Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors

• Christopher G. Thomson,
• Ai-Lan Lee and
• Filipe Vilela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125

• interest in g-C3N4 photocatalysts was generated in 2009 by Wang, Domen, and co-workers, who reported the metal-free photolysis of water was possible with the all-organic semiconductor material, a sacrificial electron donor, and visible light irradiation [120]. Prior to this report, poly(p-phenylene) had

• photocatalyst for the reduction of aryl halides [193]. The material could undergo consecutive photoinduced electron transfers (ConPET) in which the material enters an excited state and is reduced by a sacrificial electron donor (NEt3). The resulting Zn-PDI radical anion then undergoes a second photon absorption

Photocatalyzed syntheses of phenanthrenes and their aza-analogues. A review

• Alessandra Del Tito,
• Havall Othman Abdulla,
• Davide Ravelli,
• Stefano Protti and
• Maurizio Fagnoni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1476–1488, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.123

• place in the presence of an excess (3 equiv) of a sacrificial donor, such as iPr2NEt [79]. Later, it was discovered that phenanthridines could be formed starting again from O-2,4-dinitrophenyloximes under photocatalyst-free conditions, by exploiting the capability of these oximes to form visible light

• absorbing EDA (electron donor–acceptor) complexes with Et3N. Thus, a good variety of highly functionalized phenanthridines was prepared in excellent yields [80]. Another approach for the visible-light-promoted generation of iminyl radicals (e.g., 16.2·a,b) involved the addition of electrophilic radicals

An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions

• Yeersen Patehebieke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1418–1435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.118

• radical formed via the illumination of disulfide reoxidizes the reduced catalyst to regenerate the ground state of the photocatalyst Mes–Acr–Me. Then, the thiolate anion is protonated to give thiophenol, which then acts as a hydrogen-atom donor towards the carbon-centered radical 54 to furnish the final

Distinctive reactivity of N-benzylidene-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-amines under photoredox conditions

• Shrikant D. Tambe,
• Kwan Hong Min,
• Naeem Iqbal and
• Eun Jin Cho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1335–1342, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.114

• partner and an electron donor in the photoredox cycle (Scheme 1c). It is likely that the presence of the additional phenyl group in the substrate stabilizes the α-amino radical intermediate and modulates its reactivity [46][47]. In addition to the cross-coupled 1,2-diamines, we envisioned the generation

Ferrocenyl-substituted tetrahydrothiophenes via formal [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions of ferrocenyl thioketones with donor–acceptor cyclopropanes

• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Mateusz Kowalczyk,
• André U. Augustin,
• Peter G. Jones and
• Daniel B. Werz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1288–1295, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.109

• thioketones reacted with donor–acceptor cyclopropanes in dichloromethane at room temperature in the presence of catalytic amounts of Sc(OTf)3 yielding tetrahydrothiophene derivatives, products of formal [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions, in moderate to high yields. In all studied cases, dimethyl 2

• thioketones to form nearly equal amounts of both diastereoisomeric tetrahydrothiophenes. A low selectivity was also observed in the reaction of a 2-phthalimide-derived cyclopropane with ferrocenyl phenyl thioketone. Keywords: [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions; donor–acceptor cyclopropanes; ferrocenyl

• thioketones (also thionoesters) with donor–acceptor cyclopropanes 5 (D–A cyclopropanes) were realized. In contrast, thiochalcones (α,β-unsaturated aromatic thioketones) were shown to react under similar conditions with cyclopropanes 5 yielding exclusively seven-membered tetrahydrothiepines 7 as products of

Oxime radicals: generation, properties and application in organic synthesis

• Igor B. Krylov,
• Stanislav A. Paveliev,
• Alexander S. Budnikov and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1234–1276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.107

• radical mechanism in which the iminoxyl radical is generated from the oxime anion under the action of perfluorobutyl iodide through the formation of an EDA complex (electron donor–acceptor complex, which is also called charge-transfer complex). The perfluorobutyl radical formed at this step served for the

• addition of 20 equivalents of cyclohexa-1,4-diene (CHD) as hydrogen atom donor (conditions B) led to methylisoxazolines 111. Both aromatic (examples 110a–c,f, 111a,b,f) and aliphatic (examples 110d,e and 111c–e) β,γ-unsaturated oximes undergo this cyclization. The conditions A were also applied for the

Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis

• Stephanie G. E. Amos,
• Marion Garreau,
• Luca Buzzetti and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103

• photocatalysts interact with organic molecules via three main pathways: electron transfer (ET), EnT, and atom transfer (AT). In the first case (Scheme 1, box 1), the excited photocatalyst (PC*) undergoes a single-electron transfer (SET) with a suitable electron acceptor A or electron donor D. In an oxidative

• quenching cycle, PC* acts as a reductant donating an electron to A. This generates the oxidized form of the photocatalyst, PC•+, and a reduced acceptor, A•−. Alternatively, in a reductive quenching cycle, PC* acts as an oxidant promoting an SET oxidation of the electron donor D. This leads to the reduced

• photocatalyst PC•− and the oxidized donor D•+. Following this initial SET, a second electron transfer must occur to ensure the catalyst turnover and restore the ground state photocatalyst: PC•+ needs to be reduced by an electron donor D, whereas PC•− needs to undergo an oxidation by an electron acceptor A. In

Synthesis and properties of quinazoline-based versatile exciplex-forming compounds

• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Simona Vekteryte,
• Ervinas Urbonas,
• Matas Guzauskas,
• Eigirdas Skuodis,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1142–1153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.101

• , bearing a quinazoline unit as the acceptor core and carbazole, dimethyldihydroacridine, or phenothiazine donor moieties, were designed and synthesized in two steps including a facile copper-catalyzed cyclization and a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction. The photophysical properties of the

• donor 4,4′,4″-tris[3-methylphenyl(phenyl)amino]triphenylamine. A white OLED based on these versatile exciplex systems with a relatively high maximum brightness of 3030 cd/m2 and an external quantum efficiency of 0.5% was fabricated. Keywords: carbazole; dimethyldihydroacridine; exciplex; phenothiazine

• is to employ both donor and acceptor moieties in a single molecular structure [1][2][3][4]. Quinazoline is a planar aromatic heterocyclic compound with the fused bicyclic structure consisting of benzene and pyrimidine rings. Quinazoline derivatives were investigated and used in medicinal applications

Synthesis of novel multifunctional carbazole-based molecules and their thermal, electrochemical and optical properties

• Nuray Altinolcek,
• Ahmet Battal,
• Mustafa Tavasli,
• William J. Peveler,
• Holly A. Yu and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1066–1074, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.93

• homoleptic or heteroleptic iridium(III) complexes were also reported in the construction of different OLEDs [10][11][12][13]. In OPVs, carbazole derivatives are frequently used as small molecule p-type (electron-donating) materials or electron-accepting (n-type) materials with a variety of donor–acceptor

• transport properties with positive solvatochromism. Whilst 7a showed very low emission intensity, 7b showed very high emission intensity. It is noted that the conjugation in compound 7b encompasses the N atom of the carbazole ring and the formyl functionality (viz. the donor/acceptor units of the ICT

Aryl-substituted acridanes as hosts for TADF-based OLEDs

• Naveen Masimukku,
• Dalius Gudeika,
• Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi,
• Ihor Syvorotka,
• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 989–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.88

• splitting (∆EST) between the lowest singlet and triplet excited states [5]. Various TADF derivatives have been developed with the aim to obtain highly efficient OLEDs by combining diverse donor and electron-acceptor moieties [6][7]. To successfully exploit TADF emitters in OLED structures, appropriate hosts

Synthesis and properties of tetrathiafulvalenes bearing 6-aryl-1,4-dithiafulvenes

• Aya Yoshimura,
• Hitoshi Kimura,
• Kohei Kagawa,
• Mayuka Yoshioka,
• Toshiki Itou,
• Dhananjayan Vasu,
• Takashi Shirahata,
• Hideki Yorimitsu and
• Yohji Misaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 974–981, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.86

• -dithiole rings, which are of interest as novel multistage redox systems as well as donor components for organic conductors [1][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. The palladium-catalyzed C–H arylation might offer access to new cross-conjugated molecules bearing vinyl-extended TTF moieties (EBDTs

Fabclavine diversity in Xenorhabdus bacteria

• Sebastian L. Wenski,
• Harun Cimen,
• Natalie Berghaus,
• Sebastian W. Fuchs,
• Selcuk Hazir and
• Helge B. Bode

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 956–965, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.84

• via conjugation, with Escherichia coli as a donor strain, followed by homologous recombination as described previously [14][22]. This led to a formal ‘knock out’ of the BGC and no production of the respective natural product without induction, whereas induced mutants showed mostly an overproduction of

Recent applications of porphyrins as photocatalysts in organic synthesis: batch and continuous flow approaches

• Rodrigo Costa e Silva,
• Luely Oliveira da Silva,
• Aloisio de Andrade Bartolomeu,
• Timothy John Brocksom and
• Kleber Thiago de Oliveira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83

• , respectively (both vs saturated calomel electrode (SCE)). These data indicate that the excited state of TPP is a more efficient electron donor than its ground state. At the same time, the reduction potential value suggests that the excited state of TPP (E1/2(TPP*/TPP−•) = +0.42 V vs SCE) is a more efficient

Bipyrrole boomerangs via Pd-mediated tandem cyclization–oxygenation. Controlling reaction selectivity and electronic properties

• Liliia Moshniaha,
• Marika Żyła-Karwowska,
• Joanna Cybińska,
• Piotr J. Chmielewski,
• Ludovic Favereau and
• Marcin Stępień

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 895–903, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.81

• Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes) UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France 10.3762/bjoc.16.81 Abstract Boomerang-shaped bipyrroles containing donor–acceptor units were obtained through a tandem palladium-mediated reaction consisting of a cyclization step, involving double C–H bond

• measurements show that helicene-like boomerangs may be usable as circularly polarized luminescent materials. Keywords: donor–acceptor systems; double C–H bond activation; helicenes; pyrroles; Introduction Nanographenes and other polycyclic aromatics as well as their heterocyclic analogues are typically

• features characteristic of donor–acceptor systems (Supporting Information File 1, Figures S25–S30). For dilactams, cRnO, the HOMO orbital is primarily localized on the dilactam (bipyrrole) moiety, however, with some non-zero amplitudes on the NDA/NMI fragment, whereas the LUMO level encompasses the π

Aldehydes as powerful initiators for photochemical transformations

• Maria A. Theodoropoulou,
• Nikolaos F. Nikitas and
• Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 833–857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.76

• resonance flash photolysis (ESRFP) and CIDNP in various solvents, depending on the efficiency of the solvents as hydrogen donors [19]. More specifically, triplet state benzaldehyde (9) dissolved in an efficient hydrogen donor solvent can lead to an α-hydroxybenzyl radical (11) as the only detectable species

• solvent [33]. Where the concentration of the aldehyde 8 is relatively high and the solvent is a poor hydrogen donor, such as acetonitrile, the HAT process from the solvent will not occur. In this case, a self-reduction of the excited benzaldehyde (9) will occur, leading to the formation of a radical pair

Photocatalytic deaminative benzylation and alkylation of tetrahydroisoquinolines with N-alkylpyrydinium salts

• David Schönbauer,
• Carlo Sambiagio,
• Timothy Noël and
• Michael Schnürch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 809–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.74

• , electrophilic alkyl radicals were used in several transformations, such as electrophilic cross couplings under nickel catalysis, either with boronic acids [35] or different (aryl)halides [36][37][38]. Furthermore, visible light-promoted uncatalyzed electron transfer via the formation of electron donor–acceptor

Towards triptycene functionalization and triptycene-linked porphyrin arrays

• Gemma M. Locke,
• Keith J. Flanagan and
• Mathias O. Senge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.70

• candidates to study the potential electron donor–acceptor dyads [19]. Triptycene (1) consists of three benzene rings fused to a bicyclo[2.2.2]octane (BCO) skeleton, it is rigid, isolating and amenable to a wide range of chemical transformations. Due to the 120° rigid void, mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta

• significantly more enhanced, in comparison to the practically quenched fluorescence detected for the zinc-nickel dimer 16 which may be due to the electron-deficient nature of the nickel porphyrin [47]. In this instance, the excited zinc porphyrin is acting as electron donor while the electronically inactive

Design and synthesis of diazine-based panobinostat analogues for HDAC8 inhibition

• Sivaraman Balasubramaniam,
• Sajith Vijayan,
• Liam V. Goldman,
• Xavier A. May,
• Kyra Dodson,
• Sweta Adhikari,
• Fatima Rivas,
• Davita L. Watkins and
• Shana V. Stoddard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 628–637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.59

• prepared for docking using Sylbyl-X 2.1. A protocol defining the regions of hydrogen donor, acceptor and hydrophobic character was created using the SFXC protocol [41][42][43]. The Zn2+ ion which is known to be essential in the hydroxamate class of HDAC inhibitors was included in the preparation of the

Exploring the scope of DBU-promoted amidations of 7-methoxycarbonylpterin

• Anna R. Bockman and
• Jeffrey M. Pruet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 509–514, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.46

• attractive scaffold in the field of supramolecular chemistry, due to their well-defined donor/acceptor hydrogen-bonding arrays [10][11]. One limitation often encountered with the synthesis of structurally diverse pterins is the notorious insolubility in most solvents. This can be dealt with by preemptive

KOt-Bu-promoted selective ring-opening N-alkylation of 2-oxazolines to access 2-aminoethyl acetates and N-substituted thiazolidinones

• Qiao Lin,
• Shiling Zhang and
• Bin Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 492–501, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.44

• important role to promote this ring-opening N-alkylation, but also acts as an oxygen donor. Keywords: N-alkylation; oxazolines; potassium tert-butoxide; ring opening; thiazolidinones; Introduction 2-Oxazolines are important structural units in pharmaceutical applications and efficient ligands in

• promote this type of reaction, but also acts as a nucleophilic oxygen donor during the C=N bond cleavage process to lead the corresponding 2-aminoethyl acetates. To gain insight into the reaction mechanism, the reaction was repeated in the presence of radical scavengers to evaluate if a radical process is

• moderate to excellent yields. Moreover, in this reaction system, KOt-Bu not only plays an important role to promote this ring-opening N-alkylation, but also acts as an oxygen donor. Experimental General procedure for the KOt-Bu-catalyzed ring-opening N-alkylation of 2-oxazolines with benzyl bromides KOt-Bu

Recent advances in photocatalyzed reactions using well-defined copper(I) complexes

• Mingbing Zhong,
• Xavier Pannecoucke,
• Philippe Jubault and
• Thomas Poisson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 451–481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.42

• reaction. In the presence of 2 mol % of the catalyst, the Hantzsch ester (HEH), as a hydrogen atom donor, under blue light irradiation, a large panel of ketones and aldehydes was readily converted into the corresponding 1,2-diols in moderate to excellent yields. The functional group tolerance of the

Photophysics and photochemistry of NIR absorbers derived from cyanines: key to new technologies based on chemistry 4.0

• Bernd Strehmel,
• Christian Schmitz,
• Ceren Kütahya,
• Yulian Pang,
• Anke Drewitz and
• Heinz Mustroph

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 415–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.40

• efficiency of Equation 5 on a low level. Thus, the donor transfers an electron into the SOMO of the Sens+•, Equation 6, resulting in back formation of the Sens. The oxidized donor unimolecular cleaves in a consecutive reaction resulting in formation of additional initiating radicals. Typical donors applied

Visible-light-induced addition of carboxymethanide to styrene from monochloroacetic acid

• Kaj M. van Vliet,
• Nicole S. van Leeuwen,
• Albert M. Brouwer and
• Bas de Bruin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 398–408, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.38

• generation of hydrated electrons and applied that for the dehalogenation of monochloroacetic acid [32][33]. However, to the best of our knowledge, a photoredox catalyzed application of monochloroacetic acid without using a sacrificial electron donor is not known. Interestingly, monochloroacetic acid also

• nucleophilic substitution and resulted in very low yields. Sodium ascorbate was also added to investigate whether a sacrificial electron donor could increase the yields, but this was not observed. Interestingly, the reaction with sodium ascorbate favored the formation of lactone 1 over linear acid 3. The exact

Architecture and synthesis of P,N-heterocyclic phosphine ligands

• Wisdom A. Munzeiwa,
• Bernard Omondi and
• Vincent O. Nyamori

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 362–383, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.35

• coordination [12]. Thus, their use in catalysis is the basis of this review article with the main focus on the synthesis of N-heterocyclic phosphines. The presence of soft donor atoms such as phosphorus results in the formation of hemilabile ligands. These are multidentate ligands having hard P-donor and soft

• N- and/or O-donor atoms [44]. During catalysis the weakly coordinating hard donor atom detaches to give way for the incoming substrate to coordinate to the metal center [45]. This behavior also aids in ligands being able to stabilize low-valent metal states and promote oxidative addition reactions

• occurs selectively on the end opposite to the phosphorus donor atom [48]. This is because the position trans to the heteroatom, with greater π-acceptor character, is more electrophilic than the one opposite the σ-donor atom [9]. One can modify this electronic imbalance by attaching vicinal heteroatoms

Recent developments in photoredox-catalyzed remote ortho and para C–H bond functionalizations

• Rafia Siddiqui and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 248–280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.26

• review article. Jablonski diagram. Photoredox catalysis via reductive or oxidative pathways. D = donor, A = acceptor, S = substrate, PC = photoredox catalyst, RDP = reductive quenching pathway, OQP = oxidative quenching pathway. Schematic representation of the combination of photoredox catalysis and