{"title":"Water-Mediated Electrochemical Sulfonylation of Alkynes: Switchable Access to Alkynyl versus Alkenyl Sulfones.","authors":"Ziyan Gu, Feng Zhao, Bin Song, Yiwen Hao, Bingcheng Hu, Chong Zhang","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.6c01796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6c01796","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A novel electrochemical oxidative sulfonylation method has been established for the selective, sustainable synthesis of alkynyl and alkenyl sulfones from alkynes and thiophenols. In this method, water serves as both the hydrogen and oxygen sources, while the current intensity and the water dosage can be readily tuned to control the reaction outcome. Importantly, the transformation proceeds under mild conditions without the use of metal catalysts or hazardous oxidants. The protocol also exhibits broad substrate scope and excellent functional-group compatibility. Mechanistic investigations support a radical-mediated pathway, and the practical utility of the method was further demonstrated by gram-scale synthesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Base-Promoted Hydrophosphorylation of Enaminones for the Synthesis of Geminal Phosphoryl Amino Ketones.","authors":"Gengxin Li, Quanquan Zhou, Xi Li, Jie-Ping Wan","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.6c01748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6c01748","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The direct hydrophosphorylation reaction of NH-enaminones has been achieved by simple base promotion with diaryl phosphine oxides as reaction partners. The synthesis of divergent β-phosphoryl-β-amino ketones has been allowed under mild heating (30 °C) in a green medium of 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran (2-MeTHF) without employing any metal reagent.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149190284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonconventional Liquid Crystals with a Helicene-Containing Core: Synthesis, Columnar Mesomorphism, Photoluminescence, and Electron Conductivity.","authors":"Bing Yan, Yu Luo, Chong-Yang Zeng, Hui-Min Pan, Xiao-Yan Bai, Bo Xiao, Ke-Qing Zhao, Bertrand Donnio","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.6c01332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6c01332","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nonconventional mesogens featuring a [5]helicene aromatic core (i.e., 11,20-difluorotribenzo[c,k,m]naphtho[1,2-f]tetraphene, BNAn) were synthesized by two successive BuLi-assisted SNAr reactions in good yields. These tandem reactions involve an initial SNAr reaction between perfluorobenzene (C6F6) and racemic 2,2'-dibromo-1,1'-binaphthalene, followed by a second SNAr reaction with lipophilic 2,2'-dibromo-1,1'-biphenyls, respectively. These Janus-like mesogens, bearing four alkoxy chains only, exhibit exceptionally rich columnar-based mesomorphism, ranging from Colhex and Colrec to LamColrec mesophases via increasing chain-length over wide temperature ranges, extending down to room temperature. They emit light at 450 nm with a 27% quantum yield in solution, and their solid-film electron mobility reaches ca. 10-3 cm2/V s. These findings highlight the promise of these novel helicene-inspired mesogens for advanced optoelectronic thin-film devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade 5-exo-dig Annulation and Amination for Assembly of Amino-Functionalized Trisubstituted Furans.","authors":"Qiang Tang, Shuwen Kong, Wangcheng Hu, Suolan Zheng, Xiaochun Jiang, Yongjia Shang, Xinwei He","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.6c02023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6c02023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A novel route for the preparation of trisubstituted furans with an amino functional group is presented as a palladium-catalyzed cascade 5-exo-dig annulation/amination reaction of α-alkynyl-α,β-enones with N-hydroxybenzamides. The reaction proceeds through a cascade sequence of intramolecular 5-exo-dig annulation, amination, Lossen rearrangement, and decarboxylation, forming two new C-X (X = O, N) bonds in a one-step transformation. This cascade protocol features a wide substrate range and outstanding functional group compatibility and allows an efficient large-scale synthesis and downstream transformations of the target products.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visible-Light-Driven C-H Arylation of Aminoquinones with Diaryliodonium Salts.","authors":"Anam Nawaz, Shaozhong Wang","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.6c01717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6c01717","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A visible-light-driven C-H arylation of 2-amino-1,4-naphthoquinones with diaryliodonium salts has been developed using 10-phenylphenothiazine (PTH) as a photocatalyst. Mechanistic studies reveal that aminoquinone serves both as the substrate and as an electron shuttle in the electron transfer from PTH to the diaryliodonium salts. The combination of this photo-driven C-H arylation with an intramolecular SNAr cyclization provides a streamlined route to carbazolequinone scaffolds, significantly facilitating the synthesis of medicinally relevant tetracyclic architectures.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liam E. Claton,K. Harsha Vardhan Reddy,Eric E. Simanek
{"title":"Engineering Intramolecular\u0000Hydrogen Bond Networks\u0000to Access Ensembles of Conformational Isomers of 24-Atom Macrocycles:\u0000Computation Corroborates Assignments and Predicts Structure","authors":"Liam E. Claton,K. Harsha Vardhan Reddy,Eric E. Simanek","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.6c01634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6c01634","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Intramolecular hydrogen bond (IMHB) networks contribute to the shape and physical properties of macrocycles. Understanding and ultimately engineering these networks represents a challenge to the field, both experimentally and computationally. Here, 24-atom triazine macrocycles are used as a model system to probe how a competing IMHB network can influence ensemble populations. Substitution distant from the macrocycle backbone offers an opportunity for introducing a competitive hydrogen bond donor. In its absence, incorporating symmetric and unsymmetric 2° amines leads to one and three persistent conformational isomers, respectively. Incorporation of a 1° amine leads to a competing IMHB network. Five persistent conformational isomers are observed. Computation corroborates assignment of the known conformers and predicts the structure of the emergent isomer: An expanded hinge conformer joins the hinge and non-hinge shapes previously reported. Corroborating evidence comes from H/D exchange of a methylene group on the macrocycle backbone, allowing for interpretation of a critical region of the 1H NMR spectrum. This five-conformer ensemble appears to be independent of the 1° amine chosen based on evidence obtained from 13C NMR spectra.","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.354,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149210342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}