Effect of substitution position of aryl groups on the thermal back reactivity of aza-diarylethene photoswitches and prediction by density functional theory

• Misato Suganuma,
• Daichi Kitagawa,
• Shota Hamatani and
• Seiya Kobatake

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 242–252, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.16

• confirmed that the colorless solution of N4(o) turned yellow upon irradiation with UV light and returned to the initial color upon removal of the irradiation. The photophysical properties of N3, N4, and I1–I4 are summarized in Table 1 together with the data of N1 and N2. Thermal back reactivity in n-hexane

• the absorption spectra upon UV irradiation. Notably, compound N4 turns bright yellow under UV light, adding a new color to the photochromic reaction of azadiarylethenes. The analysis of the thermal back reaction revealed activation parameters and highlighted the influence of the substitution position

• -hexane at 253 K for N3 and 203 K for I3: open-ring isomer (black line) and under irradiation at 365 nm (yellow line). (c) Photochromic reaction of N4 in n-hexane at room temperature ([N4] = 7.0 × 10−4 M). Absorbance decay curves and first-order kinetics profiles for (a,b) N3 and (d,e) I3 in n-hexane at

Synthesis, structure and π-expansion of tris(4,5-dehydro-2,3:6,7-dibenzotropone)

• Yongming Xiong,
• Xue Lin Ma,
• Shilong Su and
• Qian Miao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1–7, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.1

• analysis of it with X-ray crystallography. Interestingly, it is observed that tris(4,5-dehydro-2,3:6,7-dibenzotropone) crystallized from its solution in hexane resulting in colorless and yellow crystal polymorphs, where it adopts conformations of approximate Cs and C2 symmetry, respectively. Furthermore

• yellow crystals from the same solution. X-ray crystallography reveals that in the colorless crystal [27], compound 1 adopts a conformation with approximate Cs symmetry, with the plane of symmetry (σ) shown in the top view in Figure 2a. The structure of Cs-1 in this crystal is essentially the same as that

• ring of Cs-1 is essentially flat, exhibiting the largest torsion angle of 8.15° (C4–C5–C6–C1). Unlike the colorless crystal, the yellow crystal consists of conformers of 1 with approximate C2 symmetry [27]. They exist as a pair of enantiomers, namely, (P,M,P)-1 and (M,P,M)-1, where P and M represent

Efficient synthesis of fluorinated triphenylenes with enhanced arene–perfluoroarene interactions in columnar mesophases

• Yang Chen,
• Jiao He,
• Hang Lin,
• Hai-Feng Wang,
• Ping Hu,
• Bi-Qin Wang,
• Ke-Qing Zhao and
• Bertrand Donnio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3263–3273, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.270

• electronic structures of the triphenylenes, and their supramolecular arene–perfluoroarene slipped stacks (J-aggregate) result in G66 with orange-yellow color fluorescence in the solid state. Fluorotriphenylene derivatives and their nonfluorinated homologs obtained by SNFAr from 2,2'-dilithio-4,4',5,5

Tunable full-color dual-state (solution and solid) emission of push–pull molecules containing the 1-pyrindane moiety

• Anastasia I. Ershova,
• Sergey V. Fedoseev,
• Konstantin V. Lipin,
• Mikhail Yu. Ievlev,
• Oleg E. Nasakin and
• Oleg V. Ershov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3016–3025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.251

• the E-configuration. Spectral–luminescence properties Compounds 1 form colored crystals, from pale-yellow (i.e., 1a) to almost black (i.e., 1h). They are soluble and luminescent in most common organic solvents. Solvatochromism of stilbazole 1c, containing a para-methoxy group, was studied first (see

Tailored charge-neutral self-assembled L₂Zn₂ container for taming oxalate

• David Ocklenburg and
• David Van Craen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3007–3015, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.250

• yellow solid from this process in quantitative yield and the complex is soluble in DMSO as intended. The signal of the methylene group (Hf) adjacent to the quinolate moiety shows splitting upon complex formation (Figures S3 and S4 in Supporting Information File 1). This observation is a known indication

N-Glycosides of indigo, indirubin, and isoindigo: blue, red, and yellow sugars and their cancerostatic activity

• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2840–2869, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.240

• their activity against various types of cancer. N-Glycosides of indigo, indirubin, and isoindigo, blue, red, and yellow sugars, turned out to be of special interest because of their high cancerostatic activity and structural novelty. The present article provides an account on the synthesis and

• ][9][10]. In this context, the best CDK2 inhibitory activities were observed for indirubin-derived oximes [11]. Yellow colored isoindigo received a lot of attention as constituent of polymers applied as semi-conducting materials, organic light emitting materials (OLED), and for related applications

• , indirubin, and isoindigo which can be regarded as blue, red, and yellow sugars, respectively. Review Indigo-N-glycosides (blue sugars) In 2002, Laatsch and Maskey reported the isolation of the akashins A, B and C, indigo-N-glycosides, from terrestric Streptomyces (Scheme 2) [17][18]. These natural products

Synthesis of tricarbonylated propargylamine and conversion to 2,5-disubstituted oxazole-4-carboxylates

• Kento Iwai,
• Akari Hikasa,
• Kotaro Yoshioka,
• Shinki Tani,
• Kazuto Umezu and
• Nagatoshi Nishiwaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2827–2833, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.238

• ), the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate 70:30, Rf 0.55) to afford diethyl 2-[(4-methylbenzoyl)amino]-2-(phenylethynyl)propanedioate (4a, 122 mg, 0.31 mmol, 78% yield) as yellow oil. 1H NMR (400

Investigation of a bimetallic terbium(III)/copper(II) chemosensor for the detection of aqueous hydrogen sulfide

• Parvathy Mini,
• Michael R. Grace,
• Genevieve H. Dennison and
• Kellie L. Tuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2818–2826, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.237

• equation; LoD = yB + 3sB. yB is the signal associated with the blank and sB corresponds to the standard deviation of the blank [22][23]. LoD: [Tb.1·3Cu]3+ 0.63 μM, λem = 544 nm. Previously reported lanthanide complexes [12][16][17]. Absorption (red line), excitation (yellow line, λem = 615 nm), and

Synthesis of spiroindolenines through a one-pot multistep process mediated by visible light

• Francesco Gambuti,
• Jacopo Pizzorno,
• Chiara Lambruschini,
• Renata Riva and
• Lisa Moni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2722–2731, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.230

• °C at 451 nm (blue LEDs) under magnetic stirring for 24 h. The reaction mixture was treated with Et3N (3 equiv, 1.44 mmol, 200 µL), concentrated and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel with PE/Et2O (from 85:15 to 75:25) to give 3a (121 mg, 61%), as yellow oil; IR (ATR) ν̃

Synthesis of fluoroalkenes and fluoroenynes via cross-coupling reactions using novel multihalogenated vinyl ethers

• Yukiko Karuo,
• Keita Hirata,
• Atsushi Tarui,
• Kazuyuki Sato,
• Kentaro Kawai and
• Masaaki Omote

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2691–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.226

• purified by column chromatography and preparative TLC (hexane only), and obtained in 96% yield (122.0 mg) as a pale yellow oil; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.04–7.22 (m, 2H), 7.26–7.50 (m, 6H), 7.55–7.69 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) δ 101.4 (d, J = 30.9 Hz), 102.5 (d, J = 48.0 Hz), 116.5 (d, J = 3.8 Hz

• chromatography and preparative TLC to afford 3. (3-Chloro-4-fluoro-4-phenoxybut-3-en-1-yn-1-yl)trimethylsilane (3a): Reaction time was 19 h. 3a was purified by column chromatography (pentane only), and obtained in 80% yield (107.2 mg) as a yellow oil; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 0.13 (s) and 0.24 (s) (9H), 7.08 (d

Photoluminescence color-tuning with polymer-dispersed fluorescent films containing two fluorinated diphenylacetylene-type fluorophores

• Kazuki Kobayashi,
• Shigeyuki Yamada,
• Motohiro Yasui and
• Tsutomu Konno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2682–2690, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.225

• and effective luminescence color-tuning method is proposed to investigate the photoluminescence behavior of two-component polymer dispersion films blended with two types of fluorinated diphenylacetylenes, namely blue- and yellow- or red-fluorescent fluorinated diphenylacetylenes. It is confirmed that

• if blue and green–yellow or yellow fluorophores are blended in appropriate ratios, a binary blend with color coordinates (0.20, 0.32) can be achieved, which approaches the white point of pure white emission. These findings contribute to the development of effective lighting and display devices as new

• has been severely delayed [4][5][6]. However, since Tang et al. first reported the aggregation-induced emission phenomenon in 2001 [7], the development of solid-state light-emitting materials has accelerated significantly [8][9][10]. Many photoluminescent materials that emit blue, green, and yellow

The scent gland composition of the Mangshan pit viper, Protobothrops mangshanensis

• Jonas Holste,
• Paul Weldon,
• Donald Boyer and
• Stefan Schulz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2644–2654, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.222

• column chromatography [28]. Yellow oil: 1.95 g (45% over 2 steps); 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ 9.64 (s, 1H), 3.68 (s, 3H), 2.40 (m, 3H), 2.07 (m, 1H), 1.70 (m, 1H), 1.13 (d, J = 7 Hz, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3, 75 MHz) δ 200.9, 173.4, 51.6, 45.5, 31.2, 25.3, 13.2; EIMS (70 eV) m/z (%): 116 (10), 113 (15), 112

Applications of microscopy and small angle scattering techniques for the characterisation of supramolecular gels

• Connor R. M. MacDonald and
• Emily R. Draper

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2608–2634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.220

Efficient modification of peroxydisulfate oxidation reactions of nitrogen-containing heterocycles 6-methyluracil and pyridine

• Alfiya R. Gimadieva,
• Yuliya Z. Khazimullina,
• Aigiza A. Gilimkhanova and
• Akhat G. Mustafin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2599–2607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.219

• brown color. After recrystallization from ethanol, 1.11 g (90%) of pyridine 9 were obtained as a light yellow powder. Mp 108–110 °С; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 6.16 (dd, 1H, С5H), 6.38 (d, 1H, С3H), 7.38 (d, 1H, С6H), 7.40 (dd, 1H, С4H), 11.5 (s, 1H, C1-OH); 13С NMR (CDCl3) δ 104.8 (С4), 119.7 (С3), 135.2 (С6

Synthesis and cytotoxicity studies of novel N-arylbenzo[h]quinazolin-2-amines

• Battini Veeraiah,
• Kishore Ramineni,
• Dabbugoddu Brahmaiah,
• Nangunoori Sampath Kumar,
• Hélène Solhi,
• Rémy Le Guevel,
• Chada Raji Reddy,
• Frédéric Justaud and
• René Grée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2592–2598, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.218

• reduced pressure to afford crude compound 2 as pale-yellow solid (65% yield). Its NMR data are in agreement with literature [5]. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6, δ ppm) 10.49 (s, 1H), 8.26 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 8.10 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.90 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.84–7.74 (m, 3H). Step 2: Synthesis of benzo[h

Base-promoted cascade recyclization of allomaltol derivatives containing an amide fragment into substituted 3-(1-hydroxyethylidene)tetronic acids

• Andrey N. Komogortsev,
• Constantine V. Milyutin and
• Boris V. Lichitsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2585–2591, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.217

• -ylidene)furan-2,4(3H,5H)-dione (4a). Pale yellow powder; yield 62% (0.25 g); mp 121–123 °C; 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.31–7.13 (m, 5H), 4.34 (t, J = 7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.74 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H), 2.56–2.48 (m, 2H in DMSO), 2.46 (s, 3H), 2.14 (t, J = 11.8 Hz, 2H), 1.64–1.54 (m, 3H), 1.41–1.09 (m, 5H); 13C NMR

Anion-dependent ion-pairing assemblies of triazatriangulenium cation that interferes with stacking structures

• Yohei Haketa,
• Takuma Matsuda and
• Hiromitsu Maeda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2567–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.215

• ) packing structures and (ii) enlarged views for the columnar structures. In (i), cation and anion are represented in cyan and magenta colors, respectively. In (ii), brown, pink, yellow, blue, yellow green, orange, and green (spherical) refer to carbon, hydrogen, boron, nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, and

• +-Cl−, (b) 2+-BF4−, and (c) 2+-PF6−. Atom color code: yellow, green, orange, and green (spherical) refer to boron, fluorine, phosphorus, and chlorine, respectively. (i) Single-crystal X-ray structures and (ii) interaction energies for the pairs (a) 2+-Cl−, (b) 2+-BF4−, and (c) 2+-PF6−. In (i), the

• cation and the anion are represented in cyan and magenta colors, respectively. Hirshfeld surface analysis mapped with dnorm of closely contacted ion pairs: (a) 2+-B(C6F5)4− and (b) 2+-PCCp−. Atom color code: brown, yellow, blue, and green refer to carbon, boron, nitrogen, and fluorine, respectively. (i

Phenylseleno trifluoromethoxylation of alkenes

• Clément Delobel,
• Armen Panossian,
• Gilles Hanquet,
• Frédéric R. Leroux,
• Fabien Toulgoat and
• Thierry Billard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2434–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.207

• addition of DNTFB and quickly turns yellow). Then, the tube is opened and PhSeBr (118 mg, 0.5 mmol, 1 equiv) is added in one portion. The resulting reaction mixture is stirred in the same ice bath for 15 minutes. Then, the tube is opened and the alkene (1, 0.5 mmol, 1 equiv) is added. The reaction is

Finding the most potent compounds using active learning on molecular pairs

• Zachary Fralish and
• Daniel Reker

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2152–2162, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.185

• ) highlighting molecules identified in the first 45 iterations for (A) AD-CP, (B) Chemprop (CP), and (C) random selection (Random). Top ten percentile most potent compounds are shown as stars and identified compounds are highlighted in yellow. The number of times a model ‘jumps’ from one cluster to another is

• receptor) highlighting molecules identified in the first 45 iterations for (A) AD-XGB, (B) XGBoost (XGB), and (C) Random Forest (RF). Top ten percentile most potent compounds are shown as stars and identified compounds are highlighted in yellow. The number of times a model ‘jumps’ from one cluster to

Allostreptopyrroles A–E, β-alkylpyrrole derivatives from an actinomycete Allostreptomyces sp. RD068384

• Marwa Elsbaey,
• Naoya Oku,
• Mohamed S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb and
• Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1981–1987, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.174

• chromatography followed by ODS HPLC to yield compounds 1–5. Allostreptopyrrole A (1) was obtained as a greenish yellow amorphous solid. The molecular formula was determined to be C15H23NO4 based on a molecular ion peak at m/z 280.1550 [M − H]− (calcd for 280.1554) observed in a negative HRESITOF mass spectrum

• provided a methoxycarbonyl (–COOMe) fragment. Finally, this fragment was placed at C2 by an HMBC correlation from H5 to C6 to complete the gross structure of 1. Both compounds 2 and 3 were obtained as greenish yellow amorphous and their molecular formula were suggested to be the same as that of 1 from

• total 6.5 mg of 1, 3.1 mg of 2, 2.6 mg of 3, 7.2 mg of 4, and 5.6 mg of 5 from 12 L culture. Allostreptopyrrole A (1): greenish yellow amorphous solid; UV (MeOH) λmax nm (log ε) 234 (3.86), 273 sh (3.44); IR (ATR) νmax: 3275, 2964, 2928, 2855, 1658, 1554, 1418 cm−1; 1H and 13C NMR data, see Table 1

The Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction in its maturity: innovation and improvements since its 21st birthday (2019–2023)

• Cristina Martini,
• Muhammad Idham Darussalam Mardjan and
• Andrea Basso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1839–1879, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.162

Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis: current approaches toward the integration of chemical and enzymatic transformations

• Ryo Tanifuji and
• Hiroki Oguri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1693–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.151

• diversity-oriented synthesis. Targeted natural products and key enzymatic transformations in the chemo-enzymatic total syntheses featured in this review. Enzymatically formed bonds or units are highlighted in yellow. Biosynthetic pathway to brassicicenes in Pseudocercospora fijiensis [14]. (A) Cyclization

Methyltransferases from RiPP pathways: shaping the landscape of natural product chemistry

• Maria-Paula Schröder,
• Isabel P.-M. Pfeiffer and
• Silja Mordhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1652–1670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.147

• /aspartimide to isoaspartate. The methyl group is highlighted in blue. The reverse reaction with isoaspartate as substrate of PAMTs is also known. Structural organisation of the OphMA homodimer. A) Schematic representation. The MT domain is coloured in blue; the leader peptide is coloured in yellow, and the

Generation of multimillion chemical space based on the parallel Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction

• Evgen V. Govor,
• Vasyl Naumchyk,
• Ihor Nestorak,
• Dmytro S. Radchenko,
• Dmytro Dudenko,
• Yurii S. Moroz,
• Olexiy D. Kachkovsky and
• Oleksandr O. Grygorenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1604–1613, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.143

• molecules to be similar. In this way, data visualization becomes possible since similar molecules will likely have close values of t-SNE1 and t-SNE2. As apparent from Figure 7, there is a small overlap between the GBB chemical space (yellow datapoints) with all four databases of comparison (blue data points

• yellow. Distribution of maximal values among pairwise-calculated Tanimoto similarities T (MFP2 fingerprints [46]) of extended Bemis–Murcko scaffolds for the generated chemical space members (5.60 Mln. scaffolds) to the extended Bemis–Murcko scaffolds of A) ChEMBL compounds (v. 33); B) PubChem compounds

Mining raw plant transcriptomic data for new cyclopeptide alkaloids

• Draco Kriger,
• Michael A. Pasquale,
• Brigitte G. Ampolini and
• Jonathan R. Chekan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1548–1559, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.138

• lack an oxidative decarboxylation of the C-terminus (Figure 3, arabipeptin A). Our transcriptome mining results further support the prevalence of cyclopeptide alkaloids in the Rubiaceae family. Chiococca alba (Snowberry), Cinchona calisaya (Yellow Cinchona), Gardenia jasminoides (Cape Jasmine), C