Photochromic diarylethene ligands featuring 2-(imidazol-2-yl)pyridine coordination site and their iron(II) complexes

• Andrey G. Lvov,
• Max Mörtel,
• Anton V. Yadykov,
• Frank W. Heinemann,
• Valerii Z. Shirinian and
• Marat M. Khusniyarov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2428–2437, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.235

• are in the 310–323 nm range. Interestingly, the carbocycle size and the presence/absence of carbonyl group are weakly reflected in the position of absorption maxima of open-ring isomers. For example, the reduction of carbonyl group in 3 (compared to 4) leads to insignificant bathochromic shift of the

Phenylsilane as an effective desulfinylation reagent

• Wanda H. Midura,
• Aneta Rzewnicka and
• Jerzy A. Krysiak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1513–1517, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.150

• desulfinylated product 17 as the only product (Table 1, entry 3). However, the presence of a more electrophilic aryl ketone group in 19 caused that the reduction of carbonyl group took place, leading to alcohol 21 without desulfinylation (Table 1, entry 5). For comparison, for analogous carbonyl structures with

Chemoselective reduction of aldehydes by ruthenium trichloride and resin- bound formates

• Basudeb Basu,
• Bablee Mandal,
• Sajal Das,
• Pralay Das and
• Ashis K. Nanda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 53, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.53

• ® resins; chemoselectivity; hydrogen transfer; reduction of carbonyl group; ruthenium chloride; Introduction Reduction of carbonyl functionality by transition metal-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation (CTH) with the aid of a suitable hydrogen donor is a valuable synthetic tool and has proved to be a viable