared with previously studied PBP-TEs, Ulm16 showed much higher efficiency and broader substrate scope, producing a variety of ullemgymycin