{"title":"Cobalt-catalyzed regioselective diazidation of 1‑aryl-1,3-dienes enabled by a single electron transfer/radical addition/group transfer relay process","authors":"Chifan Zhu, Junju Mai, Xiao-Jing Li, Mingyuan Shi, Xiasen Dong, Huinan Fu, Mei-Hua Shen, Hua-Dong Xu","doi":"10.1039/d4qo02180k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo02180k","url":null,"abstract":"A novel cobalt-catalyzed 1,2-diazidation of 1‑aryl-1,3-dienes by using TMSN3 as azide source has been reported. A series of vicinal diazides containing unsaturated bonds that are amenable to further functionalization were synthesised with excellent regioselectivity and stereoselectivity under mild conditions. Preliminary mechanistic studies suggest that the reaction proceeds via a single electron transfer/radical addition/group transfer relay process.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142879894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diverse Enantioselective Synthesis of Hetero[7]helicenes via an Organocatalyzed Double Annulation Strategy","authors":"Tianren Qin, Wansen Xie, Wei Liu, Xiaoyu Yang","doi":"10.1039/d4qo02188f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo02188f","url":null,"abstract":"A highly efficient catalytic enantioselective double annulation protocol has been developed for the asymmetric synthesis of hetero[7]helicenes. This method involves a sequential chiral phosphoric acid (CPA)-catalyzed three-component double Povarov reaction with a pentacyclic diamine followed by aromatization, which yielded various bispyridine-containing hetero[7]helicenes with good yields and excellent enantioselectivity. Notably, two distinct oxidative aromatization methods have been developed to selectively afford hetero[7]helicenes with either mono-amido or bis-amido substitutions at the peri-positions. Extensive derivatizations of these chiral heterohelicene products, along with detailed studies of their photophysical and chiroptical properties, underscore the significance of this method.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"149 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142879897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuel Buendía, Anton J Stasyuk, Salvatore Filippone, Nazario Martín, Miquel Solà
{"title":"All-carbon supramolecular complexation of a bilayer molecular nanographene with [60] and [70]fullerenes","authors":"Manuel Buendía, Anton J Stasyuk, Salvatore Filippone, Nazario Martín, Miquel Solà","doi":"10.1039/d4qo02071e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo02071e","url":null,"abstract":"Supramolecular chemistry of carbon-based materials provides a variety of chemical structures with potential applications in materials science and biomedicine. Here, we explore the supramolecular complexation of fullerenes C<small><sub>60</sub></small> and C<small><sub>70,</sub></small> highlighting the ability of molecular nanographene tweezers to capture these structures. The binding constant for the <strong>CNG-1⸧C<small><sub>70</sub></small></strong> complex was significantly higher than for <strong>CNG-1⸧C<small><sub>60</sub></small></strong>, showing a clear selectivity for the more π-extended C<small><sub>70</sub></small>. DFT calculations confirmed these experimental results by showing that the interaction energy of C<small><sub>70</sub></small> with <strong>CNG-1</strong> is more than 5 kcal/mol higher than that of C<small><sub>60</sub></small>. Theoretical calculations predict that the dispersion interaction provides about 58-59% of the total interaction energy, followed by electrostatic attraction with 26% and orbital interactions, which contribute 15-16%. The racemic nanographene tweezers effectively recognize fullerene molecules and hold promise for future applications in chiral molecule recognition.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142879845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Amino Alcohol Ligand-enabled Ni-Catalyzed Regio- and Diastereoselective Dearomative Borylalkylation of Indoles","authors":"Jiaxin Wang, Xuelong Zhang, Aichen Li, Rui He, Surong Zhang, Xiangyue Li, Lanlan Zhang, Guodong Ju, Chao Wang","doi":"10.1039/d4qo02187h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo02187h","url":null,"abstract":"The transition-metal-catalyzed intermolecular three-component dearomative difunctionalization of indoles in a one-pot fashion remains largely unexplored. Herein, we present a novel Ni-catalyzed dearomative alkylborylation of indoles utilizing a ligand-enabled, directing group-assisted strategy. This regio- and diastereoselective reaction efficiently converts readily accessible indoles into valuable C3-borylated and C2-alkylated indolines. Additionally, We established a practical one-pot procedure for accessing valuable 2,3-disubstituted indoles with boron retained by combining this protocol with the subsequent oxidation of the resulting indolines. The robustness of this protocol is demonstrated through gram-scale reactions, facile late-stage decoration of complex drug-like molecules, and various downstream diversifications.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142879896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"C–H silylation and boronation enabled by alkyne insertion/vinyl to aryl 1,5-palladium migration","authors":"Zhendong Cheng, Weiwei Xu, Xuliang Tan, Zhengrui Zhou, Liwei Zhou, Yun Liang, Yuan Yang","doi":"10.1039/d4qo02224f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo02224f","url":null,"abstract":"1,n-Metal migration represents a powerful strategy for C–H functionalization that is otherwise difficult to achieve. Nevertheless, catalytic reactions involving 1,5-palladium migration have rarely been reported so far. Herein, an alkyne insertion/vinyl to aryl 1,5-palladium migration strategy has been disclosed for the α-C–H silylation and boronation of a naphthalene ring, thus achieving the transformation of alkyne-tethered naphthalene bromides to silylated and boronated benzo[f]isoquinolines and benzo[f]isochromenes in moderate to excellent yields.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142879901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hui Chen, Xuan Shang, Nan Jiang, Quan Zhou, Kewen Tang, Long-Jin Zhong, Yu Liu
{"title":"Photoinduced copper-catalyzed three-component alkylarylation of alkenes involving C-S bonds cleavage of sulfonium salts","authors":"Hui Chen, Xuan Shang, Nan Jiang, Quan Zhou, Kewen Tang, Long-Jin Zhong, Yu Liu","doi":"10.1039/d4qo01740d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo01740d","url":null,"abstract":"We report a novel visible light-induced copper catalyzed intermolecular 1,2-alkylarylation of alkenes with cyclic sulfonium salts and nucleophiles via the selective C-S bond cleavage for the construction of thioether-containing 1,1-diarylalkanes. In this transformation, the remote aryl thioether-containing aliphatic alkyl chains and nucleophiles are successively installed into the C=C bond of alkenes through radical relay coupling process in a single operation. Furthermore, the mild reaction conditions allow for good compatibility in the scope of styrenes, sulfonium salts and nucleophiles, as well as bioactive molecules and derivatives.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mingkun Yang, Yan Chen, Suoluan Zhou, Chengnuo Hu, Jun Tong Zhang, Yunhan Yang, Li-Juan Yang
{"title":"Solvent-dependent fluorescence sensing of Cu2+, Hg2+, and CN‒ based on thiosemicarbazone-functionalized pillar[5]arene and its applications in actual water samples and molecular logic gates","authors":"Mingkun Yang, Yan Chen, Suoluan Zhou, Chengnuo Hu, Jun Tong Zhang, Yunhan Yang, Li-Juan Yang","doi":"10.1039/d4qo02001d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo02001d","url":null,"abstract":"A novel solvent-dependent fluorescent probe P5T based onapillar[5]arene containing a thiosemicarbazone unit has been synthesized. This probe serves as a dual selective fluorescent probe, which can selectively detect Cu2+ and Hg2+ ions in mixed solvent systems of acetonitrile (AN) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with water. A significant fluorescence enhancement was observed following adding Cu2+ to the AN/H2O (v/v = 7:3) solution of P5T. The Job′s plot method and the spectrometric titrations indicated a 1:1 stoichiometric ratio between Cu2+ and the P5T probe, with a detection limit as low as 2.70 × 10‒7 M. Obvious fluorescence quenching occurred when Cu2+ or Hg2+ was added to the DMSO/H2O (v/v = 7:3) solution of P5T. The stoichiometric ratio for the P5T with Cu2+ and Hg2+ are 1:1 and 1:2, respectively, with detection limits of 3.70 × 10‒7 M and 1.20 × 10‒7 M. It is noteworthy that the reversibility of the P5T probe in the presence of S2O32‒ enables the construction of an INHIBIT logic gate using Hg2+ and S2O32‒ as inputs, facilitating the rapid and efficient detection of ions in DMSO/H2O (v/v = 7:3) solutions. P5T is a solvent-dependent dual selective fluorescent probe with high sensitivity and strong anti-interference properties. Moreover, applying this method to the analysis of Cu2+ and Hg2+ in natural water samples yielded a relative standard deviation (RSD) of less than 5%. Therefore, the solvent-dependent selective recognition capabilities and molecular logic gate functionalities of the P5T probe provides a novel approach to multiple analytical detections.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142858133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis and Antibacterial Evaluation of Prenylacridone Alkaloids and Analogues","authors":"Shilpi Karmakara, Kousik Maji, Sudeshna Mondal, Semantee Bhattacharya, Jyotirmayee Dash","doi":"10.1039/d4qo02126f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo02126f","url":null,"abstract":"A concise total synthesis of natural prenylacridone alkaloids, N-methylcycloatalaphylline A, N-methylbuxifoliadine D, buxifoliadine D, oriciacridone E, glycocitrine II, norglycocitrine II, 3-O-methoxyglycocitrine II and new series of their non-natural analogues with diverse functionalities is achieved. Antibacterial assays of these alkaloids revealed that difluoro glycocitrine II derivative exhibits highest potency against Streptococcus species.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142858131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Domino Synthesis of Fused Quinolin-2(1H)-one Scaffolds Containing Perfluoroalkyl Unit","authors":"Shuwei Li, Linqi Wang, Shangyuan Wang, Jun Ying","doi":"10.1039/d4qo01970a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo01970a","url":null,"abstract":"A novel palladium-catalyzed domino radical cyclization and C-H activation/decarboxylation of 1,7-enynes with o-bromobenzoic acids and perfluoroalkyl iodides has been developed for the expedite construction of fused perfluoroalkyl-containing quinolin-2(1H)-one scaffolds. This method provides a facile synthesis of fused quinolin-2(1H)-one derivatives containing perfluoroalkyl unit in high yields. Notably, the late-stage modifications of various drugs were also demonstrated by using this method.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142858130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Imran, Lin Yang, Jinjiang Zhang, Yubin Fu, Zhen-Lin Qiu, Noel Israel, Evgenia Dmitrieva, Gianluca Serra, Andrea Lucotti, Matteo Tommasini, Ji Ma, Xinliang Feng
{"title":"A Persistent Concealed Non-Kekulé Nanographene: Synthesis and in-situ Characterization","authors":"Muhammad Imran, Lin Yang, Jinjiang Zhang, Yubin Fu, Zhen-Lin Qiu, Noel Israel, Evgenia Dmitrieva, Gianluca Serra, Andrea Lucotti, Matteo Tommasini, Ji Ma, Xinliang Feng","doi":"10.1039/d4qo02019g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo02019g","url":null,"abstract":"Concealed non-Kekulé (CNK) nanographenes have recently gained attention as promising non-Kekulé model systems due to their distinctive antiferromagnetic electronic spins, which offer potential applications in spintronics and quantum information science. However, synthesizing CNK nanographenes in solution remains a significant challenge because of their strong biradical character and high reactivity. In this study, we report the successful synthesis of a novel CNK nanographene with two phenalene units fused in a cis configuration to perylene (c-CNK), which exhibits persistent stability under ambient conditions, with a half-life (t1/2) of 59 minutes. The formation of the c-CNK is confirmed using in-situ UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and high-resolution mass spectrometry. The open-shell character of c-CNK is supported by the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy by observing an isotropic signal with a g-value of 2.0026. Quantum chemical simulations reveal a high biradical character (y0 = 0.97) and a singlet open-shell ground state with a small singlet-triplet energy gap (ΔES-T) of 0.4 kcal/mol. This work presents a solution synthesis of a next-generation concealed non-Kekulé nanographene with intrinsic antiferromagnetic electronic spins, highlighting its potential as promising material for future quantum technologies.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142858132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}