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

Synthesis of new representatives of A₃B-type carboranylporphyrins based on meso-tetra(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin transformations

• Victoria M. Alpatova,
• Evgeny G. Rys,
• Elena G. Kononova and
• Valentina A. Ol'shevskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 767–776, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.70

• carborane A3B-porphyrin were also synthesized based on the amino-substituted A3B-porphyrin. The structures of the prepared carboranylporphyrins were determined by UV–vis, IR, 1H, 19F, 11B NMR spectroscopic data and MALDI mass spectrometry. Keywords: bioconjugation; carboranes; fluorine; porphyrin; SNAr

• azide substituent in porphyrin 2 with SnCl2·2H2O in MeOH resulted in the formation of porphyrin amino-derivative 3 in 82% yield (Scheme 1). The molecular structures of compounds 2 and 3 were confirmed by a combination of NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Having synthesized porphyrins 2 and 3 we

• easily converted into hydrophilic charged entities by the protonation of the unsubstituted amino functionalities in their structure providing improved bioconjugation. Spectroscopic data All porphyrin conjugates were structurally characterized by IR, UV–vis, NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The IR

Substrate specificity of a ketosynthase domain involved in bacillaene biosynthesis

• Zhiyong Yin and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 734–740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.67

• is still important. Previous approaches to determine KS domain specificities have involved mass spectrometry (MS)-based methods [22][23], MS analysis of trypsin-digested proteins [24], and radiochemical assays [25]. Here, we report on a new method using 13C-labelled substrate surrogates in

Production of non-natural 5-methylorsellinate-derived meroterpenoids in Aspergillus oryzae

• Jia Tang,
• Yixiang Zhang and
• Yudai Matsuda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 638–644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.56

• four enzymes in the Aspergillus oryzae NSARU1 strain [19]. Consequently, the A. oryzae transformant yielded two metabolites 1 and 2, which were absent in the host strain (Figure 2B, traces i and ii). Although we were unable to isolate compounds 1 and 2 because of their instability, high-resolution mass

• spectrometry (HRMS) analysis revealed the molecular formula of 1 to be C25H36O5, corresponding to the 4-desmethyl form of (6R,10′R)-epoxyfarnesyl-DMOA methyl ester (Figure 2C). Furthermore, the molecular formula of 2 was determined to be C25H38O6, indicating that 2 is formed by the hydrolysis of the epoxide

Introduction of a human- and keyboard-friendly N-glycan nomenclature

• Friedrich Altmann,
• Johannes Helm,
• Martin Pabst and
• Johannes Stadlmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 607–620, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.53

• the time being. Comparison with existing abbreviation systems Finally, we shall compare the herein portrayed naming system with existing ones. There are several systems of which a few occur more often. The most stringent and rigorous way to annotated mass spectrometry data is to give the sum formula

A new analog of dihydroxybenzoic acid from Saccharopolyspora sp. KR21-0001

• Rattiya Janthanom,
• Yuta Kikuchi,
• Hiroki Kanto,
• Tomoyasu Hirose,
• Arisu Tahara,
• Takahiro Ishii,
• Arinthip Thamchaipenet and
• Yuki Inahashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 497–503, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.44

• pursuit are equally significant. One of the efficient approaches for finding new secondary metabolites from microorganisms is physicochemical (PC) screening. This approach involves the screening of the physicochemical properties of potential compounds, such as UV spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and color

• was concentrated in vacuo to yield 1 (7.9 mg). LC–MS analysis Electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESIMS) data was collected using a Triple TOF 5600+ LC–MS/MS System (AB Sciex, Framingham, MA, USA) with an ODS column (Capcell Core C18, 3.0 i.d. × 100 mm, 40 °C) (Osaka Soda, Japan) at a flow rate

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

• substitution with alcohol 94 in the presence of lithium phthalimide 95 leads to product 96 and turns over the catalytic cycle. Importantly, species 93 can be detected by high resolution mass spectrometry, when the reaction is carried out without nucleophile and using stoichiometric amounts of PTH1. H. Fu and

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

• 15N NMR spectroscopy (NMR spectra of compounds 4a–h, 5a–c, 6a,b, and 10c are given in Figures S13–S43, Supporting Information File 1), mass spectrometry (Figures S44–S56, Supporting Information File 1), IR and UV–vis spectroscopy, as well as elemental analysis. The NMR spectra were recorded on the

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

• min−1). High-resolution mass spectra were recorded on an ABSciex TripleTOF 6600+ mass spectrometer. Direct infusion of compounds 1 and 2 through the high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) was performed using a flow rate of 10 μL min−1 which the samples were diluted at 10 ppm with a solution of MeCN

Comparison of glycosyl donors: a supramer approach

• Anna V. Orlova,
• Nelly N. Malysheva,
• Maria V. Panova,
• Nikita M. Podvalnyy,
• Michael G. Medvedev and
• Leonid O. Kononov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 181–192, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.18

• treated with 90% aq trifluoroacetic acid in CH2Cl2 to give diol 7 (70% yield) that was formed due to migration of a chloroacetyl group from O-7 to O-9. The structure of diol 7 was established by NMR spectroscopy, high-resolution mass spectrometry and X-ray diffraction analysis (see the Experimental

Synthesis of the 3’-O-sulfated TF antigen with a TEG-N₃ linker for glycodendrimersomes preparation to study lectin binding

• Mark Reihill,
• Hanyue Ma,
• Dennis Bengtsson and
• Stefan Oscarson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 173–180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.17

• treated with 1 M Bu4NF/THF and after 2 hours, full consumption of the starting material was observed by TLC. However, MALDI–TOF mass spectrometry (super-DHB matrix) revealed that only the Troc group had been removed, with the DTBS substituent proving to be stable under these conditions. Addition of a

• reported to one decimal point unless an additional digit was required to distinguish overlapping peaks. Software for data processing: MestReNova, version 11.0.0–17609 (MestReLab Research S.L.). High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) data were recorded on a Waters Micromass LCT LC–TOF instrument using

• electrospray ionisation (ESI) in positive mode. MALDI–TOF mass spectrometry data were recorded on a Scientific Analysis Instruments MALDI–TOF mass spectrometer in reflectron mode for oligosaccharides and in linear mode for glycoconjugates. Samples were prepared by pre-mixing 1 µL of a solution containing the

Visible-light-induced radical cascade cyclization: a catalyst-free synthetic approach to trifluoromethylated heterocycles

• Chuan Yang,
• Wei Shi,
• Jian Tian,
• Lin Guo,
• Yating Zhao and
• Wujiong Xia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 118–124, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.12

• NMR (Figure S3 in Supporting Information File 1) [30] and high-resolution mass spectrometry. You and co-workers proposed a reaction pathway involving the combination of the indole substrate and Umemoto’s reagent to form an electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complex [31]. We excluded the possibility of an

Photoinduced in situ generation of DNA-targeting ligands: DNA-binding and DNA-photodamaging properties of benzo[c]quinolizinium ions

• Julika Schlosser,
• Olga Fedorova,
• Yuri Fedorov and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 101–117, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.11

• the amine 2b gave the corresponding amide 2g in 28% yield. The chloro-substituted derivative 2e was synthesized in a Sandmeyer-reaction from 2b in 20% yield. The products 2a–g were identified and fully characterized by NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C, COSY, HSQC, and HMBC), elemental analyses, and mass

• spectrometry. In all cases, the E-configuration of the alkene double bonds was indicated by characteristic coupling constants of the alkene protons (3JH–H = 16 Hz). Absorption properties and photoreactions of styrylpyridine derivatives In acetonitrile solution, the styrylpyridines 2a–g exhibited long

Cycloaddition reactions of heterocyclic azides with 2-cyanoacetamidines as a new route to C,N-diheteroarylcarbamidines

• Pavel S. Silaichev,
• Tetyana V. Beryozkina,
• Vsevolod V. Melekhin,
• Valeriy O. Filimonov,
• Andrey N. Maslivets,
• Vladimir G. Ilkin,
• Wim Dehaen and
• Vasiliy A. Bakulev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 17–24, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.3

• effect on the yield of the final compounds 3 observed. The structures of compounds 3a–u were confirmed by IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy (Figures S1‒S44 in Supporting Information File 1) as well as by high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). X-ray data obtained for compound 3g gave us final proof of

Identification of the p-coumaric acid biosynthetic gene cluster in Kutzneria albida: insights into the diazotization-dependent deamination pathway

• Seiji Kawai,
• Akito Yamada,
• Yohei Katsuyama and
• Yasuo Ohnishi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1–11, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.1

• regulator (cmaR), under the control of tipA promoter (Figure 2A). When we cultured S. albus-cma and analyzed its metabolites by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS), formation of avenalumic acid was not observed. Instead, production of p-coumaric acid (5) was detected (Figure 2B and Figure S3A,D

• and evaporated completely in vacuo. The residual materials were dissolved in 200 µL of methanol. The obtained samples were analyzed by liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC–ESIMS) using an LC-2040C 3D Plus system (Shimazu Corp., Kyoto, Japan) equipped with a COSMOCORE

Aldiminium and 1,2,3-triazolium dithiocarboxylate zwitterions derived from cyclic (alkyl)(amino) and mesoionic carbenes

• Nedra Touj,
• François Mazars,
• Guillermo Zaragoza and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1947–1956, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.145

• carbenes with a strong base, followed by their nucleophilic addition onto carbon disulfide. The nine products obtained were characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, HR–ESI mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. Moreover, the molecular structures of two CAAC·CS2 and two MIC·CS2

Controlling the reactivity of La@C₈₂ by reduction: reaction of the La@C₈₂ anion with alkyl halide with high regioselectivity

• Yutaka Maeda,
• Saeka Akita,
• Mitsuaki Suzuki,
• Michio Yamada,
• Takeshi Akasaka,
• Kaoru Kobayashi and
• Shigeru Nagase

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1858–1866, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.138

• , such as alkyl halides. In this study, the thermal reaction of the La@C2v-C82 anion with benzyl bromide derivatives 1 at 110 °C afforded single-bonded adducts 2–5 with high regioselectivity. The products were characterized by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

• otherwise stated. ODCB was distilled over P2O5 under vacuum prior to use. HPLC was performed on an LC-9201 instrument (Japan Analytical Industry Co., Ltd.) by monitoring the UV absorption at 330 nm with toluene as the eluent. Mass spectrometry was performed using a Bruker AUTOFLEX III smart beam with

GlAIcomics: a deep neural network classifier for spectroscopy-augmented mass spectrometric glycans data

• Thomas Barillot,
• Baptiste Schindler,
• Baptiste Moge,
• Elisa Fadda,
• Franck Lépine and
• Isabelle Compagnon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1825–1831, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.134

• .19.134 Abstract Carbohydrate sequencing is a formidable task identified as a strategic goal in modern biochemistry. It relies on identifying a large number of isomers and their connectivity with high accuracy. Recently, gas phase vibrational laser spectroscopy combined with mass spectrometry tools have

• intelligence in combination with spectroscopy-augmented mass spectrometry for carbohydrates sequencing and glycomics applications. Keywords: Bayesian neural network; deep learning; glycomics; IR; spectroscopy; Introduction DNA and protein sequencing technologies that aim at determining the structure of a

• appealing candidates to address this challenge. They have been used for mass spectrometry data analysis since the 2000’s [6] and the idea of using them on vibrational spectra goes back to the early 90’s [7]. Support vector machines (SVM) and decision tree ensemble methods were benchmarked on infrared

A novel recyclable organocatalyst for the gram-scale enantioselective synthesis of (S)-baclofen

• Gyula Dargó,
• Dóra Erdélyi,
• Balázs Molnár,
• Péter Kisszékelyi,
• Zsófia Garádi and
• József Kupai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1811–1824, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.133

• and high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (HPLC–MS). The solvent ratios of the eluents are given in volume units (mL mL−1). Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra were recorded on a Bruker DRX-500 Avance spectrometer (at 500 and 126 MHz for the 1H and 13C spectra, respectively) or

Synthetic approach to 2-alkyl-4-quinolones and 2-alkyl-4-quinolone-3-carboxamides based on common β-keto amide precursors

• Yordanka Mollova-Sapundzhieva,
• Plamen Angelov,
• Danail Georgiev and
• Pavel Yanev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1804–1810, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.132

• experimental details and analytical data. Supporting Information File 26: Processed NMR spectra. Acknowledgements We are grateful to Prof. Tsanko Gechev and the Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, Plovdiv, for providing access to their Waters Acquity - Synapt XS UPLC - mass spectrometry system

Selectivity control towards CO versus H₂ for photo-driven CO₂ reduction with a novel Co(II) catalyst

• Lisa-Lou Gracia,
• Philip Henkel,
• Olaf Fuhr and
• Claudia Bizzarri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1766–1775, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.129

• high-resolution mass spectrometry (ESI), where it was shown the fragment corresponding to complex 1 that lost one isothiocyanate, [M − NCS]+, as the primary signal. Elemental analysis matched the calculated values, incorporating an additional MeOH molecule. Recrystallization was afforded by re

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

• purchased from commercial resources and used without further purification. 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra were recorded with a Bruker AVANCE III HD 600 (600 MHz for 1H and 151 MHz for 13C) using CDCl3 as a solvent containing TMS as an internal standard. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analysis was

Tying a knot between crown ethers and porphyrins

• Maksym Matviyishyn and
• Bartosz Szyszko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1630–1650, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.120

• analysis and mass spectrometry. Similar to the Ti(III) complexes, the V(III) compounds 16-V and 18a-V demonstrated paramagnetic features. The V(III) cation resided in a distorted octahedral environment, slightly outside the cleft, and was bound by two imine and two pyrrolic nitrogens (Scheme 7) [130]. The

• the aryl group at the meso-position of the dipyrrin moiety. Compound 40 was tested for sensing metal ions, and while no significant changes were observed with most cations, the addition of Cu(II) resulted in a colour change. UV–vis spectroscopy and mass spectrometry confirmed the 1:1 copper(II

A series of perylene diimide cathode interlayer materials for green solvent processing in conventional organic photovoltaics

• Kathryn M. Wolfe,
• Shahidul Alam,
• Eva German,
• Fahad N. Alduayji,
• Maryam Alqurashi,
• Frédéric Laquai and
• Gregory C. Welch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1620–1629, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.119

• NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. See Supporting Information File 1 for full synthetic and characterization details. Optical properties Using UV–visible spectroscopy, the optical properties for PDIN-FB, PDIN-B, CN-PDIN-FB, and CN-PDIN-FB in both solution and film form were

Synthesis of 7-azabicyclo[4.3.1]decane ring systems from tricarbonyl(tropone)iron via intramolecular Heck reactions

• Aaron H. Shoemaker,
• Elizabeth A. Foker,
• Elena P. Uttaro,
• Sarah K. Beitel and
• Daniel R. Griffith

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1615–1619, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.118

• (Colby College) and Prof. Bruce Foxman (Brandeis University) for X-ray analysis of compound 8. High-resolution mass spectra were obtained at the Mass Spectrometry Lab at the University of Illinois. Funding We thank the donors of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (Grant No. 59202-UNI1