Recent progress in photoinduced direct desulfurization of thiols

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7873-7879
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01274C, Review Article
Yuhong Ma, Jinfei Deng, Jianyu Gu, Dengbo Jiang, Kaizhuo Lv, Xiushen Ye, Qiuli Yao
Light-driven desulfurization and coupling reactions of mercaptans in the modification of glycosides, proteins, polymers, and deuterated compounds are reviewed.
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Lactam-fused tropolones: a new tunable, environmentally sensitive fluorophore class

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7900-7907
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01263H, Communication
Daniel V. Schiavone, Joel Gallardo, Diana M. Kapkayeva, John-Charles Baucom, Ryan P. Murelli
Lactam-fused tropolones are easily accessible, environmentally-responsive fluorophores with broad emissions profiles.
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Sequential detection of inflammation-related hypochlorite ions and viscosity with a relay fluorescent probe

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7808-7812
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB00967J, Paper
Yu-Qing Zhang, Zhi-Nan Kang, Jing-Jie Ming, Sheng-Nan Suo, Jia-Ling Kang, Hai Xu, Ya-Wen Wang, Yu Peng
A new fluorescent probe has been developed for relay detection of hypochlorite ions and viscosity.
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Branched montbretin A mimics allow derivatisation and potent amylase inhibition

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7977-7983
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01051A, Paper
Matthew Calvert, Ryan P. Sweeney, Hong-Ming Chen, Harbir Bajwa, Seyed A. Nasseri, Davood Habibi, Stephen G. Withers
Structure-based design of a branched version of a high affinity amylase inhibitor based on the natural product montbretin A allows derivatization and manipulation of physical properties while retaining potent (nM) inhibition.
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Electrochemical selenium-catalyzed para-amination of N-aryloxyamides: access to polysubstituted aminophenols

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7895-7899
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01116J, Communication
Lei Gao, Zhi-Feng Wang, Lin-Wei Wang, Hai-Tao Tang, Zu-Yu Mo, Mu-Xue He
We have developed a mild method for selenium catalyzed intramolecular rearrangement of N-aryloxyamides to produce para amination products under electrochemical conditions. The method has the advantages of high efficiency, high atom utilization and environmental friendliness.
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Julolidine-based small molecular probes for fluorescence imaging of RNA in live cells

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7831-7840
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01314F, Paper
Iswar Chandra Mondal, Priya Rawat, Maksym Galkin, Snata Deka, Anirban Karmakar, Prosenjit Mondal, Subrata Ghosh
We report the design and synthesis of a bright red cationic molecular probe with impressive optical properties for intracellular RNA imaging.
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P/N-heteroleptic Cu(I)-photosensitizer-catalyzed domino radical relay annulation of 1,6-enynes with aryldiazonium salts

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7960-7967
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01177A, Paper
Qian Liu, Qibo Ni, Yan Zhou, Lang Chen, Siwei Xiang, Limeng Zheng, Yunkui Liu
A P/N-heteroleptic Cu(I)-photosensitizer-enabled concise construction of benzo[b]fluorenones from 1,6-enynes and aryldiazonium salts involving domino radical relay annulation was successfully achieved.
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Synthesis of pyrimidine-fused skeletons through copper-catalyzed consecutive Sonogashira coupling and aminocyclization

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7886-7890
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01248D, Communication
Heng He, Jian-Quan Liu, Xiang-Shan Wang
A copper-catalyzed sequential Sonogashira coupling reaction and 5-exo-dig aminocyclization between a terminal alkyne and a 2-(2-bromophenyl)pyrimidine analog is introduced.
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Supramolecular assembly of pyrene–DNA conjugates: influence of pyrene substitution pattern and implications for artificial LHCs

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7908-7912
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01375H, Communication
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Jan Thiede, Simon Rothenbühler, Ioan Iacovache, Simon M. Langenegger, Benoît Zuber, Robert Häner
The supramolecular self-assembly of pyrene-modified DNA into nanostructures with implications for the design and construction of artificial light-harvesting complexes is described.
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Synthesis of functionalized alkenes via Cu(I)-catalysed allylation of acetanilides using Morita–Baylis–Hillman bromides

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7968-7976
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01480K, Paper
Ramesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Krishna Nand Singh
An easy access to functionalized alkenes has been developed by the C–H functionalization of anilides with Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) bromides in the presence of copper chloride, TBHP and acetic acid.
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