Five new sesquiterpenoids from agarwood of Aquilaria sinensis

• Hong Zhou,
• Xu-Yang Li,
• Hong-Bin Fang,
• He-Zhong Jiang and
• Yong-Xian Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 998–1007, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.75

• planer structure of 2 was obtained (Figure 1). The relative configuration of 2 was established by careful interpretation of the ROESY correlations (Figure 3). The ROESY correlations of H-8/H3-15 and Ha-6/H3-15 and the coupling constant of H-7 (JH-7, Ha-6 = 3.8 Hz) suggest the relative configurations (7S

• ). Thus, the planar structure of 3 was assigned (Figure 1). Further analysis of the coupling constants of H-7 (JH-7, Ha-6 = 3.3 Hz and JH-7, Hb-6 = 2.8 Hz) and the ROESY correlation (Figure 3) of H3-15/Hb-6 allowed us to conclude that H3-15 and H-7 are in the opposite orientation. Thus, the relative

• -5 and Hb-6, as well as Hb-6 and H-7, were proven by the coupling constants of Ha-6 (JH-5, Hb-6 = 12.3 Hz and JH-7, Hb-6 = 12.3 Hz), and the combined ROESY (Figure 3) correlation of H3-16/Hb-6 indicated that its relative configuration was (5R*,7R*,10R*)-4. To elucidate its absolute configuration, the

The unique reactivity of 5,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridine in the Huisgen 1,4-diploar cycloaddition and formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition

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

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 982–990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.73

• gives the well-known Huisgen 1,4-dipole A. Secondly, Michael addition of the 1,4-dipole A to 5,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridine gives the adduct intermediate B. At last, the intramolecular coupling of the negative and the positive charges in intermediate B directly affords isoquinolino[1,2-f][1,6

• acetylenedicarboxylate to give the adduct C. Then, the direct coupling of the positive charge and the negative charge affords the 2-azabicyclo[4.2.0]octa-3,7-diene 5. On the other hand, a carbenium ion D can be formed by migration of a hydrogen atom in intermediate C, which in turn converts into a fused bicyclic

• intermediate E by a charge coupling process. At elevated temperature, the ring-opening of the unstable cyclobutenyl ring gives a 1,2-dihydroazocine intermediate F, which is transformed into a 1,4-dihydroazocine intermediate G by a 1,5-H shift process. At last, the tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]pyrrole 6 is formed by

Aromatic C–H bond functionalization through organocatalyzed asymmetric intermolecular aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction: a recent update

• Anup Biswas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 956–981, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.72

• Anup Biswas Department of Chemistry, Hooghly Women’s College, Vivekananda Road, Pipulpati, Hooghly - 712103, WB, India 10.3762/bjoc.19.72 Abstract The aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction allows an efficient coupling of electron-rich aromatic systems with imines for the facile incorporation of aminoalkyl

• of the Boc-protecting group with the Teoc group then gave phenol 136. Compound 136 was then subjected to a highly diastereoselective oxidative phenolic coupling giving fused tetracyclic architecture 137. Follow-up acid-mediated intramolecular aza-Michael addition and subsequent alkene reduction

• . Atroposelective aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction. Coupling of 5-aminopyrazole and 3H-indol-3-ones. Pyrophosphoric acid-catalyzed aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction on phenols. Squaramide-assisted aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction. Thiourea-catalyzed aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction. Squaramide-catalyzed reaction between β-naphthols and

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

• )PF6 (E1/2*III/II = +1.21 V, E1/2III/II = −1.37; E1/2IV/*III = −0.89, E1/2 IV/III = +1.69 V) [74] would permit efficient radical generation and C(sp3)–C(sp3) bond formation either by challenging selective radical–radical cross-coupling or by radical addition to a π-bond, enabling a rare example of

• ]. Regioselective palladium-catalyzed prenylation of 2 with prenylboronic acid pinacol ester and subsequent hydrolysis with LiOH provided the linear prenylated acid 4 in good yield. Coupling acid 4 with N-hydroxyphthalimide using DCC and a catalytic amount of DMAP afforded the key intermediate 5 in 59% yield. With

• compound 5 in hand, the required radical–radical coupling was investigated next, and some of the representative results are shown in Table S1 (see Supporting Information File 1). Irradiation from blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the presence of 2 mol % of the photocatalyst [Ir(dF(CF3)ppy)2(dtbpy)]PF6

Synthesis of aliphatic nitriles from cyclobutanone oxime mediated by sulfuryl fluoride (SO₂F₂)

• Xian-Lin Chen and
• Hua-Li Qin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 901–908, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.68

• Xian-Lin Chen Hua-Li Qin School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, PR China 10.3762/bjoc.19.68 Abstract A SO2F2-mediated ring-opening cross-coupling of cyclobutanone oxime derivatives with alkenes was developed for

• the construction of a range of δ-olefin-containing aliphatic nitriles with (E)-configuration selectivity. This new method features wide substrate scope, mild conditions, and direct N–O activation. Keywords: direct N–O activation; E-selectivity; nitrile synthesis; ring-opening cross-coupling; sulfuryl

• of novel synthetic methods and strategies toward nitrile group construction continues to be a focus for synthetic chemists. The cross-coupling reactions of C–C bonds catalyzed by transition-metal complexes play a crucial role in modern organic synthesis, as they make it feasible to synthesize complex

First synthesis of acylated nitrocyclopropanes

• Kento Iwai,
• Rikiya Kamidate,
• Khimiya Wada,
• Haruyasu Asahara and
• Nagatoshi Nishiwaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 892–900, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.67

• in the literature was observed [12][13][19], indicating that both compounds have the same framework. Surprisingly, the coupling constants were considerably smaller than those of 1a (Ar = MeC6H4), and the same tendency was previously found in the literature [12][13]. However, a reasonable explanation

• was not given for the different coupling constants between diester 1a and diketone 1b’. In the 13C NMR spectrum of diester 1a, two separate signals of carbonyl groups were observed at 163.2 and 163.3 ppm, indicating that the two ester functionalities were not equivalent. Moreover, the spectrum of

Pyridine C(sp²)–H bond functionalization under transition-metal and rare earth metal catalysis

• Haritha Sindhe,
• Malladi Mounika Reddy,
• Karthikeyan Rajkumar,
• Akshay Kamble,
• Amardeep Singh,
• Anand Kumar and
• Satyasheel Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 820–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.62

• on subsequent deprotonation gives the branched alkylated product 4. Whereas, in case of styrene 3 a 1,2-insertion takes place possibly due to the formation of the stable benzallylic species 8, which on deprotonation gives the linear alkylated product 5. The C–H activation/C–C cross-coupling reaction

• cross-coupling of pyridine N-oxides with nonactivated secondary (2°) alkyl bromides [51]. The cross-coupling is difficult to achieve as the Pd-catalyzed SN2 process is sensitive towards the steric bulk of the secondary or tertiary alkyl electrophiles. The optimized conditions for the ortho-alkylation of

• protocol using CuI (10 mol %) as inexpensive catalyst and LiOt-Bu (3.5 equiv) as the base for the C–H alkylation of N-iminopyridinium ylides 12 with N-tosylhydrazones 13 showing good substrate scope for both coupling partners (Scheme 4). A substituent on the aromatic ring of the tosylhydrazones did not

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

• -dimethyl-1,4-dihydroisoquinoline-3(2H)-one, 4-bromoisoquinoline-1,3(2H,4H)-dione and two α-bromo(phenyl)acetamides were examined under various conditions (base, solvent, thiophile, temperature) and structure/medium features that influence product distribution (Eschenmoser coupling reaction, Hantzsch

• thiazole synthesis and elimination to nitriles) were identified. The key factor that enables the successful Eschenmoser coupling reaction involves the optimum balance in acidity of nitrogen and carbon atoms of the intermediary α-thioiminium salts. Keywords: Eschenmoser coupling reaction; Hantzsch thiazole

• potential in the synthesis of various tyrosine kinase inhibitors, including hesperadin and the approved drug nintedanib. The key step of the synthesis involves the Eschenmoser coupling reaction (ECR) between a substituted 3-bromooxindole 1 and appropriate primary, secondary or tertiary thioamides which

Non-peptide compounds from Kronopolites svenhedini (Verhoeff) and their antitumor and iNOS inhibitory activities

• Yuan-Nan Yuan,
• Jin-Qiang Li,
• Hong-Bin Fang,
• Shao-Jun Xing,
• Yong-Ming Yan and
• Yong-Xian Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 789–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.59

• additional methyl group on the benzene ring. The HMBC correlations (Figure 2 and Figure S5 in Supporting Information File 1) of H3-10/C-4 (δC 72.9, weak), C-4a (δC 136.1), C-5 (δC 124.5), C-6 (δC 148.5) disclosed that C-10 is connected to C-5 in compound 1. The coupling constant was used to determine the

• relative configuration of the cyclohexanone segment in 1. The small coupling constant (J3,4 = 3.0 Hz) indicated that H-3 and H-4 are on the same side of the ring, corroborated by the literature [18]. The absolute configuration of compound 1 was identified as 3R,4R in accordance with the experimental and

Bromination of endo-7-norbornene derivatives revisited: failure of a computational NMR method in elucidating the configuration of an organic structure

• Demet Demirci Gültekin,
• Arif Daştan,
• Yavuz Taşkesenligil,
• Cavit Kazaz,
• Yunus Zorlu and
• Metin Balci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 764–770, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.56

• connectivity of the atoms in the molecule, appropriate 1D and 2D experiments and a variety of other considerations such as coupling constants, their dependence on dihedral angles, as well as through-space interactions (e.g., the nuclear Overhauser effect) help elucidate the correct stereochemistry and

• atoms were determined by measuring the couplings between the relevant protons. Proton–proton couplings beyond the three bonds are observed frequently in some strained bicyclic compounds. The long-range coupling exists in a zigzag arrangement (Figure 2). In the case of norbornane if the bonding

• arrangement of the protons meets the W or M criterion as shown below, long-range couplings between the protons Ha and Hb as well as between the protons Ha and Hc are observed [5][6]. However, no coupling is observed between the protons Ha and Hd. These values are extremely important for determining the

Construction of hexabenzocoronene-based chiral nanographenes

• Ranran Li,
• Di Wang,
• Shengtao Li and
• Peng An

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 736–751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.54

• ]azepine and tetrabromothiophene-S,S-dioxide, followed by oxidative aromatization in the presence DDQ to afford compound 25 in an overall 75% yield. Suzuki−Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of compound 25 with (4-ethylphenyl)boronic acid in the presence of Pd(CH3CN)2Cl2, SPhos, and K3PO4 then furnished the

• the prefused building block in a 49% yield. Then naphthalene and phenanthrene residues were introduced into compound 33 through Suzuki coupling reaction, the corresponding precursors 34 and 36 were obtained respectively in high yields. The final cyclodehydrogenation using DDQ and TfOH proceeded

• )benzene through Co-catalyzed cyclotrimerization in a 45% yield. Then monoiodide NG 49 was obtained through oxidative cyclodehydronation in a high yield. From the heptagon-containing NG 49, Sonogashira coupling with p-tert-butylphenylacetylene (50) afforded 51 in a quantitative yield. Subsequent Diels

Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective three-component synthesis of α-arylglycine derivatives from glyoxylic acid, sulfonamides and aryltrifluoroborates

• Bastian Jakob,
• Nico Schneider,
• Luca Gengenbach and
• Georg Manolikakes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 719–726, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.52

• enantioselectivity of the three-component coupling of glyoxylic acid (employed as its solid, easy-to-handle monohydrate) with 2,2,4,6,7-pentamethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-5-sulfonylamide, and an arylboronic acid was significantly affected by the nature of the boronic acid. Whereas the reaction with phenylboronic acid

Strategies in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines

• David I. H. Maier,
• Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt and
• Charlene Marais

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 700–718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.51

• extensive patent literature documenting methods exists, it is difficult to find accurate, up to date information regarding the industrial synthesis of 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a) and derivatives. The following strategy (Scheme 1) was noted by chemists at Novartis as standard in 2005 [32]. Oxidative coupling

• of o-nitrotoluene (22) Reduction to 2,2'-diaminobibenzyl (20) Ring-closing via amine condensation Catalytic dehydrogenation 1.1 Oxidative coupling of o-nitrotoluene (22) and reduction to 2,2'-diaminobibenzyl (20) The preparation of dinitrobibenzyl (21) can be achieved by the oxidative coupling of

• synthesised via a copper-catalysed Ullman-type coupling or a palladium-catalysed Buchwald–Hartwig amination (Scheme 9). Performing the rearrangement at high temperatures resulted in the undesirable formation of acridine byproducts 44. Cleaner reaction profiles could be obtained at a lower temperature (100 °C

Synthesis of medium and large phostams, phostones, and phostines

• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 687–699, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.50

• refluxing toluene under argon atmosphere (Scheme 9) [21]. In addition, the intramolecular coupling reaction of diphenyl pyren-1-ylphosphonate (47) accomplished the synthesis of 3-phenoxybenzo[f]pyreno[1,10-cd][1,2]oxaphosphepine 3-oxide (48) in 35% yield in the presence of largely excessive amounts of AlCl3

• ][17]. The Zn-catalyzed cross-coupling of dialkyl 2-bromo-1-methylethylphosphonates 68 and trimethylsilyl but-3-ynyl ether (69) generated dialkyl 5-hydroxy-1-methyl-3-methylenepentylphosphonates 70 in 66–73% yields under ultrasonic irradiation in THF at 45–50 °C for 45 min followed by treatment with

Synthesis, structure, and properties of switchable cross-conjugated 1,4-diaryl-1,3-butadiynes based on 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene

• Semyon V. Tsybulin,
• Ekaterina A. Filatova,
• Alexander F. Pozharskii,
• Valery A. Ozeryanskii and
• Anna V. Gulevskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 674–686, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.49

• –Stephens reaction, method A) and arylacetylenes (Sonogashira reaction, method B). In all cases, even when using a small excess of 8, in addition to the desired monoalkynyl derivative 7, a double alkynylation product 9 was formed (Table 1). The Sonogashira coupling was somewhat more efficient, yielding

• compounds 7a–e in 42–62% yields, but also gave higher amounts of products 9a–e (10–30%). Thus, the Pd- and phosphine-free Castro–Stephens coupling was a good enough alternative to synthesize alkynes 7. The structure of the double alkynylation product 9e was confirmed by X-ray diffraction data (see

Photocatalytic sequential C–H functionalization expediting acetoxymalonylation of imidazo heterocycles

• Deepak Singh,
• Shyamal Pramanik and
• Soumitra Maity

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 666–673, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.48

• plays a crucial role in activating IP towards the photoredox coupling reaction. Shifting of protons in the 1H NMR spectrum of 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (1a) in the presence of Zn(OAc)2 in CDCl3 indicates a weak interaction of Zn(OAc)2 with 1a (see Supporting Information File 1 for details) [20][21

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

• , while the cross-peaks of H3-20′ to H3-18′ and H-8′ revealed the α-orientations of these protons. The protons H-6 and H-6′ are α- and β-oriented, respectively, as indicated by NOESY cross peaks from H-5 to H-6 and H-9; and from H-5′ to H-6′ and H3-19′, combined with the small coupling constants of H-6 (J

Enolates ambushed – asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and subsequent enolate trapping with conventional and less traditional electrophiles

• Péter Kisszékelyi and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 593–634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.44

• diastereomers were detected (Scheme 9A). Furthermore, the authors have also demonstrated a four-component coupling reaction: by simply increasing the amount of the organolithium reagent (2.05 equiv) used for the activation of the Zn enolate, β-hydroxyketones 40 were gained via 1,2-addition of the zincate

• asymmetric conjugate addition. The magnesium enolates 56 then participated in a copper(II)-mediated intramolecular oxidative coupling to afford benzofused spirocyclic cycloalkanones 57 (Scheme 14) [45]. Our team became interested in domino reactions of metal enolates generated by Cu-catalyzed asymmetric

• , transformation to potassium trifluoroborate salt, hydrolysis, C–C cross-coupling, base-mediated elimination, radical C–B cleavage) [72]. Therefore, enantioenriched boronates are commonly applied intermediates in organometallic, medicinal, and other fields of chemistry. At the same time, some organoboronic acid

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

• it has been shown in our previous reports [31][36], the protection of the phenylene fragment with substituents is required, to allow oxidative transformations of the amino acid fragment. Otherwise, the oxidative coupling of two phenylene fragments via the para-positions may be the dominant reaction

Phenanthridine–pyrene conjugates as fluorescent probes for DNA/RNA and an inactive mutant of dipeptidyl peptidase enzyme

• Josipa Matić,
• Tana Tandarić,
• Marijana Radić Stojković,
• Filip Šupljika,
• Zrinka Karačić,
• Ana Tomašić Paić,
• Lucija Horvat,
• Robert Vianello and
• Lidija-Marija Tumir

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 550–565, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.40

• Synthesis The phenanthridine derivative of the amino acid alanine (Phen-AA) has been prepared according to the procedure described earlier [19]. Phen-AA was deprotected under acidic conditions (TFA–H2O) at room temperature for 20 hours. The amide coupling reaction was performed in anhydrous acetonitrile

• with pyrenecarboxylic acid in the presence of triethylamine (TEA), N,N,N’,N′-tetramethyl-O-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl)uronium hexafluorophosphate (HBTU) as the coupling reagent, and 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) as a coupling additive to give the products Phen-Py-1 and Phen-Py-2 (Scheme 2) in 56% and 84

Transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes

• Austin Pounder,
• Eric Neufeld,
• Peter Myler and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 487–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.38

• coupling partners to either propagate the reaction or to terminate the process. This review presents a comprehensive examination of domino reactions involving strained bicyclic alkenes. Rather than being exhaustive in the range of potential difunctionalization processes covered, the review will be limited

• equivalents of water interrupted the cyclization step and led entirely to reductively coupled alkenylated ring-opened products. Interestingly, when this methodology was applied to the ester-bearing oxabicyclic 1a, the anticipated reductive coupling product was not detected; instead, bicyclic γ-lactone 4 was

• solely observed (Scheme 1). This unprecedented lactone is presumed to be generated through the expected reductive coupling to generate the ring-opened intermediate 5 which undergoes subsequent intramolecular lactonization with the distal ester group. In the same year, Cheng and co-workers observed the

Asymmetric synthesis of a stereopentade fragment toward latrunculins

• Benjamin Joyeux,
• Antoine Gamet,
• Nicolas Casaretto and
• Bastien Nay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 428–433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.32

• , in view of its coupling to 8. We first relied the chemoselective epoxidation of the homoallylic alcohol, done in presence of VO(OiPr)3 (20 mol %) and t-BuOOH to afford epoxide 13, in 86% yield and a dr of 75:25 (measured by NMR, presumably resulting from the major diastereoisomer of 13; minor isomers

Combretastatins D series and analogues: from isolation, synthetic challenges and biological activities

• Jorge de Lima Neto and
• Paulo Henrique Menezes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 399–427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.31

• . An o-phenolic coupling between two units of tyrosine furnishes the intermediate Int-1, which by deamination, selective reduction of one of the carboxylate groups, macrolactonization, and subsequent structural modifications would lead to the aforementioned combretastatins D (Scheme 1). The second

• would give compounds 12 and 13. A coupling reaction would give the corresponding diaryl ether Int-2, in a similar way to that suggested by Pettit, which could be selectively reduced to afford the corresponding seco-acid (intermediates Int-3 and Int-4). Subsequent macrolactonization would give the

• for synthesis. In general, the synthesis of these macrocyclic compounds can be accomplished by using two distinct disconnections (Scheme 3): one concerns the formation of the macrocycle through macrolactonization reaction from the former seco-acid formed from the Ar–O–Ar coupling from the aryl donor

Discrimination of β-cyclodextrin/hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) oil/flavonoid glycoside and flavonolignan ternary complexes by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy coupled with principal component analysis

• Nicoleta G. Hădărugă,
• Gabriela Popescu,
• Dina Gligor (Pane),
• Cristina L. Mitroi,
• Sorin M. Stanciu and
• Daniel Ioan Hădărugă

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 380–398, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.30

• suitable for the evaluation of such ternary complexes. The coupling of FTIR or other spectroscopic or chromatographic techniques with a multivariate statistical analysis method (e.g., principal component analysis, PCA) allows the evaluation of the similarity/dissimilarity of complexes, as well as the

CuAAC-inspired synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-bridged porphyrin conjugates: an overview

• Dileep Kumar Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 349–379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.29

• includes a brief synthetic procedure with reaction conditions, product yields, and photophysical and other properties of the end products. Review Overview of CuAAC click reactions on porphyrins The CuAAC-inspired click reaction is particularly useful for the coupling of two different moieties comprising