Flow synthesis of oxadiazoles coupled with sequential in-line extraction and chromatography

• Kian Donnelly and
• Marcus Baumann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 232–239, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.27

• is an automated liquid chromatography purification system which is capable of purifying mixtures in a continuous fashion by using alternating sample loops and chromatography columns. Initial experiments proved challenging as clean separation could not be achieved with high concentrations (0.4 M) or

Synthesis of new pyrazolo[1,2,3]triazines by cyclative cleavage of pyrazolyltriazenes

• Nicolai Wippert,
• Martin Nieger,
• Claudine Herlan,
• Nicole Jung and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2773–2780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.187

• , failed under similar procedures. Abbreviations TFA, trifluoroacetic acid; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; THF, tetrahydrofuran, TLC, thin-layer chromatography, LC–MS, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Structural differences of several known (2–4) and so far unknown (5 and 6) pyrazolo[3,4-d][1,2,3]-3H

GlycoBioinformatics

• Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita,
• Frédérique Lisacek,
• Niclas Karlsson,
• Daniel Kolarich and
• Nicolle H. Packer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2726–2728, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.184

• knowledge. Most structural data at this stage is generated by analytical approaches, such as mass spectrometry (MS), high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), and capillary electrophoresis (CE). The articles by Phung et al. [9] and by Lippold et al. [10] suggest ways of combining and customising available

Phenolic constituents from twigs of Aleurites fordii and their biological activities

• Kyoung Jin Park,
• Won Se Suh,
• Da Hye Yoon,
• Chung Sub Kim,
• Sun Yeou Kim and
• Kang Ro Lee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2329–2339, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.151

• column chromatography. Low-pressure liquid chromatography was performed over Merck LiChroprep Lobar-A Si gel 60 (240 × 10 mm) with an FMI QSY-0 pump (ISCO). Merck precoated silica gel F254 plates and RP-18 F254s plates were used for TLC. Spots were detected on TLC under UV light or by heating after

A visible-light-induced, metal-free bis-arylation of 2,5-dichlorobenzoquinone

• Pieterjan Winant and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2315–2320, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.149

• the complex reaction mixtures, purification of the reaction product through liquid chromatography was needed, significantly encumbering the procedure. When investigating other means of purification, we observed that the bis-arylated product selectively precipitated from methanol. The latter proved to

(Phenylamino)pyrimidine-1,2,3-triazole derivatives as analogs of imatinib: searching for novel compounds against chronic myeloid leukemia

• Luiz Claudio Ferreira Pimentel,
• Lucas Villas Boas Hoelz,
• Henayle Fernandes Canzian,
• Frederico Silva Castelo Branco,
• Andressa Paula de Oliveira,
• Vinicius Rangel Campos,
• Floriano Paes Silva Júnior,
• Rafael Ferreira Dantas,
• Jackson Antônio Lamounier Camargos Resende,
• Anna Claudia Cunha,
• Nubia Boechat and
• Mônica Macedo Bastos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2260–2269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.144

• volatility of some acetylenes used, which have been lost at the time of irradiation. All compounds were obtained with satisfactory purity (>95%) determined by liquid chromatography or elemental analysis. Despite their purity, compounds 2b, 2d, 2e, and 2h had an absence of some signals in the 1H NMR and 13C

A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries

• Guido Gambacorta,
• James S. Sharley and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90

[2 + 1] Cycloaddition reactions of fullerene C₆₀ based on diazo compounds

• Yuliya N. Biglova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 630–670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.55

• ethereal solution of diazomethane in toluene at 0 °C resulted in pyrazoline derivative C [81]. The adduct isolated chromatographically was exposed to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation for 25 min at 25 °C in a quartz tube. The resulting isomers 3 and 4 were separated by reversed-phase high-performance liquid

• chromatography (HPLC) (methanol/toluene as the eluent) to isolate a reddish-brown powder of methanofullerene 3 in 21% yield (Scheme 4). Similar to photolysis, the thermal rearrangement of kinetic products gives [6,6]-closed isomers that are thermodynamically more stable. After some time, the team of scientists

Synthesis and physicochemical evaluation of fluorinated lipopeptide precursors of ligands for microbubble targeting

• Masayori Hagimori,
• Estefanía E. Mendoza-Ortega and
• Marie Pierre Krafft

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 511–518, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.45

• ether. The product was collected by filtration and purified by dialysis using a Tube-O-DIALYZER™ mini dialysis system. The purity of the final products was analyzed by a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system using a reversed-phase column (COSMOSIL 5C18-AR-II 4.6 × 250 mm) with water and

Synthesis, crystal structures and properties of carbazole-based [6]helicenes fused with an azine ring

• Daria I. Tonkoglazova,
• Anna V. Gulevskaya,
• Konstantin A. Chistyakov and
• Olga I. Askalepova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 11–21, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.2

• reactivity of compounds 9. Its protonation makes the formation of a key cyclization intermediate 11 difficult. It is known that the [n]helicenes with at least one five-membered heteroaromatic ring need n ≥ 6 to become intrinsically chiral [9][10]. High-performance liquid chromatography on chiral stationary

Molecular basis for protein–protein interactions

• Brandon Charles Seychell and
• Tobias Beck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.1

• analysis software and automation in liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry over the past decade made HDXMS an increasingly attractive tool for biochemists. In HDXMS, changes in the mass associated with the isotopic exchange between amide hydrogen atoms and surrounding deuterated solvent are measured. The

Chemical constituents of Chaenomeles sinensis twigs and their biological activity

• Joon Min Cha,
• Dong Hyun Kim,
• Lalita Subedi,
• Zahra Khan,
• Sang Un Choi,
• Sun Yeou Kim and
• Chung Sub Kim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3078–3085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.257

• flow rate of 2 mL/min. Low pressure liquid chromatography (LPLC) was performed with a LiChroprep Lobar-A Si 60 column (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) and an FMI QSY-0 pump. Open columns packed with silica gel 60 (70–230 and 230–400 mesh; Merck), RP-18 silica gel (230–400 mesh; Merck, Darmstadt, Germany

Semiautomated glycoproteomics data analysis workflow for maximized glycopeptide identification and reliable quantification

• Steffen Lippold,
• Arnoud H. de Ru,
• Jan Nouta,
• Peter A. van Veelen,
• Magnus Palmblad,
• Manfred Wuhrer and
• Noortje de Haan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3038–3051, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.253

• digest from affinity-purified immunoglobulins G and A was analyzed on a nano-reversed-phase liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry platform with a high-resolution mass analyzer and higher-energy collisional dissociation fragmentation. Initial glycopeptide identification based on MS/MS data was

• -centered glycoproteomics aims at the characterization of macroheterogeneity and microheterogeneity of protein glycosylation [6]. Reversed-phase liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (RPLC–MS/MS) is a standard analytical method in the field of glycoproteomics [7]. The

A new method for the synthesis of diamantane by hydroisomerization of binor-S on treatment with sulfuric acid

• Rishat I. Aminov and
• Ravil I. Khusnutdinov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2534–2539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.205

• the reaction and the purity of the products were monitored by gas liquid chromatography on a Shimadzu GC-9A, GC-2014 instrument [2 m × 3 mm column, SE-30 silicone (5%) on Chromaton N-AW-HMDS as the stationary phase, temperature programming from 50 to 270 °С at 8 °C/min, helium as the carrier gas (47

Naphthalene diimide bis-guanidinio-carbonyl-pyrrole as a pH-switchable threading DNA intercalator

• Poulami Jana,
• Filip Šupljika,
• Carsten Schmuck and
• Ivo Piantanida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2201–2211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.185

• Alpha 1-4 2D plus freeze-drying apparatus from Christ. For analytical TLC SiO2-coated aluminum foils ALUGRAM SIL G/UV254 from MachereyNagel were used. Reversed-phase column chromatography was performed on an Armen Instrument Spot Flash Liquid Chromatography MPLC with RediSep C-18 Reversed-Phase columns

GlypNirO: An automated workflow for quantitative N- and O-linked glycoproteomic data analysis

• Toan K. Phung,
• Cassandra L. Pegg and
• Benjamin L. Schulz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2127–2135, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.180

• diseased states [8]. The current state-of-the art technology for the characterisation, identification, and quantification of the glycome or glycoproteome is liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) [9]. Popular and powerful glycoproteomic workflows typically involve standard

Accelerating fragment-based library generation by coupling high-performance photoreactors with benchtop analysis

• Quentin Lefebvre,
• Christophe Salomé and
• Thomas C. Fessard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 982–988, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.87

• photoreactors. Bottom, from left to right: photoreactor OFF, ON, and ON through protective yellow filter. TLC–MS equipment: analysis of 5 reactions in 5 minutes. Pre-QC validation by 60 MHz benchtop NMR. One-day workflow for fragment-based library generation. QC: Quality control. MPLC: Medium-pressure liquid

• chromatography. Scope of the fragment-based library generation: BCP-amines and azetidines. See Supporting Information File 1 for experimental details. Scope of the fragment-based library generation: pyrrolidines, piperidines and morpholines. See Supporting Information File 1 for experimental details. Supporting

Light-controllable dithienylethene-modified cyclic peptides: photoswitching the in vivo toxicity in zebrafish embryos

• Sergii Afonin,
• Oleg Babii,
• Aline Reuter,
• Volker Middel,
• Masanari Takamiya,
• Uwe Strähle,
• Igor V. Komarov and
• Anne S. Ulrich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 39–49, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.6

• prepared in >95% purity using preparative-scale high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). To establish the assay for screening the photoswitchable peptides, we first studied the toxicity of our prototype 2 by varying the assay conditions. The parent peptide GS 1 was used as a control. Although the

Synthesis and characterization of bis(4-amino-2-bromo-6-methoxy)azobenzene derivatives

• David Martínez-López,
• Amirhossein Babalhavaeji,
• Diego Sampedro and
• G. Andrew Woolley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 3000–3008, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.296

• thermal relaxation (τ1/2 ca. 10 min). Experimental General All commercial materials (solvents, reagents, and substrates) were used as received. SilicaFlash silica gel, P60, 40–63 µm particle size (SiliCycle) was used for column chromatography. High-performance liquid chromatography was performed on a

Bacterial terpene biosynthesis: challenges and opportunities for pathway engineering

• Eric J. N. Helfrich,
• Geng-Min Lin,
• Christopher A. Voigt and
• Jon Clardy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2889–2906, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.283

• , remain to be explored [152]. One major bottleneck in these studies is the lack of high-throughput screening tools for terpenoid production and characterization. Most terpenoids do not have any chromogenic groups and their detection still relies on liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry setups, limiting

Safe and highly efficient adaptation of potentially explosive azide chemistry involved in the synthesis of Tamiflu using continuous-flow technology

• Cloudius R. Sagandira and
• Paul Watts

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2577–2589, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.251

• . Continuous-flow reactions were performed on a Labtrix® Start system and a Uniquis FlowSyn system. Reactions were monitored by Agilent 1200 high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fitted with a UV–vis detector. HPLC analysis was performed on Agilent Zorbax C18-column (250 mm × 4.6 mm i.d, 5 µm) ambient

Excited state dynamics for visible-light sensitization of a photochromic benzil-subsituted phenoxyl-imidazolyl radical complex

• Yoichi Kobayashi,
• Yukie Mamiya,
• Katsuya Mutoh,
• Hikaru Sotome,
• Masafumi Koga,
• Hiroshi Miyasaka and
• Jiro Abe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2369–2379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.229

• time-resolved spectroscopies. Results and Discussion Steady-state absorption spectra The synthetic procedure of Benzil-PIC is described in the Experimental part. Benzil-PIC has two structural isomers (isomer A and isomer B) as shown in Scheme 1. These isomers were separated by high-performance liquid

• chromatography (HPLC), and each isomer was characterized by steady-state absorption spectra and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations as shown below. Figure 1 shows the steady-state absorption spectra of the two isomers of Benzil-PIC and PIC in benzene at 298 K. While the absorption of

Isolation of fungi using the diffusion chamber device FIND technology

• Benjamin Libor,
• Henrik Harms,
• Stefan Kehraus,
• Ekaterina Egereva,
• Max Crüsemann and
• Gabriele M. König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2191–2203, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.216

• genus. From the solid, sea-salt containing cultures of H. cf. alpina the ethyl acetate soluble organic compounds were analysed. A first fractionation was achieved by vacuum liquid chromatography (VLC) on reversed-phase material yielding 4 fractions. 1H NMR analysis of these indicated the presence of

• by vacuum liquid chromatography (VLC) over Polygoprep 60-50 C18 stationary phase (Macherey-Nagel) using gradient elution from 0:100 (MeOH/H2O) to 100 % MeOH (25% steps) to yield 4 fractions. 100 mL of the mobile phase was used for each fraction. Fraction 3 was again fractionated by VLC under the

1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-1,4,5,8-tetraazaanthracene revisited: properties and structural evidence of aromaticity loss

• Arnault Heynderickx,
• Sébastien Nénon,
• Olivier Siri,
• Vladimir Lokshin and
• Vladimir Khodorkovsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2059–2068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.203

• Reagents and starting materials were used as received without further purification from Alfa Aesar and Aldrich. Analytical thin-layer chromatography (TLC) was done on Merck 60F254 silica gel plates from Macherey-Nagel. Detection of TLC components was accomplished using a 254/366 nm UV lamp. Column liquid

• chromatography was carried out on Merck silica gel 60 (70–230 mesh). Melting points were determined on a Büchi 510 apparatus in open glass capillaries and are uncorrected. The IR spectra were recorded with an Agilent 360FTIR instrument. The UV–vis absorption spectra were recorded with Ocean Optics USB 4000 and

Genome mining in Trichoderma viride J1-030: discovery and identification of novel sesquiterpene synthase and its products

• Xiang Sun,
• You-Sheng Cai,
• Yujie Yuan,
• Guangkai Bian,
• Ziling Ye,
• Zixin Deng and
• Tiangang Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2052–2058, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.202

• efficiently enriched via an abundant FPP supply. Detection and characterisation of Tvi09626 products By semi-preparative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), we purified compound 1 and compound 2 (23.1 mg and 13.2 mg, respectively). The structures of the two new compounds were characterised by 1D