Synthesis of N-acyl carbazoles, phenoxazines and acridines from cyclic diaryliodonium salts

• Nils Clamor,
• Mattis Damrath,
• Thomas J. Kuczmera,
• Daniel Duvinage and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 12–16, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.2

• nitrile-substituted carbazoles 2s and 2t, which are potent fluorophores. While 2s was isolated in 61% yield, the additional 6-bromo-substituent diminished the yield of 2t to 47%. When we subjected 6-membered 10H-dibenzo[b,e]iodinin-5-iums to our conditions, we synthesized the N-acyl dihydroacridane 3a

Thienothiophene-based organic light-emitting diode: synthesis, photophysical properties and application

• Recep Isci and
• Turan Ozturk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1849–1857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.137

• efficiencies pointed out that DMB-TT-TPA (8) is among the best D–π–A modal fluorophores suitable for an OLED application. Moreover, the photophysical properties of DMB-TT-TPA (8) were investigated through time-resolved fluorescence studies (390 nm laser source in THF). The fluorescence lifetime (τ) of DMB-TT

A deep-red fluorophore based on naphthothiadiazole as emitter with hybridized local and charge transfer and ambipolar transporting properties for electroluminescent devices

• Suangsiri Arunlimsawat,
• Patteera Funchien,
• Pongsakorn Chasing,
• Atthapon Saenubol,
• Taweesak Sudyoadsuk and
• Vinich Promarak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1664–1676, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.122

• coordinates of (0.664, 0.335)), an EQEmax of 3.32% and exciton utilization efficiency (EUE) of 47%. Keywords: ambipolar material; deep red fluorophore; hybridized local and charge transfer; naphthothiadiazole; OLED; organic light-emitting diode; Introduction Recently, organic fluorophores with efficient

• designing new DR/NIR organic fluorophores in combination with device engineering to build up the performance of DR/NIR OLEDs. In general, to realize high fluorescence in the DR/NIR region from the organic fluorophores, the challenges of their pronounced non-radiative processes, and high planarity and

• extended π-conjugation lengths which eventually favor the undesired formation of poorly emissive molecular aggregates must be overcome. Alternatively, donor–acceptor (D–A)-type organic fluorophores have been introduced and successfully exploited for the development of fluorophores with DR/NIR emissions

pH-Responsive fluorescent supramolecular nanoparticles based on tetraphenylethylene-labelled chitosan and a six-fold carboxylated tribenzotriquinacene

• Nan Yang,
• Yi-Yan Zhu,
• Wei-Xiu Lin,
• Yi-Long Lu and
• Wen-Rong Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 635–645, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.45

• powders of CS-TPE exhibit a pale-yellow appearance under normal daylight conditions and emit intense green-blue light when exposed to UV irradiation (365 nm). This phenomenon differs greatly from the fluorescence properties of conventional ACQ fluorophores, which are typically nonfluorescent under UV

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

• the pyrene unit as well as combinations of pyrene with other aromatic fluorophores could improve the properties [7]. Recently, Takaishi et al. reported chiral exciplex dyes having pyrenyl, perylenyl, and 4-(dimethylamino)phenyl groups incorporated in their structure, which showed circularly polarized

• formed an exciplex [15], and conjugates formed of pyrene and an amino acid-fluorescent nucleobase derivative qAN1, differing in length and flexibility between fluorophores [16]. Due to pre-organization, both conjugates strongly interacted with ds-DNA/RNA grooves with similar affinity but opposite

Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties of (D–π)₂-type and (D–π)₂Ph-type fluorescent dyes

• Kosuke Takemura,
• Kazuki Ohira,
• Taiki Higashino,
• Keiichi Imato and
• Yousuke Ooyama

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1047–1054, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.106

• intermolecular π–π interactions between the fluorophores leading to delocalization of excitons or excimers in the solid state would be responsible for the bathochromic shifts of λmax,abs and λmax,fl and lowering of Φfl with change of state from solution to solid [34][35][36]. The τfl-solid values of OTK-2 and

1,2-Naphthoquinone-4-sulfonic acid salts in organic synthesis

• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Patricia G. Ferreira,
• Amanda de A. Borges,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi,
• Fernando de Carvalho da Silva and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 53–69, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.5

• enhancement behavior with a blueshift in the emission maximum upon enclathration of various types of organic solvents. It is important to note that other authors carried out the reaction of 18 with N,N-diethylaniline without the presence of Ni(II) [104][105]. In the search for fluorophores of heterocyclic

Chemical approaches to discover the full potential of peptide nucleic acids in biomedical applications

• Nikita Brodyagin,
• Martins Katkevics,
• Venubabu Kotikam,
• Christopher A. Ryan and
• Eriks Rozners

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1641–1688, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.116

• promising fluorescent enhancements and an ability to detect mismatches in live cells [155]. Overall, the TO- and BisQ-modified FIT PNAs are currently among the most promising fluorescent PNA probes. While promising, the studies discussed in this section leave plenty of room for designing better fluorophores

Tuning the solid-state emission of liquid crystalline nitro-cyanostilbene by halogen bonding

• Subrata Nath,
• Alexander Kappelt,
• Matthias Spengler,
• Bibhisan Roy,
• Jens Voskuhl and
• Michael Giese

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 124–131, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.13

• [22]. This readily accessible class of fluorophores can easily be modified and attached to other functional entities, thus it has become a promising candidate for the design of new materials for optoelectronic applications [23]. Recently, it was successfully employed as a fluorescent moiety in the

Circularly polarized luminescent systems fabricated by Tröger's base derivatives through two different strategies

• Cheng Qian,
• Yuan Chen,
• Qian Zhao,
• Ming Cheng,
• Chen Lin,
• Juli Jiang and
• Leyong Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 52–57, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.6

• ; inversion of CPL handedness; Tröger's base; Introduction Recently, much effort has been devoted to constructing luminescent materials with efficient high emission in the solid state [1][2][3]. More and more types of fluorophores with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics have been discovered

• DGG. In the CPL-active co-gels, noncovalent weak interactions might be formed between achiral fluorophores and a chiral gelator. So, the CPL emission of co-gels could be adjusted easily by external stimuli. The ᴅ-glutamic acid gelator DGG and its enantiomer LGG possess three hydrogen-bond sites, two

Selected peptide-based fluorescent probes for biological applications

• Debabrata Maity

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2971–2982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.247

• labeled with environmentally sensitive/FRET fluorophores have allowed direct detection/monitoring of biomolecules in aqueous media and in live cells. In this review, key peptide-based approaches for different biological applications are presented. Keywords: fluorescent probe; fluorophores; molecular

• organic fluorophore (reporter) with a specific peptide sequence is the common approach for designing peptide-based fluorescent probes [16]. Fluorophores on peptidic arms perform as reporter during the interaction with biomolecules [17][18]. The interaction with biomolecules will alter the fluorescence

• intensities of absorption or emission at two wavelengths minimizes the error from the physical or chemical fluctuations in the sample. Conventional peptide probes based on environment-sensitive fluorophores [20][21][22], fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) pairs [13] and pyrene excimer/monomer [23

Easy access to a carbohydrate-based template for stimuli-responsive surfactants

• Thomas Holmstrøm,
• Daniel Raydan and
• Christian Marcus Pedersen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2788–2794, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.229

• metal-binding event. This study was carried out by having pyrene fluorophores attached to the two non-chelating positions, giving rise to excimer fluorescence when the distance between them was decreased due to the ring flip [12]. Carbohydrates with gluco stereochemistry have also been used as templates

Synthesis and characterization of S,N-heterotetracenes

• Astrid Vogt,
• Florian Henne,
• Christoph Wetzel,
• Elena Mena-Osteritz and
• Peter Bäuerle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2636–2644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.214

• heterotetracenes comprising four pyrrole rings (‘NNNN’) as electron-rich, ladder-type fluorophores by a two-step synthesis [36]. The possible asymmetric SN4 isomer ‘SNSN’ and heterotetracenes comprising three pyrrole rings are unknown so far. In continuation of our work on heteroacenes, we now report in detail the

Naphthalene diimide–amino acid conjugates as novel fluorimetric and CD probes for differentiation between ds-DNA and ds-RNA

• Annike Weißenstein,
• Myroslav O. Vysotsky,
• Ivo Piantanida and
• Frank Würthner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2032–2045, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.170

• access to large libraries of close analogues. Further, in such peptide-based chromophore systems, a multitude of different chromophores/fluorophores [10] could allow fine tuning of spectroscopic responses to various DNA/RNA sequences. With this concept in mind, Piantanida and co-workers recently

• -(trimethylammonium)ethylamine instead of an amino acid (Figure 1) was prepared. In our study of the interactions with DNA/RNA weakly acidic conditions (pH 5) were chosen to complement available pH-dependent AA-fluorophores used in our previous research (PHEN-AAs [12][26] and GCP-derivatives [15][27]), which allowed

• of the water-soluble NDIs The spectrophotometric properties of the NDIs 3a,b, and 5 were investigated in cacodylate buffer at pH 5.0 for easier comparison with complementary pH-dependent AA–fluorophores used in our previous research (PHEN–AAs [26] and GCP derivatives [27]). Additionally, the

Et₃N/DMSO-supported one-pot synthesis of highly fluorescent β-carboline-linked benzothiophenones via sulfur insertion and estimation of the photophysical properties

• Dharmender Singh,
• Vipin Kumar and
• Virender Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1740–1753, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.146

• incorporation of sulfur to generate multifunctional β-carboline-linked benzothiophenones in good to excellent yields. The synthetic strategy could also be extended towards the synthesis of β-carboline-linked benzothiophenes. Moreover, the afforded products emerged as promising fluorophores and displayed

• ]. It is worth mentioning that the majority of the β-carboline-substituted benzothiophenone derivatives showed good fluorescence. The emission maxima of the fluorophores showed a wide region for fluorescent emissions (λem, 490–582 nm in CHCl3) along with large Stokes shifts (up to 293 nm), excellent

• quantum yields (up to 47%), and high brightness (up to 11196). The brightness of the fluorophores was calculated by multiplication of the quantum yield (Φ) with its molar extinction coefficient (ε). In case of the β-carboline C1-substituted benzothiophenones 2aA–nA, 2bB, and 2hB, the substituents R1 and

Clickable azide-functionalized bromoarylaldehydes – synthesis and photophysical characterization

• Dominik Göbel,
• Marius Friedrich,
• Enno Lork and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1683–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.139

• , Germany Institute for Inorganic and Crystallographic Chemistry, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359 Bremen, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.16.139 Abstract Herein, we present a facile synthesis of three azide-functionalized fluorophores and their covalent attachment as triazoles in Huisgen-type

Mechanochemical green synthesis of hyper-crosslinked cyclodextrin polymers

• Alberto Rubin Pedrazzo,
• Fabrizio Caldera,
• Marco Zanetti,
• Silvia Lucia Appleton,
• Nilesh Kumar Dhakar and
• Francesco Trotta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1554–1563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.127

• instance, dye-modified cyclodextrins and CD derivatives have found wide use for the preparation of chemical sensors [24][25]. As CDs and consequently CD nanosponges can be easily coupled with fluorophores, they could find applications in the pharmacological area, for example, as biological markers, in

Synthesis of new fluorescent molecules having an aggregation-induced emission property derived from 4-fluoroisoxazoles

• Kazuyuki Sato,
• Akira Kawasaki,
• Yukiko Karuo,
• Atsushi Tarui,
• Kentaro Kawai and
• Masaaki Omote

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1411–1417, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.117

• light ray and the structures often include fluorescein, rhodamine, or 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (7-AMC) scaffolds as fluorophores. These fluorophores usually exhibit strong fluorescence in dilute solutions, but most of their emissions are partially or completely quenched in the solid state or in highly

• , fluorescent probes having an isoxazole scaffold are rare and the limited examples that are available also contain other fluorophores such as styryl, anthranyl, or pyrenyl groups in the molecules. We recently reported the synthesis of 3,5-diaryl-4-fluoroisoxazoles 3 that were found to have planar structures

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

• combinations [14][15]. In sensor studies, carbazole derivatives are used as fluorophores. In this regard many different carbazole-based fluorophores are reported in the literature [16][17][18][19]. Some of the carbazole derivatives were used as colourimetric anion sensors [20], and others as biothiol sensors

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

• activation, and a double α-oxygenation. The latter reaction can be partly suppressed for the least reactive systems, providing access to α-unsubstituted boomerangs for the first time. These “α-free” systems are highly efficient fluorophores, with emission quantum yields exceeding 80% in toluene. Preliminary

• bipyrroles are very efficient fluorophores (Table 2), noticeably more emissive than the lactam analogues and the other previously reported boomerangs [32]. Highest fluorescence quantum yields were observed in toluene (83 and 80%, respectively). For comparison, the Φfl values for the lactams cNMI2O and cNMI3O

• coupling in moderating the reactivity of α positions toward oxygenation. The latter systems are of interest because of their very high fluorescence quantum yields, the best so far recorded for this family of fluorophores. Our preliminary results indicate that bipyrrole boomerangs may be usable as CPL

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

• essentially half a porphyrin molecule. These highly fluorescent organic compounds are a part of the difluoroboraindacene family. Owing to their versatility, they have become increasingly popular for their use as fluorophores [17][18][19]. BODIPY-based dyes have found application in many areas including

Regioselectively α- and β-alkynylated BODIPY dyes via gold(I)-catalyzed direct C–H functionalization and their photophysical properties

• Takahide Shimada,
• Shigeki Mori,
• Masatoshi Ishida and
• Hiroyuki Furuta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 587–595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.53

• -materials. Keywords: alkynylation; BODIPY; direct C–H functionalization; gold(I); Introduction Boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY, 1) and its derivatives are representative families of fluorophores that have been widely used in applications for bioimaging [1][2][3][4][5][6], photodynamic therapy [7][8][9][10

Reversible photoswitching of the DNA-binding properties of styrylquinolizinium derivatives through photochromic [2 + 2] cycloaddition and cycloreversion

• Sarah Kölsch,
• Heiko Ihmels,
• Jochen Mattay,
• Norbert Sewald and
• Brian O. Patrick

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 111–124, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.13

• emission intensity of 3d was too low to identify a maximum, as usually observed with nitro-substituted fluorophores. Unfortunately, the emission quantum yields of 3a–c could not be determined in water because of the compounds’ tendency to dimerize even at very low concentrations (see below). Overall, the

Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of benzoquinone-based donor–acceptor compounds

• Daniel R. Sutherland,
• Nidhi Sharma,
• Georgina M. Rosair,
• Ifor D. W. Samuel,
• Ai-Lan Lee and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2914–2921, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.285

• ) properties. In EL devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), there are three main exciton-harvesting mechanisms for organic compounds that offer the potential to expand beyond the 25% internal quantum efficiency (IQE) offered by fluorophores: (1) phosphorescence, frequently mediated by a rare

Emission solvatochromic, solid-state and aggregation-induced emissive α-pyrones and emission-tuneable 1H-pyridines by Michael addition–cyclocondensation sequences

• Natascha Breuer,
• Irina Gruber,
• Christoph Janiak and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2684–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.262

• achieved [4]. Small molecule organic fluorophores are particularly advantageous due to the potential of a tailored fine-tuning of their photophysical properties through synthetic modifications [5]. Based on their structural features, functionalized organic chromophores, containing N-, O- or S-atoms, are

• fluorophores [19], in particular on aggregation-induced emissive polar dyes [20]. Conceptually, many of these consecutive multicomponent syntheses rely on transition-metal-catalyzed heterocyclic syntheses [21]. By virtue of catalytic generation of alkynones [22] we have recently disclosed consecutive

• synthesized a series of α-pyrone derivatives with emission maxima between 400 and 675 nm in the solid state and between 486 and 542 nm in chloroform [16][24][25][26], including fluorescence quantum yields as high as 95% in solution and 58% in the solid state [16][24]. While these fluorophores were synthesized