Synthesis of carbohydrate-scaffolded thymine glycoconjugates to organize multivalency

• Anna K. Ciuk and
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 668–674, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.75

• install both branches on a carbohydrate scaffold. This would allow to favour the intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition over an intermolecular reaction and moreover, a multifunctional carbohydrate scaffold facilitates further ligation or immobilization, respectively, of the final molecular construct. After

Linear-g-hyperbranched and cyclodextrin-based amphiphilic block copolymer as a multifunctional nanocarrier

• Yamei Zhao,
• Wei Tian,
• Guang Yang and
• Xiaodong Fan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2696–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.284

• Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, P. R. China 10.3762/bjoc.10.284 Abstract In this paper, a novel, multifunctional polymer nanocarrier was designed to provide adequate volume for high drug loading, to afford a multiregion encapsulation ability, and to

• and quaternization reaction. The ABC then self-assembled into stable micelles with a core–shell structure in aqueous solution. These resulting micelles are multifunctional nanocarriers which possess higher drug loading capability due to the introduction of HBPCSi segments and β-CD moieties, and

• exhibit controlled drug release based on the diffusion release mechanism. The novel multifunctional nanocarrier may be applicable to produce highly efficient and specialized delivery systems for drugs, genes, and diagnostic agents. Keywords: amphiphilic block copolymer; cyclodextrin polymer

End group functionalization of poly(ethylene glycol) with phenolphthalein: towards star-shaped polymers based on supramolecular interactions

• Carolin Fleischmann,
• Hendrik Wöhlk and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2263–2269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.235

• based on dipentaerythritol, which was converted into a multifunctional initiator for core first star polymer preparation approaches in previous studies [48][49], was synthesized according to a protocol previously developed in our group [50]. Dipentaerythritol was functionalized with six propargyl

Chiral phosphines in nucleophilic organocatalysis

• Yumei Xiao,
• Zhanhu Sun,
• Hongchao Guo and
• Ohyun Kwon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2089–2121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.218

• have excellent catalytic activities and enantioselectivities, only a few acyclic phosphines were effective. In this context, inspired by polyfunctional chiral small-molecule catalysts, particularly amino acid and thiourea-based systems [31][32], multifunctional chiral phosphines were constructed by

• accomplished using conventional chiral phosphines lacking hydrogen bonding moieties. Such multifunctional phosphines are readily accessible from simple chiral starting materials through a molecular building block approach, allowing combinatorial syntheses of new multifunctional chiral phosphines with diversity

• and, consequently, improving the probability of discovering an excellent catalyst. In this review, we divide chiral phosphines into three classes: cyclic phosphines (Figures 1–5), acyclic phosphines (Figure 6), and multifunctional acyclic phosphines (Figures 7 and 8). Generally, the cyclic phosphines

Investigations of thiol-modified phenol derivatives for the use in thiol–ene photopolymerizations

• Sebastian Reinelt,
• Monir Tabatabai,
• Urs Karl Fischer,
• Norbert Moszner,
• Andreas Utterodt and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1733–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.180

• properties based on its rigid structure, we wish to present the synthesis of various multifunctional, hydrophobic thiol monomers all having in common a rigid phenol backbone and at least four primary aliphatic groups as well as the fact that they are ester-free liquids. Their behavior in thiol–ene

Carbohydrate PEGylation, an approach to improve pharmacological potency

• M. Eugenia Giorgi,
• Rosalía Agusti and
• Rosa M. de Lederkremer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1433–1444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.147

• increase solubility [8], prolong the in vivo action [9] or for targeting drug delivery [10] has been described. The potent anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone was coupled to a multifunctional PEG, prepared by a click reaction, for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis [11]. A heterobifunctional PEG has been

Microwave-assisted Cu(I)-catalyzed, three-component synthesis of 2-(4-((1-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methoxy)phenyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazoles

• Yogesh Kumar,
• Vijay Bahadur,
• Anil K. Singh,
• Virinder S. Parmar,
• Erik V. Van der Eycken and
• Brajendra K. Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1413–1420, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.145

• entities in one molecule, have drawn the attention of medicinal chemists [14][15][16][17][18]. This logical approach is a promising path for those drug molecules which can effectively and selectively target multifunctional diseases. It has also been found that hybrid molecules are sometimes much more

Glycosystems in nanotechnology: Gold glyconanoparticles as carrier for anti-HIV prodrugs

• Fabrizio Chiodo,
• Marco Marradi,
• Javier Calvo,
• Eloisa Yuste and
• Soledad Penadés

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1339–1346, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.136

• glyconanoparticles as a new multifunctional drug-delivery system in the therapy against HIV. Keywords: drug-delivery system; gold glyconanoparticles; HAART; HIV; multivalent glycosystems; reverse transcriptase inhibitors; Introduction Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), caused by human immunodeficiency

• have been explored in biomedicine as multivalent and multifunctional scaffolds [12][13]. Thanks to their relative inertness and low toxicity gold nanoparticles have been widely explored to conjugate biomolecules on their surface, because the chemistry of their surface is easy to control [12]. The

• glyconanoparticles as a new multifunctional tool in the world of drug-delivery system against HIV. Experimental General methods: All chemicals were purchased as reagent grade from Sigma-Aldrich, except chloroauric acid (Strem Chemicals), and were used without further purification. NMR analyses were performed with a

Automated solid-phase peptide synthesis to obtain therapeutic peptides

• Veronika Mäde,
• Sylvia Els-Heindl and
• Annette G. Beck-Sickinger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1197–1212, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.118

• a cooperative effect [94], which means that albumin binding significantly increases until an appropriate fatty acid chain length is reached. In 1998, seven binding sites of this multifunctional transport protein were identified by Curry et al. using X-ray crystallographic studies [95]. Later on

Atherton–Todd reaction: mechanism, scope and applications

• Stéphanie S. Le Corre,
• Mathieu Berchel,
• Hélène Couthon-Gourvès,
• Jean-Pierre Haelters and
• Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1166–1196, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.117

Site-selective covalent functionalization at interior carbon atoms and on the rim of circumtrindene, a C₃₆H₁₂ open geodesic polyarene

• Hee Yeon Cho,
• Ronald B. M. Ansems and
• Lawrence T. Scott

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 956–968, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.94

• explored immediately following the discovery of methods for bulk preparation of fullerenes in 1990 [28]. Within the first few years, several covalent functionalization sequences were introduced that became widely used for the construction of multifunctional architectures with C60 as an integral building

Addition of H-phosphonates to quinine-derived carbonyl compounds. An unexpected C9 phosphonate–phosphate rearrangement and tandem intramolecular piperidine elimination

• Łukasz Górecki,
• Artur Mucha and
• Paweł Kafarski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 883–889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.85

• with trimethylamine oxide [31]. As the oxide also released the borane–quinuclidine complex at elevated temperature the free alcohol was obtained in a satisfactory yield. This alcohol was subjected to Swern oxidation, recommended for multifunctional compounds [32], to produce the target aldehyde 8 in 65

Metal and metal-free photocatalysts: mechanistic approach and application as photoinitiators of photopolymerization

• Jacques Lalevée,
• Sofia Telitel,
• Pu Xiao,
• Marc Lepeltier,
• Frédéric Dumur,
• Fabrice Morlet-Savary,
• Didier Gigmes and
• Jean-Pierre Fouassier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 863–876, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.83

• ][52][53][54][55]) in formulations containing multifunctional synthetic epoxides, acrylates, monomers/oligomers or epoxide/acrylate blends (renewable raw or modified materials are usable to some extent) with lights extending from the UV to the red, using polychromatic or monochromatic light sources

• ) [66]. All these reactions allowed the radical photopolymerization of formulations containing multifunctional synthetic acrylates using UV to red lights delivered by low intensity sources. A new PIC based on a panchromatic iridium complex and the associated performance in the photopolymerization area

Total synthesis of (+)-grandiamide D, dasyclamide and gigantamide A from a Baylis–Hillman adduct: A unified biomimetic approach

• Andivelu Ilangovan and
• Shanmugasundar Saravanakumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 127–133, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.9

• additional functional groups on them by replacing the starting materials by activated alkenes and aldehydes. Various multifunctional molecules including natural products have already been successfully synthesized using the Baylis–Hillman adducts [9]. Structural features of grandiamide D, gigantamide A

Stereoselectively fluorinated N-heterocycles: a brief survey

• Xiang-Guo Hu and
• Luke Hunter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2696–2708, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.306

• . Instead, we will focus on two recent developments in deoxyfluorination methods that are particularly relevant to N-heterocyclic targets. Late stage deoxyfluorination is an attractive method for synthesising multifunctional fluorinated N-heterocycles, but mild and selective reagents are required if this is

• . Fluorinated miglitol analogues, and their inhibitory activity towards yeast α-glycosidase. Analogues of isofagomine (31) have different pKaH values, and therefore exhibit maximal β-glucosidase inhibition at different pH values. Late stage deoxyfluorination in the synthesis of multifunctional N-heterocycles

The conjugation of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) to small peptides for generating multifunctional supramolecular nanofibers/hydrogels

• Jiayang Li,
• Yi Kuang,
• Junfeng Shi,
• Yuan Gao,
• Jie Zhou and
• Bing Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 908–917, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.104

• -delivery; hydrogel; multifunctional; nanofibers; NSAID; self-assembly; supramolecular; topical use; Introduction This article reports the design, synthesis, and characterization of hydrogelators made of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and small peptides for the development of multifunctional

New core-pyrene π structure organophotocatalysts usable as highly efficient photoinitiators

• Sofia Telitel,
• Frédéric Dumur,
• Thomas Faury,
• Bernadette Graff,
• Mohamad-Ali Tehfe,
• Didier Gigmes,
• Jean-Pierre Fouassier and
• Jacques Lalevée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 877–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.101

• irradiation, we have recently started the search for suitable multifunctional arrangements exhibiting a strong coupling of the molecular orbitals MOs [42][43]. Improved absorption properties (red-shifted λ, higher ε) while keeping a high reactivity have been already achieved. Examples of these investigated

Thermotropic and lyotropic behaviour of new liquid-crystalline materials with different hydrophilic groups: synthesis and mesomorphic properties

• Alexej Bubnov,
• Miroslav Kašpar,
• Věra Hamplová,
• Ute Dawin and
• Frank Giesselmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 425–436, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.45

• such as the organization of carbon nanotubes [17] or various nanoparticles [18] in a liquid-crystalline matrix. To reach the goal, several new multifunctional liquid-crystalline materials possessing either ethylene glycol units (denoted as TL1 and TL2) or a different number of hydroxy groups (denoted

• observed for the chiral compound in [26] having the same molecular core as TL4 but a branched chiral alkoxy chain instead of the decyloxy group used for TL4. The relation between the molecular structure and mesomorphic properties of these new multifunctional compounds with different structures is discussed

Spin state switching in iron coordination compounds

• Philipp Gütlich,
• Ana B. Gaspar and
• Yann Garcia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 342–391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.39

• -, oligonuclear and higher nuclearity complexes, polymeric 1D, 2D and 3D systems, 1D chain compounds and 2D and 3D networks, SCO in nanomaterials, and soft matter, such as metallomesogens, as examples for the main current objectives in SCO research, viz. synthesizing so-called multifunctional materials, which

Cyclodextrin-based nanosponges as drug carriers

• Francesco Trotta,
• Marco Zanetti and
• Roberta Cavalli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2091–2099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.235

• mixtures are described in the literature [4], and dimers [5], trimers [6], and polymers have also been obtained [7]. A different approach is to synthesise cross-linked cyclodextrin-based polymers so as to prepare insoluble multifunctional cyclodextrin derivatives [8][9][10]. These polymers can be obtained

• used as excipients in preparing tablets, capsules, pellets, granules, suspensions, solid dispersions, or topical dosage forms or as new nanotechnological, multifunctional carriers [31][32]. In particular, the design of new nanodelivery systems to improve drug administration is currently being studied

• -fluorouracil and tamoxifen, as is shown in Table 1. Considering their versatility, nanosponges can act as multifunctional carriers, i.e., to enhance solubility, protect fragile molecules, and achieve sustained release. In many cases they act with two or more functions simultaneously. In this review we

Design and synthesis of quasi-diastereomeric molecules with unchanging central, regenerating axial and switchable helical chirality via cleavage and formation of Ni(II)–O and Ni(II)–N coordination bonds

• Vadim A. Soloshonok,
• José Luis Aceña,
• Hisanori Ueki and
• Jianlin Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1920–1928, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.223

• presence of two potentially reactive amide groups and the multifunctional nature of compounds 12. In particular, preparation of the most desirable NH-containing (R’ = H) derivatives 13, by reaction of 12 with ammonia or its derivatives, was not possible at all. Modification of the synthetic scheme with

Self-assembled organic–inorganic magnetic hybrid adsorbent ferrite based on cyclodextrin nanoparticles

• Ângelo M. L. Denadai,
• Frederico B. De Sousa,
• Joel J. Passos,
• Fernando C. Guatimosim,
• Kirla D. Barbosa,
• Ana E. Burgos,
• Fernando Castro de Oliveira,
• Jeann C. da Silva,
• Bernardo R. A. Neves,
• Nelcy D. S. Mohallem and
• Rubén D. Sinisterra

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1867–1876, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.215

• modulated by selecting an appropriate organic molecule with desirable functional groups in its structure. In particular, magnetic organic–inorganic hybrid materials (MHMs) have attracted considerable attention based on their multifunctional and biocompatible properties [2][5][6]. Moreover, MHMs can present

Asymmetric organocatalytic decarboxylative Mannich reaction using β-keto acids: A new protocol for the synthesis of chiral β-amino ketones

• Chunhui Jiang,
• Fangrui Zhong and
• Yixin Lu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1279–1283, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.144

• tryptophan based Trp-1 [46], as well as threonine incorporated multifunctional catalyst CD-3 [47]. However, no further improvement could be achieved (Table 1, entries 8–10). The influence of different imines on the reaction was subsequently explored, and it was found that the electronic nature of the

Stereoselective synthesis of trans-fused iridoid lactones and their identification in the parasitoid wasp Alloxysta victrix, Part II: Iridomyrmecins

• Robert Hilgraf,
• Nicole Zimmermann,
• Lutz Lehmann,
• Armin Tröger and
• Wittko Francke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1256–1264, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.141

• secretions of several alloxystine wasps [54] and their activity in intraspecific and interspecific communication has been discussed [55]. According to first bioassays, the new iridoids seem to play a multifunctional role in the tritrophic system of the aphid Sitobion avenae, its parasite, the wasp Aphidius

Organocatalytic asymmetric allylic amination of Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates of isatins

• Hang Zhang,
• Shan-Jun Zhang,
• Qing-Qing Zhou,
• Lin Dong and
• Ying-Chun Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1241–1245, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.139

• investigation of a Lewis base catalyzed asymmetric allylic amination of Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates derived from isatins afforded an electrophilic pathway to access multifunctional oxindoles bearing a C3-quaternary stereocenter, provided with good to excellent enantioselectivity (up to 94% ee) and in high

• ][28], as outlined in Scheme 1. Thus, multifunctional chiral 3-amino-2-oxindoles could be obtained in a straightforward manner. Results and Discussion Based on the above considerations, we initially investigated the reaction of MBH carbonate 2a and a diversity of nucleophilic nitrogen sources by the

• electron-withdrawing groups exhibited a slower reaction rate, but both good yields and ee values were still obtained (Table 2, entries 5–10). As outlined in Scheme 2, some synthetic transformations were conducted with the multifunctional allylic amination product 4d. The N–O bond cleavage of 4d could be