Superstructures with cyclodextrins: Chemistry and applications

• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1303–1304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.148

• established. More recently, the use of CDs as food additives was approved. For example, dispersion of triglycerides can be achieved by the addition of α-CD. In organic synthesis and polymer chemistry, the interest in CDs has increased significantly during the past decades. For instance, in the latter case

Azobenzene dye-coupled quadruply hydrogen-bonding modules as colorimetric indicators for supramolecular interactions

• Yagang Zhang and
• Steven C. Zimmerman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 486–495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.55

• ][22], modified polymeric materials, functionalized nano-structures [23] and surfaces [24]. Of the numerous supramolecular coupling agents developed those that pair using quadruply hydrogen bonding have arguably received the most attention in the context of supramolecular polymer chemistry. In

Synthesis of mesomeric betaine compounds with imidazolium-enolate structure

• Nina Gonsior,
• Fabian Mohr and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 390–397, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.42

• as a model compound for further application in the field of polymer chemistry (Scheme 3). Therefore, p-bromanil (1) was reacted with different proportions of poly(vinylimidazole) (5) (a = 1:4, b = 1:20, c = 1:40) to obtain polymer networks, which can be represented by the idealized structure 6. Each

Highly efficient cyclosarin degradation mediated by a β-cyclodextrin derivative containing an oxime-derived substituent

• Michael Zengerle,
• Florian Brandhuber,
• Christian Schneider,
• Franz Worek,
• Georg Reiter and
• Stefan Kubik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1543–1554, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.182

• binding properties, and their relatively straightforward chemical modification have made cyclodextrins indispensable tools in applications such as sensing [2], nanotechnology [3][4], polymer chemistry [5][6][7][8], medicinal chemistry [9][10], food chemistry [11], and others. Importantly, the scope of

Ene–yne cross-metathesis with ruthenium carbene catalysts

• Cédric Fischmeister and
• Christian Bruneau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 156–166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.22

• organic and polymer chemistry. Enyne metathesis is a powerful catalytic reaction to access such structural domains. Recent advances and developments in ene–yne cross-metathesis (EYCM) leading to various compounds of interest and their intermediates, that can directly be transformed in tandem procedures

The cross-metathesis of methyl oleate with cis-2-butene-1,4-diyl diacetate and the influence of protecting groups

• Arno Behr and
• Jessica Pérez Gomes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1–8, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.1

• reaction conditions [22]. In contrast to many other oleochemical cross-metathesis reactions, both the resulting products can be used in polymer chemistry. This oleochemical cross-metathesis reaction described here was studied under different reaction conditions with the aim of optimising oleochemical

Light-induced olefin metathesis

• Yuval Vidavsky and
• N. Gabriel Lemcoff

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1106–1119, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.127

• catalysed olefin metathesis reaction [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] has undoubtedly become one of the most widely used methodologies for the formation of carbon–carbon bonds. Its ubiquitous use in polymer chemistry [9][10][11][12][13] and natural product [14][15][16][17] and fine chemical synthesis [3][18][19][20

Physical organic chemistry

• John A. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1025–1025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.116

• kinetics of radical reactions. Applications to complex reactions in biology, polymer chemistry and electronic materials are ever more prevalent, and add to contributions in ‘small molecule’ chemistry. Novel experimental techniques combined with the revolution in computational chemistry give new impetus to

Formation of epoxide-amine oligo-adducts as OH-functionalized initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone

• Julia Theis and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 938–944, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.105

• ) irradiation in organic, pharmaceutical and polymer chemistry has become a well-established technique to promote chemical reactions. In many cases, the main advantages of this physical heating method over traditional heating in an oil bath are increases in reaction speed, product yields and purity [1][2][3][4

Chromo- and fluorophoric water-soluble polymers and silica particles by nucleophilic substitution reaction of poly(vinyl amine)

• Katja Hofmann,
• Ingolf Kahle,
• Frank Simon and
• Stefan Spange

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 79, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.79

• Katja Hofmann Ingolf Kahle Frank Simon Stefan Spange Department of Polymer Chemistry, Chemnitz University of Technology, Straße der Nationen 62, Chemnitz 09111, Germany Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Hohe Straße 6, Dresden 01069, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.6.79 Abstract Novel

Functionalized polymers: synthesis and properties

• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 55, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.55

• instance, are preferentially made of standard polymeric materials such as polyolefins, polyesters or polyamides. It is therefore obvious that the future of polymer chemistry will be influenced by the elaboration of new functional polymers. At the beginning of the application of synthetic materials