Nikos Siakavaras, Michael G. Kallitsakis, Evangelos G. Bakalbassis, Michael M. Sigalas, Ioannis N. Lykakis
{"title":"Front Cover: Methanol-Mediated One-Pot Transformation of Benzonitriles to Five and Six-Membered Heterocycles: Synthesis and Mechanistic Approach (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 41/2024)","authors":"Nikos Siakavaras, Michael G. Kallitsakis, Evangelos G. Bakalbassis, Michael M. Sigalas, Ioannis N. Lykakis","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202484101","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejoc.202484101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Front Cover</b> shows methanolic media as a vehicle for a green, one-pot and metal-free synthetic approach to 5- and 6-membered N-heterocycle clusters, starting with benzonitriles and different available diamines and amino alcohols. The dual role of methanol as solvent and as mediated agent is supported by mechanistic and theoretical studies. More information can be found in the Research Article by I. N. Lykakis and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202400601).\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":"27 41","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejoc.202484101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142599129","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}
Elena Badetti , Vega Lloveras , Melvin Raulin , Francesca A. Scaramuzzo , Jaume Veciana , José Vidal‐Gancedo , Giulia Licini , Cristiano Zonta
{"title":"Synthesis and EPR Studies of Zinc and Copper Tris(2‐pyridylmethyl)amines (TPMA) Metal Complexes Containing TEMPO Functionalities","authors":"Elena Badetti , Vega Lloveras , Melvin Raulin , Francesca A. Scaramuzzo , Jaume Veciana , José Vidal‐Gancedo , Giulia Licini , Cristiano Zonta","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202400384","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejoc.202400384","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A new family of stable radical‐containing polytopic ligands based on tris(2‐pyridylmethyl)amines TPMA architecture and their corresponding metal complexes have been synthesized. These molecular systems offered the possibility to investigate how various spin carriers, such as the metal ion and the organic radical, influence their EPR properties mainly through the empirical ratio of peak heights <em>d<sub>1</sub>/d</em>. Moreover, it has been possible to analyze how different conformations of TEMPO radical units in the molecular skeleton affect the metallic system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"27 42","pages":"Article e202400384"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142663295","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}
Lavina Gladis Serrao, S. Naveenkumar, Mahagundappa R. Maddani
{"title":"Addition of Sydnones to para‐Quinone Methides: Selective 1,6‐Additions and Oxidative C−H Functionalizations","authors":"Lavina Gladis Serrao, S. Naveenkumar, Mahagundappa R. Maddani","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202400703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202400703","url":null,"abstract":"Cu(OTf)<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> catalysed 1,6‐addition and oxidative C−H functionalization of <jats:italic>p</jats:italic>‐quinone methides with sydnones is developed. Diversely substituted triarylmethanes and quinones have been synthesized in good to excellent yields in short reaction time. Further, the antioxidant activity of some of the synthesised triarylmethanes was investigated using DPPH assay and the compounds show good antioxidant property.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142599130","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}
Rukiya Matsidik, Hartmut Komber, Paul Burkhard, Daniel Beer, Carsten Deibel, Michael Sommer
{"title":"Acceptor End‐functionalization of Naphthalenediimide Bithiophene Oligomers","authors":"Rukiya Matsidik, Hartmut Komber, Paul Burkhard, Daniel Beer, Carsten Deibel, Michael Sommer","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202400751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202400751","url":null,"abstract":"Oligomeric materials combine advantageous properties of both their small molecule and polymeric counterparts. Utilizing oligomers as non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs) has been shown to be extremely useful for the development of organic solar cells with high efficiency, reproducible performance and long‐term stability. Here we report on two series of synthetically simple acceptor‐terminated oligomers A−T2‐(NDI−T2)<jats:sub>n</jats:sub>‐A with naphthalene diimide (NDI) and bithiophene (T2) cores up to the trimer (n =1,2,3). Termination of the oligomers is done using the strong acceptors (A) dicyanomethylene‐indanone (IC) and rhodanine (RD). Upon acceptor termination in the presence of piperidine (pip) as base, oligomers with pip‐substituted tricyclic end groups are obtained in high yield. We investigate the effect of oligomer length and acceptor end group on opto‐electronic properties and crystallinity. Both IC‐ and RD‐termination increase electron affinity compared to the parent, non‐functionalized cores. UV‐vis absorption in solution slightly redshifts as the chain length increases without showing a distinct aggregation. Asymmetric termination with hexylphenyl‐substituted indacenodithiophene (IDT) and IC is also possible. All symmetric oligomers show a strong tendency for crystallization, with the oligomer having the tricyclic end group exhibiting the highest melting enthalpy and temperature. The asymmetric IDT−T2‐NDI−T2‐IC oligomer is amorphous.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142596778","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":"Structurally Innovative Benzimidazole‐fused Ionic Organoselenium Compounds: Prevalence of Se···N/Se Chalcogen Bonds with the Selenocyanate Receptor","authors":"Krishna Pada Bhabak, Kaustav Banerjee, Abu Sufian","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202401245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202401245","url":null,"abstract":"The non‐covalent interactions in molecules play important roles towards their applications in various aspects such as molecular recognition, catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, structural biology, pharmacology etc. Interestingly, among various non‐bonding interactions, chalcogen bonding (ChB) has been extensively studied in different facets of crystal engineering over the last several years. The present study demonstrates the presence of Se···N or Se···Se ChB in the benzimidazole‐fused cyclic selenazonium selenocyanates (6‐8), cyclic selenazinium selenocyanates (9‐10) and the acyclic benzimidazolium analogs having two different types of selenocyanate units (11‐12). The final organoselenium compounds were synthesized from benzimidazole in several steps in reasonably good yields. The single crystal X‐ray structures of the compounds revealed that both the N atom and Se atom of the negatively charged SeCN unit act as ChB acceptors in building the Se···N or Se···Se ChB interactions along with the additional hydrogen bonding (HB) interactions. Moreover, the structural optimization and natural bond orbital (NBO) analyses were carried out using density functional theory (DFT) to calculate the natural charges on different Se centers and the strength of second‐order perturbation energy (E2) for the ChB interactions. Finally, electrostatic potential surface (SEP) of the compounds was developed to visualize the formation of σ‐holes.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142596796","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}
Haoyu Chen, Dongqing Wu, Julian Holzinger, Rainer Götz, Dorian Didier, Anne K Schütz, Sabine Schneider, Pavel Kielkowski
{"title":"Aryl Radicals Generated from Aryl Pinacol Boronates Modify Peptides and Proteins","authors":"Haoyu Chen, Dongqing Wu, Julian Holzinger, Rainer Götz, Dorian Didier, Anne K Schütz, Sabine Schneider, Pavel Kielkowski","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202401246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202401246","url":null,"abstract":"We report here a distinct reaction, which generates aryl radicals from aryl pinacol boronates under mild aqueous conditions and can be used for peptide and protein modifications. The strategy leverages the versatile reactivity of aryl pinacol boronates to form aryl radicals in presence of ammonium persulfate (APS). The formed aryl radicals insert readily into peptide disulfide bonds while tolerating other functionalities. On the protein level, the reactivity extends beyond the disulfide bonds. The methodology benefits from the accessibility of starting aryl pinacol boronates, as well as biocompatible conditions. In contrast to conventional methods used for aryl radical generation, the strategy is metal‐free, does not require photoinduction and can be readily performed under aqueous conditions. The mechanism of the reactions was investigated by radical‐trapping experiments, spectroscopic analysis and oxygen scavenging. The presented approach broadens the application of aryl pinacol boronate esters in radical reactions.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142596777","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}
Yahya Al Ayi, Augustin Pirenam Atakpa, Cylia Arab, Maxime Lancel, Zacharias Amara
{"title":"Batch to Continuous Flow Visible‐Light Photooxidations Using Alumina Supported Hydroxyanthraquinones","authors":"Yahya Al Ayi, Augustin Pirenam Atakpa, Cylia Arab, Maxime Lancel, Zacharias Amara","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202400634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202400634","url":null,"abstract":"The discovery of new environmentally friendly recyclable photosensitizers is key to develop future applications in photooxidation chemistry. We report here the evaluation of a set of differently substituted biobased hydroxyanthraquinones in the context of visible light mediated singlet oxygen (<jats:sup>1</jats:sup>O<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>) photochemistry. This class of compounds is efficiently immobilized on alumina supports, which offers a simple way of removing them from the reaction mixture downstream. An integrated process using a flow reactor with a fixed catalytic bed is also evaluated and its performance is compared with homogeneous conditions.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142596779","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":"Benzofuroxan‐Based Energetic Materials with Alternating Nitro and Hydroxyl Groups: Synthesis, Characterization, and Energetic Properties","authors":"Atharva Tiwari, Krishna Pandey, Priyanka Das, Vikas D. Ghule, Dheeraj Kumar","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202400794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202400794","url":null,"abstract":"Due to its good stability, density and oxygen balance, the benzofuroxan fused ring framework has attracted particular attention in the field of high energy density materials. The planar structure of the benzofuroxan facilitates the straightforward derivatization with explosophores and contributes to molecular stability. In this work, a benzofuroxan scaffold was utilized to develop a highly dense energetic material, namely 5,7‐dihydroxy‐4,6‐dinitrobenzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazole 1‐oxide (DHDNBF). The successive inclusion of explosophores like nitro (−NO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>) and oxidative functionality like hydroxyl (−OH) on benzofuroxan resulted in an impressive density (ρ=1.91 g cm<jats:sup>−3</jats:sup>) and a positive oxygen balance (6.20 %) in DHDNBF (2). Furthermore, the hydroxy groups on DHDNBF enable the formation of dicationic energetic salts 3–7, contributing to additional modifications in the overall performance. Energetic salts 3, 4, and 5 exhibit significantly higher densities ranging from 1.84 (5) to 1.87 (3) g cm<jats:sup>−3</jats:sup> and possess a favorable oxygen balance approaching zero or equal to zero. A marked improvement in thermal stabilities was observed in all the energetic salts (3–7) compared to their neutral counterparts, DHDNBF. Energetic salts 4 (D<jats:sub>v</jats:sub>=8459 m s<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>, P=32.10 GPa) and 5 (D<jats:sub>v</jats:sub>=8539 m s<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>, P=30.37 GPa) possess good energetic performance, comparable to that of well‐known explosives such as LLM‐105 (D<jats:sub>v</jats:sub>=8560 m s<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>, P=33.4 GPa). Overall, the favorable characteristics of energetic salts 4 and 5 make them potential candidates for use as benzofuroxan‐based secondary and primary explosives, respectively, in various military and civilian applications.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142596782","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}
Valeria Lucero, Hugo do Carmo, Gabriel Fernández, Mauricio Cabrera, Macarena Eugui, Guillermo Moyna
{"title":"Homobarrelenones: Versatile Building Blocks for the Construction of Novel and Structurally Diverse Scaffolds","authors":"Valeria Lucero, Hugo do Carmo, Gabriel Fernández, Mauricio Cabrera, Macarena Eugui, Guillermo Moyna","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202400887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202400887","url":null,"abstract":"We describe the derivatization of tropolone‑based homobarrelenones through simple transformations, including catalytic hydrogenations, basic solvolysis, and hydride reductions. Despite being structurally complex and highly functionalized, the novel compounds had no significant cytotoxicity in sperm motility assays, underscoring the importance of Michael acceptor moieties in the biological activity of this class of compounds.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142596839","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}
Krisztián Bíró, Miklós Nyerges, Imre Pápai, Dániel Csókás
{"title":"Intermolecular Carbanion Attack on Nitro vs. Carbonyl Group: Experimental and Computational Studies","authors":"Krisztián Bíró, Miklós Nyerges, Imre Pápai, Dániel Csókás","doi":"10.1002/ejoc.202400612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202400612","url":null,"abstract":"Highly efficient one‐pot synthesis of a series of indeno[2,1‐b]quinolin‐6‐ones 10 and indolo[1,2‐b]isoquinoline‐6,12‐diones 12 is portrayed from easily accessible starting materials such as indan‐1‐ones 7 and 2‐nitrobenzaldehydes 9. The reaction mechanism studies by control experiments and computational analysis reveal that the reactions are initiated by attack of a conjugate base of indanones 7 to the aldehyde group or the adjacent nitro group of 2‐nitrobenzaldehydes 9 followed by intramolecular cyclization involving a second anion to furnish the appropriate products. The heterocyclic compounds were obtained in moderate to good yields.","PeriodicalId":167,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142596838","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}