{"title":"Photochemical Synthesis of 2,6‐Linked Anthracene Oligomers without Introducing Extra Substituents","authors":"Hironobu Hayashi, Noburu Tsunoda, Shoma Kasahara, Chie Negoro, Yee Seng Chan, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202500490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500490","url":null,"abstract":"Photoconvertible precursors of 2,6‐linked anthracene oligomers (trimer, tetramer, and pentamer) were synthesized through repeated Suzuki‐Miyaura cross‐coupling reactions. Upon exposure of these precursors to light at 450 nm, which correspond to the n–π* transition of diketone moieties, yellow precipitates were formed, suggesting the conversion to the corresponding anthracene oligomers from the precursors. The disappearance of 1H NMR peaks after photoirradiation indicated the formation of anthracene oligomers with less solubility. High‐resolution mass spectrometry evidently indicated the oligomer formations, and infrared spectral analysis for thin films showed the disappearance of peaks originating from the carbonyl groups, also supporting the conversion. The absorption spectra after photoirradiation indicated a red‐shift in the absorption peaks accompanying oligomer formations, suggesting an extension of the π‐conjugated system. The low solubility of the resulting anthracene oligomers in organic solvents highlights the effectiveness of this synthetic strategy using the photoconvertible precursor. This study provides a practical method to synthesize acene oligomers without the introduction of extra substituents.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davide Ricci, Andrea Maio, Christian Jahns, Elena Piacenza, Delia Francesca Chillura Martino, Roberto Scaffaro, Margit Schulze, Andrea Pace, Carla Rizzo, Ivana Pibiri
{"title":"Cover Feature: Amphiphilic Fluoro-Functionalized Cellulosic Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Organic Dye Adsorption Properties (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 20/2025)","authors":"Davide Ricci, Andrea Maio, Christian Jahns, Elena Piacenza, Delia Francesca Chillura Martino, Roberto Scaffaro, Margit Schulze, Andrea Pace, Carla Rizzo, Ivana Pibiri","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202582002","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejoc.202582002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Cover Feature</b> shows how cellulosic materials, derived from natural sources such as algae, were functionalized with fluorine. Fluoro-functionalized cellulosic materials were incorporated in alginate beads to remove organic pollutants from wastewater. Functionalization led to a three- to eightfold increase in the dye-removal efficiency; in addition the resulting functionalized-beads can be easily recycled for several cycles. More information can be found in the Research Article by C. Rizzo and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202500035).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"28 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejoc.202582002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"9,9-Bis(4-diphenylaminophenyl)fluorene Modified Naphthothiadiazoles as Ambipolar Non-doped Near-Infrared Emitters for High-Efficiency Electroluminescent Devices","authors":"Vinich Promarak, Phatsathorn Chonlateeroj, Rattanasiri Wannapakdee, Wijitra Waengdongbung, Phakjira Chaimongkol, Trirath Sukthawee, Taweesak Sudyoadsuk, Pisist Kumnorkaew","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202500413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500413","url":null,"abstract":"Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of efficient ambipolar charge-carrier transporting deep-red to near-infrared (NIR) fluorophores, namely MNTFT, PNTFT, and BMNTFT, based on an asymmetric donor-acceptor-donor' (D-A-D') structure, as well as their application as non-doped emitters in NIR organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The molecules comprise naphtho[2,3-c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (Nz) as a strong A, bis(4-diphenylaminophenyl)fluorene as D, and either diphenylamine or dimethylaminophenyl as D'. Both experimental and theoretical investigations confirm that they exhibit hybridized local and charge-transfer (HLCT) excited states, which enable the pathways for harvesting triplet hot exciton via high-lying reverse intersystem crossing (hRISC) with intense NIR emissions (∼708 nm). Their asymmetrical D-A-D' features benefit well-balanced hole and electron mobilities, resulting in a successful application as a non-doped emissive layer in the OLEDs with decent performance. Particularly, the MNTFT-based non-doped device shows an NIR emission with a peak at 710 nm, a high maximum external quantum efficiency (EQEmax) of 2.51%, and a low turn-on voltage of 3.2 V. These results represent a significant advancement in the development of NIR fluorescent materials and OLED devices, meeting key requirements for various applications.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisco J. Sierra-Molero, Alejandro Baeza, Diego A. Alonso, Hernan Rico-Trilles
{"title":"Metal‐Free HFIP‐Promoted Synthesis of Benzhydryl Derivatives from Stilbenes as Masked Electrophiles under Oxidative Conditions","authors":"Francisco J. Sierra-Molero, Alejandro Baeza, Diego A. Alonso, Hernan Rico-Trilles","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202500547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500547","url":null,"abstract":"Benzhydryl derivatives were synthesized by a new strategy involving the use of stilbenes as an electrophilic reaction partner through umpolung reactivity in a nucleophilic substitution reaction. The transformation, which requires oxidative treatment with mCPBA and the presence of 1,1,1,3,3,3‐hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) as an essential solvent and reaction promoter, occurs through multiple consecutive steps. Under these conditions, different benzhydryl derivatives were synthesized by coupling stilbenes with a variety of nitrogenated, oxygenated, and sulfur‐ and carbon‐based nucleophiles.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front Cover: Recent Developments for the Ring Opening of Pyrrolidines and Unstrained Cyclic Amines via C−N Bond Cleavage (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 20/2025)","authors":"Eisuke Ota, Junichiro Yamaguchi","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202582001","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejoc.202582001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Front Cover</b> represents recent advances in the C−N bond cleavage of pyrrolidines and other unstrained cyclic amines, as discussed in the Concept by E. Ota and J. Yamaguchi (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202401322). Inspired by origami, the image symbolizes C−N bond cleavage and skeletal remodeling, highlighting its transformative potential to generate structurally diverse amines and expand chemical space in organic synthesis.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"28 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejoc.202582001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nitrile N‐Oxide‐based Fluorescent Probe to Impart Aggregation‐Induced Emission to Alkenes","authors":"Yuki Oku, Ayaka Ito, Noriyuki Nakajima, Masahiro Hamada, Yasuhito Koyama","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202500526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500526","url":null,"abstract":"Fluorescent probes have been used extensively in chemical biology, allowing the visual observation of bioactive compounds. While many variations of fluorescent probes that react to polar functional groups have been developed, there are few fluorescent probes that directly modify less polar compounds. In this paper, pyrene‐containing nitrile N‐oxide (Pyrene‐NO) has been designed and synthesized as a fluorescent dye clickable to alkenes without a catalyst. Pyrene‐NO shows good reactivity to a terminal alkene, a polymer methacrylate, and a natural unsaturated lipid with internal alkenes to give the corresponding cycloadducts with pyrene as the fluorescent dye. The cycloadducts show aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) behaviors in a poor solvent. While the adducts to 1‐hexene or polymer methacrylate show AIE in water, the adduct to castor oil as a natural glycerolipid shows AIE in MeOH. The AIE behaviors are evidenced by the dependence of fluorescence intensity on the concentration and the enhanced fluorescence at 77 K compared with that at room temperature. It is suggested that aggregation of the cycloadduct in the poor solvent would kinetically suppress the non‐radiative deactivation of the excited state of pyrene based on interactions with oxygen, leading to an increase in fluorescence intensity.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"134 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dr. Yosuke Ashikari, Yiyue Yao, Takuma Kudo, Dr. Masahiro Takumi, Prof. Dr. Aiichiro Nagaki
{"title":"Front Cover: O-C Glycoside Rearrangement through Time-Controlled Electrochemical Flow Strategy: Switching between Kinetics and Thermodynamics (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 19/2025)","authors":"Dr. Yosuke Ashikari, Yiyue Yao, Takuma Kudo, Dr. Masahiro Takumi, Prof. Dr. Aiichiro Nagaki","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202581901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202581901","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Front Cover</b> illustrates a time-controlled O–C glycoside rearrangement in a flow microreactor. The hourglass symbolizes the second-scale time resolution achieved in the system, in which the top-to-bottom transition represents the conversion of kinetic <i>O</i>-glycoside to thermodynamic <i>C</i>-glycoside. This approach enables selective synthesis through precise reaction time control. More information can be found in the Research Article by A. Nagaki and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202500038).\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"28 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejoc.202581901","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144148442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stefano Barranco, Mauro Uras, Veronica Frau, Pierluigi Caboni, Régis Guillot, David J. Aitken, Angelo Frongia
{"title":"Synthesis of β-N-Heterocyclic-Cyclobutane-Fused Bicyclic γ-Lactones from 2-Hydroxycyclobutanone and Carboxamide-Bearing Wittig Reagents","authors":"Stefano Barranco, Mauro Uras, Veronica Frau, Pierluigi Caboni, Régis Guillot, David J. Aitken, Angelo Frongia","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202500332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500332","url":null,"abstract":"A cascade reaction has been established that enables access to structurally diverse 2-oxabicyclo[3.2.0]heptan-3-ones bearing a benzo[d]oxazol-2(3H)-one moiety at the bridgehead quaternary center in moderate to good yields in a single operation. The reaction illustrates the potential of 2-hydroxycyclobutanone as a substrate for the rapid preparation of unusual and complex molecular frameworks.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front Cover: Recent Advances in Chalcogenation of α-Amino Acids/Peptides: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 18/2025)","authors":"Raghunath Bag, Malobika Kar, Nagendra K. Sharma","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202581801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202581801","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Front Cover</b> illustrates the major significant strategies that have emerged for both C(sp<sup>2</sup>)–H and C(sp<sup>3</sup>)–H chalcogenation of <i>α</i>-amino acids and peptides. Among these approaches, efficient chalcogenation methodologies have been explored through various methods using transition-metal catalysts, photocatalysts, and metal-free strategies. Recent progress in this field is considered in the Review by N. K. Sharma and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202400513).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"28 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejoc.202581801","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144131543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viacheslav Lysenko, Anton Portiankin, Oleh Shyshlyk, Timur Savchenko, Kostiantyn Nazarenko, Alexander Kostyuk, Oleksandr V. Golovchenko, Volodymyr S. Brovarets, Oleksandr O. Grygorenko
{"title":"Front Cover: Multigram Synthesis of 3-Azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptane Derivatives Including Bicyclic Thalidomide Analogs (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 17/2025)","authors":"Viacheslav Lysenko, Anton Portiankin, Oleh Shyshlyk, Timur Savchenko, Kostiantyn Nazarenko, Alexander Kostyuk, Oleksandr V. Golovchenko, Volodymyr S. Brovarets, Oleksandr O. Grygorenko","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202581701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202581701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Front Cover</b> shows a wizard casting a conformational restriction spell onto a molecule of thalidomide. The magical transformation leads to a 3-azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptane derivative—a promising scaffold for potential drug-discovery applications. In their Research Article (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202400938), O. O. Grygorenko and co-authors describe a multigram synthetic approach toward such molecules (with almost no magic involved). In particular, a series of 1-substituted 3-azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes, that is, monoprotected diamine building blocks, thalidomide analogs, and troxipide mimetics, were prepared with high efficiency. Artwork by Vitalii Boklashchuk.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"28 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejoc.202581701","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144108950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}