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

• occurred by coupling a gas chromatograph and a high-pressure liquid chromatograph. The samples were prepared as dilute solutions of the compounds and were ionized by using electrospray ionization. The mass spectra are presented as an abundance of the ion versus the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z). Melting

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

• ) as the photoinitiator for the photografting of MAA (42) onto high-density polyethylene (39) in an aqueous solution [46]. The light source was a high-pressure mercury UV lamp (2 kW), and a cooling fan was used in order to maintain ambient temperature. Acetaldehyde (36) proved to be more efficient than

• 42 in aqueous solutions [47]. For the cases where the ketones or the aldehydes were not soluble in, or miscible with water, an amount of ethanol was added. The light source employed was a UV high-pressure mercury lamp (2 kW). All aliphatic ketones tested, including acetone (4), butanone, and pentan-2

Combining enyne metathesis with long-established organic transformations: a powerful strategy for the sustainable synthesis of bioactive molecules

• Valerian Dragutan,
• Ileana Dragutan,
• Albert Demonceau and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68

• the cis-disubstituted double bond in the latter was performed under a high pressure of hydrogen, leading to the saturated tricyclic scaffold that was used as a key intermediate in the total synthesis of lycoflexine (15, Scheme 18). Manzamine alkaloids A highly interesting application of a metathesis

Rhodium-catalyzed reductive carbonylation of aryl iodides to arylaldehydes with syngas

• Zhenghui Liu,
• Peng Wang,
• Zhenzhong Yan,
• Suqing Chen,
• Dongkun Yu,
• Xinhui Zhao and
• Tiancheng Mu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 645–656, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.61

• could be due to the general difficulty of using gases as raw materials and the requirement of high-pressure equipment. In addition, relatively little attention has been paid to carbonylation chemistry using CO in academic research. Also, H2 as representative clean energy source is far more

• heterogeneous systems contained: PdO/Co3O4 with K2CO3 [33], MCM-41-S-PdCl2 [34], and MCM-41-2P-PdCl2 [35]. However, the aforementioned systems often suffer from high toxicity of solvents, high pressure of gases or high reaction temperatures, which make these protocols inapplicable for large scale applications

Carbazole-functionalized hyper-cross-linked polymers for CO₂ uptake based on Friedel–Crafts polymerization on 9-phenylcarbazole

• Dandan Fang,
• Xiaodong Li,
• Meishuai Zou,
• Xiaoyan Guo and
• Aijuan Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2856–2863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.279

• those of P6 and P7 were a combination of type I and II nitrogen sorption isotherms, which emerged two steep N2 adsorption abilities at the low pressure region (P/P0 < 0.1) and the high pressure region (P/P0 > 0.9), indicating that micropores and macropores appeared in the polymers [40]. The BET specific

Reactions of 2-carbonyl- and 2-hydroxy(or methoxy)alkyl-substituted benzimidazoles with arenes in the superacid CF₃SO₃H. NMR and DFT studies of dicationic electrophilic species

• Dmitry S. Ryabukhin,
• Alexey N. Turdakov,
• Natalia S. Soldatova,
• Mikhail O. Kompanets,
• Alexander Yu. Ivanov,
• Irina A. Boyarskaya and
• Aleksander V. Vasilyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1962–1973, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.191

• . Then, we studied reactions of 2-hydroxyalkylbenzimidazoles 3a–c, 4, 7, and 8. It was found that these reactions needed extremely harsh reaction conditions, heating in neat TfOH at 140 °C in glass high pressure tubes (Table 4, Scheme 2). Only at this high temperature the formation of Friedel–Crafts

Mechanochemical Friedel–Crafts acylations

• Mateja Đud,
• Anamarija Briš,
• Iva Jušinski,
• Davor Gracin and
• Davor Margetić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1313–1320, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.130

• mixture of 19 and 18 (3:2 ratio), accompanied with a small amount of 22. As a substitute for dianthracene 19, thermally more stable substrate, anthracene-N-methyl maleimide adduct 25 [54] was prepared by Diels–Alder reaction under high pressure conditions as well as by microwave-assisted reaction and

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs): a useful access to the synthesis of benzo-fused γ-lactams

• Edorta Martínez de Marigorta,
• Jesús M. de Los Santos,
• Ana M. Ochoa de Retana,
• Javier Vicario and
• Francisco Palacios

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1065–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.104

• catalyst in acetonitrile, and a high pressure of both, CO and air, are needed in order to perform an oxidative carbonylation on 2-ethynylbenzamide 21. Up to ten compounds were obtained with yields ranging from 65 to 96%. Butyl, phenyl, benzyl or absence of substitution on the amide nitrogen produced, in

Cyclopropene derivatives of aminosugars for metabolic glycoengineering

• Jessica Hassenrück and
• Valentin Wittmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 584–601, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.54

• following conditions. Column: EC125/4 Nucleodur C18 from Macherey-Nagel, flow: 0.4 mL min−1; mobile phase: gradient of acetonitrile with 0.1% formic acid (solvent B) in water with 0.1% formic acid (solvent A). Semi-preparative HPLC was performed on a LC20A Prominence system (high-pressure pumps LC-20AT

Gold-catalyzed ethylene cyclopropanation

• Silvia G. Rull,
• Andrea Olmos and
• Pedro J. Pérez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 67–71, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.7

• × 320 μm × 0.25 μm. Method: 50 °C × 1.5 min, 10 °C/min, 250 °C × 25 min. Catalytic experiments Ethylene cyclopropanation with EDA. A 175 mL high pressure Fischer–Porter vessel equipped with a manometer and a valve was charged with 0.02 mmol of IPrAuCl (24 mg) and 0.02 mmol of NaBArF4 (17 mg). The vessel

Novel solid-phase strategy for the synthesis of ligand-targeted fluorescent-labelled chelating peptide conjugates as a theranostic tool for cancer

• Sagnik Sengupta,
• Mena Asha Krishnan,
• Premansh Dudhe,
• Ramesh B. Reddy,
• Bishnubasu Giri,
• Sudeshna Chattopadhyay and
• Venkatesh Chelvam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2665–2679, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.244

• chromatography method). Acetonitrile was removed under reduced pressure, and pure fractions were freeze-dried to yield DUPA rhodamine B conjugate 13 as red solid. The yield of 13 was 76% (41 mg) and the purity of the conjugate 13 is further confirmed by reverse phase analytical high-pressure liquid

• analytical high-pressure liquid chromatography, (RP-HPLC) tR = 3.09 min. The molecular mass is determined by LCMS and HRMS (+ESI) calcd for [M − Cl]+ (C66H84N15O12S)+: 1310.6139; found, 1310.6352. Analytical HPLC method The purity of bioconjugates 13 and 17 were analyzed using a Dionex HPLC-Ultimate 3000

Cobalt- and rhodium-catalyzed carboxylation using carbon dioxide as the C1 source

• Tetsuaki Fujihara and
• Yasushi Tsuji

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2435–2460, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.221

• kinetic stability of CO2 sometimes limits its utility. Classically, harsh reaction conditions such as high temperature and high pressure of CO2 were required. To overcome these problems, the use of transition-metal catalysts has been considered as a fundamental and reliable method. In the last decade

• reductant is crucial: other reductants such as Et2AlCl and Et3B yielded the corresponding product in low yields even after using a stoichiometric amount of Co(acac)2 at high pressure. Under the optimal reaction conditions with the Co(acac)2/Et2Zn system, various α,β-unsaturated nitriles were carboxylated to

Tetrathiafulvalene – a redox-switchable building block to control motion in mechanically interlocked molecules

• Hendrik V. Schröder and
• Christoph A. Schalley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2163–2185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.190

• rotaxane 13 (Figure 11) [73]. The [2]rotaxane was obtained in 8% yield by a high-pressure clipping procedure in which the wheel 3 was formed around the pre-synthesized axle. In DMSO, the macrocycle is predominantly located on the central TTF moiety. However, in acetone, which has a lower polarity, the

Assessing the possibilities of designing a unified multistep continuous flow synthesis platform

• Mrityunjay K. Sharma,
• Roopashri B. Acharya,
• Chinmay A. Shukla and
• Amol A. Kulkarni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1917–1936, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.166

• permeable membrane reactors [46][47][48], high-pressure reactors utilizing back pressure regulators [49][50][51], reactors with different heating and cooling modes (e.g., inductive heating [11][52], microwave [53][54][55] etc.) and many more, also very special reactors [56] with other difficulties that need

Graphitic carbon nitride prepared from urea as a photocatalyst for visible-light carbon dioxide reduction with the aid of a mononuclear ruthenium(II) complex

• Kazuhiko Maeda,
• Daehyeon An,
• Ryo Kuriki,
• Daling Lu and
• Osamu Ishitani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1806–1812, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.153

• W high-pressure Hg lamp (SEN) was used as a light source, in combination with a NaNO2 solution as a filter to provide visible light irradiation (λ > 400 nm). The gaseous reaction products were analyzed using a gas chromatograph with a thermal conductivity detector (GL Science, Model GC323). The

[3 + 2]-Cycloaddition reaction of sydnones with alkynes

• Veronika Hladíková,
• Jiří Váňa and
• Jiří Hanusek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1317–1348, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.113

• its slow decomposition to pyrazole and CO2. Such ambiguous substitution effects are therefore worthy of further investigations. Photochemical reaction of sydnones with symmetrical alkynes In 1966 Krauch et al. [59] dealt with irradiation (using a high-pressure Hg lamp) of benzene or dioxane solutions

An alternative to hydrogenation processes. Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of benzophenone

• Cristina Mozo Mulero,
• Alfonso Sáez,
• Jesús Iniesta and
• Vicente Montiel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 537–546, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.40

• K) and high-pressure (even 350 atm). Even though the hydrogenation is performed using either homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysts to enhance chemical kinetics, a number of side reactions reduces the selectivity of the chemical reaction providing also complex and cost-ineffective work-up procedures

Aminomethylation/hydrogenolysis as an alternative to direct methylation of metalated isoquinolines – a novel total synthesis of the alkaloid 7-hydroxy-6-methoxy-1-methylisoquinoline

• Benedikt C. Melzer,
• Jan G. Felber and
• Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 130–134, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.8

• phenolic product 6 in high yield with unchanged N,N-dimethylaminomethyl group. The same result was obtained at high pressure (40 bar) and upon addition of formic acid for accelerating hydrogenolysis [21]. Obviously, and in contrast to earlier reports on related naphthol Mannich bases [20], the benzylamine

• converted amine 5 into methoiodide 7 by treatment with iodomethane. This salt was obtained in pure form in 78% yield by simply collecting the precipitate, and there was no indication of an undesired methylation of the ring nitrogen of the isoquinoline. High-pressure hydrogenolysis of 7 gave only minor

An efficient synthesis of 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid from N-acetylglucosamine

• Matthew B. Calvert,
• Christoph Mayer and
• Alexander Titz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2631–2636, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.261

• , and NOESY experiments. Mass spectra were obtained on a Bruker amaZon SL for low resolution or on a Bruker maXis 4G HR-QTOF spectrometer for high resolution, and the data were analyzed using DataAnalysis (Bruker Daltonics, Bremen, Germany). High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) was carried out on

Mechanochemical N-alkylation of imides

• Anamarija Briš,
• Mateja Đud and
• Davor Margetić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1745–1752, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.169

• the environment could be achieved by the minimization of waste produced in the process, the employment of the more efficient reagents and catalysts and by the application of microwave [2], photochemical [3] or high pressure conditions [4], thus reducing reaction time and energy consumption. In recent

Synthesis of oligonucleotides on a soluble support

• Harri Lönnberg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1368–1387, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.134

• organic solvents has offered an entirely new paradigm for the soluble-supported synthesis of oligonucleotides. The underlying idea is that on passing the reaction mixture by high pressure through a membrane, small molecules pass through the membrane, while the support is too bulky to escape through the

Automating multistep flow synthesis: approach and challenges in integrating chemistry, machines and logic

• Chinmay A. Shukla and
• Amol A. Kulkarni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 960–987, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.97

Continuous-flow processes for the catalytic partial hydrogenation reaction of alkynes

• Carmen Moreno-Marrodan,
• Francesca Liguori and
• Pierluigi Barbaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 734–754, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.73

• catalysis [103][104]. Monolithic reactors may surpass most drawbacks typical of packed-bed systems, including high pressure drops, low contacting efficiency, large distribution of residence times, formation of hot-spots or stagnation zones, which results in poorly controlled fluid dynamics, hence in low

Contribution of microreactor technology and flow chemistry to the development of green and sustainable synthesis

• Flavio Fanelli,
• Giovanna Parisi,
• Leonardo Degennaro and
• Renzo Luisi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 520–542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.51

• –polymide film hybrid for fabrication because this material offers exceptional physical toughness at low temperature and high pressure as well as chemical inertness. The most relevant aspect of this microreactor, concerns the 3D design of the mixing zone (Figure 2). The mixing efficiency was evaluated on

Continuous N-alkylation reactions of amino alcohols using γ-Al₂O₃ and supercritical CO₂: unexpected formation of cyclic ureas and urethanes by reaction with CO₂

• Emilia S. Streng,
• Darren S. Lee,
• Michael W. George and
• Martyn Poliakoff

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 329–337, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.36

• heterogeneous catalyst at elevated temperature and/or pressure is employed [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. As these reactions are mostly carried out in high pressure systems, they are particularly suitable for the use of supercritical solvents. Supercritical solvents are highly compressed and/or heated

• Aldrich and used as standards. 1d,e [50], 6 [51], 7 [52], and 11 [53] were identified as previously described in the literature. GC analysis was carried out using the following instrument and conditions: Online Shimadzu GC-2014 with a high pressure sample loop and an OPTIMA delta-3 column (30 m, 0.25 mm

• ID, 0.25 µm FT): hold 50 °C 4 min, ramp to 100 °C at 25 °C/min, ramp to 250 °C at 10 °C/min, hold for 2 min, pressure 132.1 kPa, purge 3.0 mL/min split ratio 40. The high pressure continuous set-up (Figure 3) employed in the described reactions consisted of a HPLC pump through which a solution of the