Tetraphenylethylene-embedded pillar[5]arene-based orthogonal self-assembly for efficient photocatalysis in water

• Zhihang Bai,
• Krishnasamy Velmurugan,
• Xueqi Tian,
• Minzan Zuo,
• Kaiya Wang and
• Xiao-Yu Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 429–437, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.45

• supramolecular photocatalytic systems by self-assembly strategies [10][11]. Recently, FRET-based supramolecular self-assembled systems [12][13] as nanoreactors for various photocatalytic reactions have received significant attention from the supramolecular community because of their robust molecular design and

A heteroditopic macrocycle as organocatalytic nanoreactor for pyrroloacridinone synthesis in water

• Piyali Sarkar,
• Sayan Sarkar and
• Pradyut Ghosh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1505–1514, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.152

• environmentally benign solvent water has been used [11]. Organocatalytic nanoreactors have emerged as an exciting area for novel organic syntheses, offering environmentally friendlier processes [13][14][15][16][17][18]. The distinct nanospace around the substrates, use of green solvents and catalyst recycling

• , makes them highly valuable in view of sustainable chemical applications. Thus, the development of organocatalytic nanoreactors with new features is indeed important to address greener organic syntheses. On the other hand, the rational design of heterotopic macrocycles has attracted intense interest as

• reactants. In fact, encapsulation can result in the stabilization of a specific transition state by stripping it out from solvent molecules [13][14]. Hence, in aqueous medium, the syntheses of nanoreactors with a covalent organic framework is important, which is indeed a difficult task due to their large

Glycosylation reactions mediated by hypervalent iodine: application to the synthesis of nucleosides and carbohydrates

• Yuichi Yoshimura,
• Hideaki Wakamatsu,
• Yoshihiro Natori,
• Yukako Saito and
• Noriaki Minakawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1595–1618, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.137

• their work, they also utilized an important chemical attribute of cetylammonium bromide (CTAB) – namely, CTAB forms surfactant-assembled lipophilic nanoreactors stable in organic solvents, which could be used for regioselective functionalization of indenes. Therefore, they investigated the

Nanoreactors for green catalysis

• M. Teresa De Martino,
• Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen,
• Floris P. J. T. Rutjes and
• Jan C. M. van Hest

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 716–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.61

• sustainability and elegancy. Utilizing catalytic nanoreactors for greener reactions, for facilitating multistep synthetic pathways in one-pot procedures, is imperative with far-reaching implications in the field. This review is focused on the applications of some of the most used nanoreactors in catalysis

• , namely: (polymer) vesicles, micelles, dendrimers and nanogels. The ability and efficiency of catalytic nanoreactors to carry out organic reactions in water, to perform cascade reaction and their ability to be recycled will be discussed. Keywords: catalysis; dendrimers; green chemistry; nanogels

• ; nanoreactors; micelles; polymersomes; Introduction It is widely acknowledged that “the best solvent is no solvent”; however, running a reaction under neat conditions is very challenging from the points of view of mass transfer and temperature gradients [1][2]. Therefore, sustainable chemical technologies are

Enabling technologies and green processes in cyclodextrin chemistry

• Giancarlo Cravotto,
• Marina Caporaso,
• Laszlo Jicsinszky and
• Katia Martina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 278–294, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.30

• facilitate the purification steps [9]. Noteworthy examples are the mechanochemical derivatization of saccharides [10][11], the functionalization of CDs and their complexation with organic molecules [12]. Solid state organic reactions using CD cavities as nanoreactors have also been reported [13]. Among non

Chemoselective O-acylation of hydroxyamino acids and amino alcohols under acidic reaction conditions: History, scope and applications

• Tor E. Kristensen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 446–468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.51

• -load homopolymers by solution copolymerization [46][47], crosslinked polymer microspheres by dispersion copolymerization [47], crosslinked polymer beads by suspension copolymerization [47][48], catalytic core–shell micelles (nanoreactors) [68], hydrophobic nanogel particles by emulsion polymerization

Olefin metathesis in nano-sized systems

• Didier Astruc,
• Abdou K. Diallo,
• Sylvain Gatard,
• Liyuan Liang,
• Cátia Ornelas,
• Victor Martinez,
• Denise Méry and
• Jaime Ruiz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 94–103, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.13

• been of very little success, because the % of catalyst used in metathesis reactions was rather high. This is due to the reactivity of methylene-metal intermediates that leads to side reactions. Consequently, another strategy involves protecting the catalytic intermediate in nanoreactors. Dendrimers are