Light on the sustainable preparation of aryl-cored dibromides

• Fabrizio Roncaglia,
• Alberto Ughetti,
• Nicola Porcelli,
• Biagio Anderlini,
• Andrea Severini and
• Luca Rigamonti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1076–1087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.95

• molecular wires or extended structures – either linear or cyclic – with enhanced functionality. Consequently, they play a crucial role in the fabrication of polymers [4][5][6][7], cyclophanes [8], photoactive materials [9][10][11], membranes [12], and other architectures. The synthetic potential of aryl

Novel route to enhance the thermo-optical performance of bicyclic diene photoswitches for solar thermal batteries

• Akanksha Ashok Sangolkar,
• Rama Krishna Kadiyam and
• Ravinder Pawar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1053–1068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.93

• solvents on the photoswitching properties has also been investigated for a real-life MOST application. The stability and the reversibility of the photoswitches have also been verified to attain a closed cyclic photoswitching process for practical MOST system. Results and Discussion As can be seen from

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

• obtained from absorbance spectra, taken as the photon energy corresponding to the cut-off wavelength (Table 1). Subsequently, preliminary electrochemical studies were performed with selected DCPQs and corresponding DPQD counterparts using cyclic voltammetry (Figure S1, Supporting Information File 1

• ). Cyclic voltammetric measurements of DCPQs, specifically 4a and 6a, and DPQDs 4b and 6b, support the overall trends observed through the electronic structure calculations. X-ray crystallography Single crystal X-ray diffraction data could be obtained for 2b, 5b, and 6b. Figure 6 illustrates the single

Carbonylative synthesis and functionalization of indoles

• Alex De Salvo,
• Raffaella Mancuso and
• Xiao-Feng Wu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 973–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.87

• in CH3CN (Scheme 11). Another interesting example concerns the synthesis of 1,2-dihydro-4(3H)-carbazolones by a Pd(0)-catalyzed N-heteroannulation of functionalized 2-nitrostyrenes [26]. Pd(dba)2 was able to catalyze the reaction because a five-membered Pd(II)-cyclic species could be formed, favored

• hexaketocyclohexane octahydrate as the CO source again. This cyclic hexaketone is a non-toxic stable solid and therefore, it is simple and safe to use unlike of carbon monoxide. It was used as reagent to obtain indol-α-ketoesters by the Cu-catalyzed direct double-carbonylation of indoles and alcohols [76]. The

Enhancing structural diversity of terpenoids by multisubstrate terpene synthases

• Min Li and
• Hui Tao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 959–972, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.86

• converted into (poly)cyclic skeletons, including hemiterpenes, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, sesterterpenes, and triterpenes, by a large class of enzymes called terpene synthases (TSs) (Figure 1). The reactions of TSs are one of the most important factors contributing to terpene diversity, as

• different subcellular compartments may facilitate the generation of multiple terpenoids in plants. Recently, in addition to linear terpenoid-producing TSs, MSTSs that form cyclic terpenoids have been discovered in plants, further increasing our understanding of chemodiversity and biosynthesis of plant

• terpenoids with diverse cyclic structures and important biological activities, which are of great interest. However, the number of known fungal MSTSs is currently limited, and researchers have focused on the promiscuity of their products rather than substrates [25][26][27]. Unlike plant MSTSs, fungal MSTSs

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

• complexity in a synthetic route. The palladium-catalyzed coupling of arenediazonium salts with olefins, the Heck–Matsuda reaction, has been instrumental in this strategy involving the desymmetrization of cyclic systems [3], especially five-membered substrates [4][5][6][7]. As we have demonstrated previously

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

• Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China National Center for Organic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China 10.3762/bjoc.20.76 Abstract Cyclic annulation involving diaryliodonium

• have been employed in benzocyclization and arylocyclization reactions, enabling intramolecular cyclization by forming aromatic or heterocyclic rings as a part of cyclic structures [8]. In these reactions, the dual activation of a C–I bond and vicinal C–H bonds/functional groups features a distinct

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

• protect bacteria from exposure to NNG. Keywords: enzymology; natural products; nitramine; N–N bond; Introduction Degradation of nitramines (R–N(R′)NO2; R′ = H or alkyl) has been well studied in the context of the environmental degradation of explosive cyclic nitramines [1][2]. The cyclic nitramines

• hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (commonly called RDX), octogen (HMX), and hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) are compounds found in military grade explosives and propellants. Contamination of these cyclic nitramines in soil and groundwater is concerning due to their toxicity and potential

• carcinogenicity [3][4][5][6][7][8]. Biotic and abiotic degradation of cyclic nitramines often produce linear nitramine byproducts. For example, degradation of RDX and HMX by microbes or alkaline hydrolysis forms the linear nitramine 4-nitro-2,4-diazabutanal (NDAB) [9][10][11][12]. Linear nitramines are also

Methodology for awakening the potential secondary metabolic capacity in actinomycetes

• Shun Saito and
• Midori A. Arai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 753–766, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.69

• defensive compounds as a countermeasure. Therefore, the pathogenic actinomycetes were co-cultured with J774.1 mouse macrophage-like cells (Figure 5b). The first compound isolated was nocarjamide (52), a cyclic nonapeptide, discovered by co-culturing Nocardia tenerifensis IFM 10554T with J774.1 cells [121

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

• peptides and even small proteins. In the chemoenzymatic synthesis of macrocyclic peptides, SPPS strategies provide highly efficient routes to access linear precursors, accelerating the development of enzymatic macrocyclization. The tyrocidines Tyrocidine A (1), a cyclic decapeptide isolated from Bacillus

• several positions and also form 6–14 residue cyclic peptides [37][38]. It should be noted that TycC TE was more sensitive to the amino acid changes near the site of ring closure. The alkyne-containing analogs were conjugated to a variety of azido sugars via copper(I)-catalyzed cycloaddition to obtain the

• gramicidin S synthetase GrsB [44]. Combined with the peptidyl carrier protein, GrsB PCP-TE was tested by using corresponding pentapeptides NAC thioester and thiophenol thioester, which led to the formation of the desired cyclic decapeptide lactam gramicidin S (9) through a sequential dimerization and

SOMOphilic alkyne vs radical-polar crossover approaches: The full story of the azido-alkynylation of alkenes

• Julien Borrel and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 701–713, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.64

• cyclic substrate 1i did not afford the desired product. Although β-substitution on the alkene is tolerated, using trans-stilbene only afforded 24% yield. Unfortunately, aliphatic alkenes are not tolerated in the reaction. When 1k was used no product was formed and only partial conversion was observed. As

Palladium-catalyzed three-component radical-polar crossover carboamination of 1,3-dienes or allenes with diazo esters and amines

• Geng-Xin Liu,
• Xiao-Ting Jie,
• Ge-Jun Niu,
• Li-Sheng Yang,
• Xing-Lin Li,
• Jian Luo and
• Wen-Hao Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 661–671, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.59

• , different alkylamines with various functional groups were evaluated under the optimized conditions, successfully delivering the corresponding 1,4-difunctionalized products in moderate to excellent yields (4a–k, 35–84%) with high regioselectivity. Some simple secondary amines including cyclic amines 3a, 3c

Enhanced reactivity of Li⁺@C₆₀ toward thermal [2 + 2] cycloaddition by encapsulated Li⁺ Lewis acid

• Hiroshi Ueno,
• Yu Yamazaki,
• Hiroshi Okada,
• Fuminori Misaizu,
• Ken Kokubo and
• Hidehiro Sakurai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 653–660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.58

• yield of multiadducts compared to previously reported functionalizations of Li+@C60. The reason can be explained by the difference in electron-accepting ability between the monoadduct and pristine Li+@C60 investigated by cyclic voltammetry (Figure 5). Both products exhibited reversible first and second

• Shimadzu UV-1800 spectrophotometer. Cyclic voltammograms were recorded on a BAS ALS 600A and a BAS ALS 620D apparatus with a three-electrode system. Reactivitiy comparison of Li+@C60 TFSI− and styrenes In an Ar-filled glove box, Li+@C60 TFSI− and styrenes 1–4 were dissolved in anhydrous chlorobenzene. 100

• photoirradiation at room temperature. 1H-1H 2D-NOESY NMR spectrum (600 MHz, CD2Cl2) of 5a (a) and NOE correlations between two protons. The spectrum (700 MHz, CD2Cl2) of 5b is shown in (b). Cyclic voltammograms of 5a, 5b, and Li+@C60 TFSI− with the potentials relative to the ferrocene/ferrocenium (Fc/Fc

Entry to new spiroheterocycles via tandem Rh(II)-catalyzed O–H insertion/base-promoted cyclization involving diazoarylidene succinimides

• Alexander Yanovich,
• Anastasia Vepreva,
• Ksenia Malkova,
• Grigory Kantin and
• Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 561–569, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.48

• towards spirocyclic scaffolds as a goal of great value [6][7][8][9]. A rich synthetic platform for the design of various types of spiroheterocycles is provided by cyclic diazo compounds [10]. Recently, we and others have demonstrated the efficient use of diazoarylidene succinimides (DAS, 1) in the

Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications

• Pablo Msellem,
• Maksym Dekthiarenko,
• Nihal Hadj Seyd and
• Guillaume Vives

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45

• podand unit adopts a cyclic conformation wrapping around the cation and brings the arms close to each other. The selectivity of the cation binding can be modulated by changing the chain length similarly to a crown ether (Figure 17). The cation can be removed by the addition of a better ligand such as a

Enhanced host–guest interaction between [10]cycloparaphenylene ([10]CPP) and [5]CPP by cationic charges

• Eiichi Kayahara,
• Yoshiyuki Mizuhata and
• Shigeru Yamago

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 436–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.38

• chemistry; Introduction Since the first bottom-up organic synthesis of cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7], which are the carbon nanorings with the shortest possible structural constituent of armchair carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a new science of cyclic nanocarbons has emerged through synthesizing

• . However, the low solubility and stability of the dication in polar solvents prevented confirmation of the solvent effect. To clarify the additional interaction in the complex, the electrochemical analysis of the [10]CPP⊃[5]CPP2+[B(C6F5)4–]2 was examined by using cyclic voltammetry, which was performed in

• a 1,2-dichloroethane solution of a sample containing 0.10 mol L−1 Bu4N+ B(C6F5)4−. The cyclic voltammogram of the complex showed one reversible oxidation wave of [10]CPP at 0.92 V versus (vs) ferrocene/ferrocenium couple (Fc/Fc+) (Figure 3a), which was positively shifted by 0.13 V from that of

Green and sustainable approaches for the Friedel–Crafts reaction between aldehydes and indoles

• Periklis X. Kolagkis,
• Eirini M. Galathri and
• Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 379–426, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.36

Mechanisms for radical reactions initiating from N-hydroxyphthalimide esters

• Carlos R. Azpilcueta-Nicolas and
• Jean-Philip Lumb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 346–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.35

• ] (Scheme 7A). Cyclic voltammetry measurements of a model NHPI ester showed a shift in its reduction potential from –1.79 V to –1.51 V (vs SCE in MeCN) in the presence of In(OTf)3. As such, it was hypothesized that the Lewis acid lowers the LUMO of the NHPI ester via interaction with the oxygen lone pair in

• photocatalytic radical-mediated dearomatization, with H2O serving as the nucleophile [54] (Scheme 9A). Despite the presence of H2O in the reaction, the reduction of 38 to its corresponding radical anion 39 could occur without the need for hydrogen-bonding (Scheme 9B). Cyclic voltammetry measurements of NHPI

Facile approach to N,O,S-heteropentacycles via condensation of sterically crowded 3H-phenoxazin-3-one with ortho-substituted anilines

• Eugeny Ivakhnenko,
• Vasily Malay,
• Pavel Knyazev,
• Nikita Merezhko,
• Nadezhda Makarova,
• Oleg Demidov,
• Gennady Borodkin,
• Andrey Starikov and
• Vladimir Minkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 336–345, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.34

• short-term heating of the melted reactants at 220–250 °C is described, and the compounds were characterized by means of single-crystal X-ray crystallography, NMR, UV–vis, and IR spectroscopy, as well as cyclic voltammetry. The reaction with o-amino-, o-hydroxy-, and o-mercapto-substituted arylamines

• ]oxazino[2,3-b]phenothiazine 10c (Figure 7) were bathochromically shifted by about 50 nm relative to those of the quinoxaline[2,3-b]phenoxazines 6. The electrochemical behavior of compounds 4a–h, 5a–c, 6a,b, and 10c was studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV). As exemplified by the CV curves (Figure S12

• Maxis™ Impact (resolving power (FWHM) of 40,000 at m/z 1222, electrospray ionization). The cyclic voltammograms of 4a–h, 5a–c, 6a,b, and 10c were measured with the use of three-electrode configuration (glassy carbon working electrode, Pt counter electrode, Ag/Ag+ reference electrode using 0.01 M AgNO3

Spatial arrangements of cyclodextrin host–guest complexes in solution studied by ¹³C NMR and molecular modelling

• Konstantin Lebedinskiy,
• Ivan Barvík,
• Zdeněk Tošner,
• Ivana Císařová,
• Jindřich Jindřich and
• Radim Hrdina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 331–335, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.33

• ). Having established the method, we chose various cyclic compounds (noradamantane, adamantane, cyclohexane derivatives) with desired symmetry and measured NMR spectra of these guest molecules (2–8) in α-cyclodextrin and cyclodextrins with a larger cavity (β-CD and γ-CD, Figure 4). In all cases, the 1H NMR

Discovery of unguisin J, a new cyclic peptide from Aspergillus heteromorphus CBS 117.55, and phylogeny-based bioinformatic analysis of UngA NRPS domains

• Sharmila Neupane,
• Marcelo Rodrigues de Amorim and
• Elizabeth Skellam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 321–330, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.32

• of the UngA NRPS were analyzed in an attempt to understand the lack of substrate specificity observed. Keywords: adenylation domain; condensation domain; fungal non-ribosomal peptide synthetase; heptapeptide; unguisin biosynthesis; Introduction Unguisins are a small family of fungal cyclic

• heptapeptides isolated predominantly from Aspergillus sp. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Distinctive features of these cyclic peptides include the non-proteinogenic amino acid γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and the incorporation of up to five ᴅ-amino acids (Figure 1) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The amino acids at

• discovered that linearized the cyclic unguisins to linear peptides during in vitro investigations, although the linear peptides were not detected from the fungal cultures. NRPS enzymes are large multifunctional enzymes that often synthesize very important bioactive molecules [11][12]. These enzymes consist

Synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds by late-stage extrusion of chalcogen fragments

• Aissam Okba,
• Pablo Simón Marqués,
• Kyohei Matsuo,
• Naoki Aratani,
• Hiroko Yamada,
• Gwénaël Rapenne and
• Claire Kammerer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 287–305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.30

• hydride resulted in the formation of the oxepine ring by a double substitution reaction, to yield the desired dinaphthooxepine 33. The non-planar character of dinaphthooxepine bisimides was confirmed by X-ray crystal structure, and stability towards thermal or photoactivation was also established. Cyclic

• ]. Similarly to the early transformations of thiepines, sulfur elimination was triggered by copper bronze at high temperature, thus leading to the conversion of the 6-membered cyclic disulfide into the corresponding thiophene. The 1,2-dithiin scaffold is found in natural products such as thiarubrines A and B

• , along with the 5-membered 1,8-naphthalene disulfide 49 resulting from the ring contraction of precursor 47. Such SO transfer process, favoured by the peri-interaction existing in the trisulfide-2-oxide substrate, was also successfully promoted by light and the cyclic sulfoxide 50 was obtained under

Additive-controlled chemoselective inter-/intramolecular hydroamination via electrochemical PCET process

• Kazuhiro Okamoto,
• Naoki Shida and
• Mahito Atobe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 264–271, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.27

• hydroamination reaction products via a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) mechanism. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) analysis indicated that the chemoselectivity was derived from the size of the hydrogen bond complex, which consisted of the carbamate substrate and phosphate base, and could be controlled using

• 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) as an additive. These results provide fundamental insights for the design of PCET-based redox reaction systems under electrochemical conditions. Keywords: amidyl radical; cyclic voltammetry; electrosynthesis; hydroamination; proton coupled electron transfer

• -alkylation, whereas the use of AcOH provided N-alkylated product 3 (Table 1, entries 5 and 6). When acetonitrile (MeCN) was used as the solvent, cyclized dimer 4 was obtained (Table 1, entry 7). Next, 1 was subjected to cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements under varying conditions (Figure 2). An oxidation

Tandem Hock and Friedel–Crafts reactions allowing an expedient synthesis of a cyclolignan-type scaffold

• Viktoria A. Ikonnikova,
• Cristina Cheibas,
• Oscar Gayraud,
• Alexandra E. Bosnidou,
• Nicolas Casaretto,
• Gilles Frison and
• Bastien Nay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 162–169, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.15

• methide intermediate 9 upon elimination of the hydroxy group. This highly electrophilic species could trigger a second intramolecular Friedel–Crafts reaction leading to 6. The cyclic connectivity of 6 was determined by bidimensional NMR experiments, incidentally showing a broadening of the signals of

• alternative mechanism, we envisionned a possible interconversion of 7 and 7’ through a [1,5]-sigmatropic rearrangement resulting in a hydrogen and cation shift towards 7’ (Scheme 4). To test this hypothesis, this rearrangement was computed at the DFT level. A cyclic transition state (TS) was found between

Copper-promoted C5-selective bromination of 8-aminoquinoline amides with alkyl bromides

• Changdong Shao,
• Chen Ma,
• Li Li,
• Jingyi Liu,
• Yanan Shen,
• Chen Chen,
• Qionglin Yang,
• Tianyi Xu,
• Zhengsong Hu,
• Yuhe Kan and
• Tingting Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 155–161, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.14

• contrast, side products, substituted on the naphthalene, furan, or thiophene ring were not detected. This protocol was also compatible with linear, branched, and cyclic aliphatic acid-derived substrates (3qa–va). Surprisingly, small ring-containing substrates displaying significant ring strain were stable