Substitution reactions in the acenaphthene analog of quino[7,8-h]quinoline and an unusual synthesis of the corresponding acenaphthylenes by tele-elimination

• Ekaterina V. Kolupaeva,
• Narek A. Dzhangiryan,
• Alexander F. Pozharskii,
• Oleg P. Demidov and
• Valery A. Ozeryanskii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 243–253, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.24

• between (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S22). Flat dipyridoacenaphthylene cations 8H+ give a denser packing, which, with an interplanar distance of only 3.328 Å, is the closest among all the studied compounds. Conclusion Using single crystal XRD technique, dipyridoacenaphthene tetrafluoroborate

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

• single crystal XRD. Compound 43 formed stable cation radicals upon adding different oxidising agents, such as AgSbF6, TFA, and CuCl2. The cation radicals showed relative stability and remained undeteriorated on air for over a week. The crowned porphyrinoids incorporating two pyrroloindole units 44 were

Green synthesis of C5–C6-unsubstituted 1,4-DHP scaffolds using an efficient Ni–chitosan nanocatalyst under ultrasonic conditions

• Soumyadip Basu,
• Sauvik Chatterjee,
• Suman Ray,
• Suvendu Maity,
• Prasanta Ghosh,
• Asim Bhaumik and
• Chhanda Mukhopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 133–142, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.14

• with this methodology, as shown in Figure 5. The synthesized products were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HRMS, and melting point analysis. The structure of the compounds was also confirmed by single-crystal XRD analysis of 4a (CCDC1949329, Figure 6). Plausible mechanism A plausible reaction

Synthesis of 1-indolyl-3,5,8-substituted γ-carbolines: one-pot solvent-free protocol and biological evaluation

• Premansh Dudhe,
• Mena Asha Krishnan,
• Kratika Yadav,
• Diptendu Roy,
• Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah,
• Biswarup Pathak and
• Venkatesh Chelvam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1453–1463, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.101

• derivative 3ac (10 nM, 100 nM, 1 μM, 10 μM, and 100 μM), the cellular uptake and distribution was monitored by using confocal microscopy (λex = 405 nm; λem range = 420–470 nm). Selected examples of compounds containing the γ-carboline core. Single-crystal XRD structure of 3ac (CCDC: 1897787). UV–vis

• various cancer cell lines. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 194: Copies of 1H, 13C NMR spectra of 1a–h, 3aa–ac, 3ba–bc, 3da, 3ea, 3ga, 12a–b, 12e–f, 12i, 14d, 14g and 15, UV calibration curves in different organic solvents for γ-carboline 3ac, and single-crystal XRD data of 3ac

Ultrasound-assisted Strecker synthesis of novel 2-(hetero)aryl-2-(arylamino)acetonitrile derivatives

• Emese Gal,
• Luiza Gaina,
• Hermina Petkes,
• Alexandra Pop,
• Castelia Cristea,
• Gabriel Barta,
• Dan Cristian Vodnar and
• Luminiţa Silaghi-Dumitrescu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2929–2936, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.242

• that the C-(hetero)aryl-α-(arylamino)acetonitrile derivatives can be considered genotoxically safe and possibly antimutagenic. Keywords: Ames test; α-aminoacetonitriles; ferrocene; phenothiazine; SEM; single crystal XRD; sonochemistry; Introduction Sonochemistry can be considered as a major

Synthesis of benzo[d]imidazo[2,1-b]benzoselenoazoles: Cs₂CO₃-mediated cyclization of 1-(2-bromoaryl)benzimidazoles with selenium

• Mio Matsumura,
• Yuki Kitamura,
• Arisa Yamauchi,
• Yoshitaka Kanazawa,
• Yuki Murata,
• Tadashi Hyodo,
• Kentaro Yamaguchi and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2029–2035, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.199

• was fully characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and HRMS, and further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The ORTEP drawing and packing structure of 2a obtained from the single crystal XRD analysis are illustrated in Figure 1. The crystal structure contained two

Mechanochemical Knoevenagel condensation investigated in situ

• Sebastian Haferkamp,
• Franziska Fischer,
• Werner Kraus and
• Franziska Emmerling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2010–2014, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.197

• excitation wavelength was 785 nm. A typical measurement consists of five accumulated recordings for 5 s. A new measurement was started every 30 s. Single crystal X-ray diffraction: Single crystal XRD measurements were performed on a D8 Venture diffractometer (Bruker AXS, Germany) using Mo Kα radiation (λ

Multicomponent synthesis of spiropyrrolidine analogues derived from vinylindole/indazole by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction

• Manjunatha Narayanarao,
• Lokesh Koodlur,
• Vijayakumar G. Revanasiddappa,
• Subramanya Gopal and
• Susmita Kamila

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2893–2897, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.288

• carbon atoms were found to be syn oriented. ORTEP representation of compounds 7a and 7f obtained by single crystal XRD study. Synthesis of N-alkyl vinylindoles and N-alkyl vinylindazoles (3). Retrosynthetic strategy used for the synthesis of 7 and 8. Synthesis of spiropyrrolidine compounds 7a–k and 8a

• structures from the single crystal XRD data. We thank Dr. Narendra N, UCS, TU for language correction and proof reading.

Synthesis and structure of trans-bis(1,4-dimesityl-3-methyl-1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene)palladium(II) dichloride and diacetate. Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of polybromoarenes with high catalytic turnover efficiencies

• Jeelani Basha Shaik,
• Venkatachalam Ramkumar,
• Babu Varghese and
• Sethuraman Sankararaman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 698–704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.79

• dihedral angle of 55.47°. The mesityl rings are also significantly twisted out of plane with respect to the triazolylidene rings in 1 compared to the twist of the phenyl rings in 3. The structure of 2 was also unambiguously established by single-crystal XRD data. Crystals suitable for XRD were grown by

A facile, rapid, one-pot regio/stereoselective synthesis of 2-iminothiazolidin-4-ones under solvent/scavenger-free conditions

• Murugan Sathishkumar,
• Sangaraiah Nagarajan,
• Poovan Shanmugavelan,
• Murugan Dinesh and
• Alagusundaram Ponnuswamy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 689–697, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.78

• the reaction was very rapid affording the product 4f in 15–20 min (Table 1, entries 7 and 8) compared to 2–6 h (Table 1, entries 1–6) in solvents. The structure of the product 4f was assigned as (Z)-2-(2-phenylcyclohex-2-enylimino)-3-p-tolylthiazolidin-4-one based on the single-crystal XRD data [28