Spectroscopy and photophysics of methylphenylsiloxaneand diphenylsiloxane-based molecules and polymers

Spectroscopy and photophysics of various types of methylphenylsiloxane- and diphenylsiloxane-based oligomers and polymers are reviewed. The molecules treated here include homopolymers such as poly(methylphenylsiloxane) and copolymers such as poly(dimethylsiloxane-codiphenylsiloxane) as well as related oligomers or molecules such as diphenyltetramethyldisiloxane. These polymers and oligomers normally exhibit monomer fluorescence in fluid solution at temperatures near room temperature, and the monomer fluorescence and phosphorescence in rigid matrices at 77 K. In addition to these emissions, the excimer fluorescence is often observed depending on the molecular structure of the siloxanes. These emission properties are rationalized based on the molecular structure and kinetics of the excimer formation processes as well as on the flexibility of the Si-O-Si bonds.     

Preparation and application of cellular and nanoporous carbides

A tutorial review on cellular as well as nanoporous carbides covering their structure, synthesis and potential applications. Especially new carbide materials with a hierarchical pore structure are in focus. As a central theme silicon carbide based materials are picked out, but also titanium, tungsten and boron carbides, as well as carbide-derived carbons, are part of this review.     

Design and synthesis of alpha-helical peptides and mimetics

The alpha-helix is the most abundant secondary structural element in proteins and is an important structural domain for mediating protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions. Strategies for the rational design and synthesis of alpha-helix mimetics have not matured as well as other secondary structure mimetics such as strands and turns. This perspective will focus on developments in the design, synthesis and applications of alpha-helices and mimetics, particularly in the last 5 years. Examples where synthetic compounds have delivered promising biological results will be highlighted as well as opportunities for the design of mimetics of the type I alpha-helical antifreeze proteins.     

Syntheses and characterization of statistical and block fluorinated copolymers with linear and star-like architectures via ATRP

The synthesis of a fluorinated macroinitiator for copper-catalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is reported, as well as its use for the controlled living polymerization of poly(propylene glycol) methacrylate (PPGM) in MEK at 80 °C. The ATRP system used was efficient for polymerization of the functionalized monomer and the molecular weight of the polymer estimated by NMR spectroscopy was in close agreement with the theoretical molecular weight, as expected for controlled processes. The statistical copolymerization of PPGM or methyl ether poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (MPEGMA) with a perfluoroalkyl ethyl methacrylate by copper-mediated ATRP was also investigated and led to copolymers with essentially random incorporation of monomers. The syntheses and characterization of star-like homopolymers of MPEGMA or the fluorinated monomer via ATRP are also reported, as well as an amphiphilic star-like block copolymer containing ethyleneglycol units as the core and fluorinated moieties in the shell. The micellar behavior of this copolymer was investigated as a function of the external environment.     

微量元素缺乏症及其防治

报道了以235名健康小儿的血清锌、铜正常参考值及铜／锌比值作依据，对538名本地区集体儿童进行了调查．对240例不同病种患儿的血清锌、铜含量测定，并进行了分析；对G6PD、GSH-PX、AKP醇活性与微量元素含量的关系进行了相关性比较；对微量元素锌缺乏症的患儿进行了临床治疗观察；对微量元素缺乏症的防治进行了讨论．     

Syntheses and reactions of porphyrin and metalloporphyrin polymers

Various porphyrin functions such as protoporphyrin IX and chlorin a as well as metalloporphyrin functions such as Mg(II)– and Cu(II)–chlorophyllin a and Fe(III)– and Co(II)–protoporphyrin IX were incorporated into vinyl polymers by preparation and polymerization of their p-vinylbenzyl esters. The porphyrin function was also incorporated by reaction of poly-p-chloromethylstyrene with porphyrins or metalloporphyrins or by the reaction of p-aminostyrene polymers with chlorophyll b through Schiff-base formation. Mg(II)–porphyrin polymers were found to be remarkably effective as catalysts in photoredox systems; porphyrin polymers without central metal atoms were also effective to a lesser extent.     

Nitraza-/Oxa-Propylene- and Hydrazonemethylene-Bridged 1,2,4-Nitraminotriazoles and Selected Salts

Two new bridged nitraminotriazoles with bridging oxapropylene and nitrazapropylene moieties were synthesized, and converted into several salts, as well as from the hydrazonemethylene bridged nitraminotriazole. All compounds were fully characterized by NMR and IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis as well as differential thermal analysis. The sensitivity towards friction and impact were determined according to BAM standard technics and the energetic properties were calculated by using the EXPLO5 computer code. The neutral compounds as well as the various salts were examined in terms of their physicochemical properties and detonation performance to each other and compared to the commonly used secondary explosive RDX.     

Comparison of HDS of Dibenzothiophene and HDN of Quinoline Over Supported MO and CoMo Nitrided and Sulfided Catalysts

Catalytic activities of sulfided and nitrided forms of alumina supported molybdenum as well as cobalt-molybdenum catalysts were compared in the reactions of hydrodesulfurization of dibenzothiophene and hydrodenitrogenation of quinoline. Effect of catalyst composition as well as of the method of its activation on the reaction pathways and catalyst selectivity is discussed.     

Synthesis and chemistry of the phenoxasilins and dihydro-dibenzo-oxasilepins

Formation of both sila-functional and carbo-functional phenoxasilins from diphenyl ether and o,o′-dibromodiphenyl ether precursors is described. Tricyclic oxasilepins are formed from o,o′-dibromobenzylphenyl ether by metallation with n-BuLi followed by reaction with dichlorosilanes as well as by ring expansion of an appropriate phenoxasilin. Reactions at the silicon center and at the ring methylene carbon of the oxasilepins are reported, as well as attempts to generate oxasilocins.     

Preparation and evaluation of bipyridyl-tagged reagents and scavengers

The synthesis of three bipyridyl-tagged reagents and one scavenger is described. Of the three reagents, the carbodiimide derivative proved to be effective as a coupling reagent for amide formation and the removal of the coupling side product from the reaction mixture by complexation onto a Cu-derivatised resin has been successfully demonstrated. This purification process was thoroughly optimised using a DOE approach and the procedure subsequently applied to the use of a bipyridyl-tagged amine as an isocyanate scavenger. Preliminary results clearly demonstrate the potential of using chelation tags such as bipyridine units as a means for removing solution phase reagents and scavengers from reaction mixtures providing an attractive alternative to their resin-bound and fluorous-tagged counter-parts.     

Structure and Function of Nucleosides and Nucleotides

The nucleosides participating in biological processes consist of a sugar and a heterocyclic nucleobase; the nucleotides, which occur as monomers and as building units of polymeric nucleic acids, contain an additional phosphoester group. The complexity of the molecules leads to a complex stereochemistry with which the present progress report is concerned. Particular attention will be devoted to conformational considerations at the sugar groups, the syn-anti conformation, the position of the C(5′)? O(5′) bond relative to the sugar group, and the conformation of the phosphoester bonds. The article touches upon base pairing and base stacking, as well as forces stabilizing the syn conformation, and also deals with the reaction mechanism of the enzyme pancreatic ribonuclease as established from the stereochemistry of nucleotides and the mechanisms of action of the antileukemia drug 6-azauridine and the antibiotic actinomycin D. Views on the effects of the unusual structures of the “rare” nucleosides 4-thiouridine, isopentenyladenosine, and dihydrouridine on the structure of transfer ribonucleic acid are also presented.     

Macromolecular chemistry and medicine

Macromolecular substances are used in medicine both as materials and as reagents. In the former category polymers serve as replacements for soft tissue, as cardiovascular and orthopedic implants, and as adhesives. When employed as reagents, macromolecules interact with living tissue and play an active part in bodily repair processes.     

Physical and Chemical Properties of Magnetite and Magnetite-Polymer Nanoparticles and Their Colloidal Dispersions

The properties of polymer-coated magnetite nanoparticles, which have the potential to be used as effective magnetic resonance contrast agents, have been studied. The magnetite particles were synthesized by using continuous synthesis in an aqueous solution. The polymer-coated magnetite nanoparticles were synthesized by seed precipitation polymerization of methacrylic acid and hydroxyethyl methacrylate in the presence of the magnetite nanoparticles. The particle size was measured by laser light scattering. It was shown that the particle size, variance, magnetic properties, and stability of aqueous magnetite colloidal dispersion strictly depend on the nature of the stabilizing agent. The average hydrodynamic radius of the magnetite particles was found to be 5.7 nm in the stable aqueous colloidal dispersion. An inclusion of the magnetite particle into a hydrophilic polymeric shell increases the stability of the dispersion and decreases the influence of the stabilizing agent on the magnetic and structural properties of the magnetite particles as was shown by X-ray diffraction and M?ssbauer and IR spectroscopy, as well as by vibrating sample magnetometry. The variation in the polymeric shell size and the polymer net density can be useful tools for evaluation of the polymer-coated magnetite particles as effective contrast agents. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.     

负载型碱催化剂的制备及其在酯交换和醇、胺羰化反应中应用

以三乙胺和甲醇钠为活性碱组分,以Ａ,Ｘ和Ｙ型分子筛及硅胶和有机高聚物担体为载体制备了负载型碱性催化剂。考察了催化剂在甲醇和二乙胺羰化以及酯交换反应中的活性,并考察了催化剂制备过程中多种因素对活性的影响,结果表明,在催化剂制备过程中,溶剂和制备方法对催化剂活性的影响较大,而载体粒度的影响较小,在适当的条件下,上述载体能较好地负载有机碱三乙胺和甲醇钠,所得负载型碱性催化剂在环氧丙烷作用下具有较高的甲醇和二乙胺羰化催化活性及酯交换催化活性。     

Experimental and theoretical challenges in the chemistry of noncovalent intermolecular interaction and clustering

The weak, noncovalent interactions among molecules at long range and as close as van der Waals contact form a crucial contemporary frontier for chemical physics, one with many challenges for experimental as well as theoretical investigation. Certain of these challenges have been met in the last two decades, but as recognition of the complexity of phenomena governed or affected by weak interaction has grown, new challenges have arisen. We discuss a number of these challenges in the context of recent developments and progress, highlighting both disparate objectives of theory and experiment in this area as well as their crucial interplay.     

Electronic structure and bonding in actinyl ions and their analogs

This Feature Article seeks to present the current state of knowledge, both experimental and theoretical, of the electronic structure and bonding in actinyl ions and related species, such as the isoelectronic imido compounds as well as in linear triatomic actinide molecules of the type X-An-Y.     

Synthesis and Optical and Redox Properties of Symmetric and Asymmetric BODIPYs

Herein, we present the synthetic route and the photophysical, electrochemical as well as laser properties of novel red‐emitting boron‐dipyrromethenes (BODIPYs) bearing arylethyne moieties. Such functionality is added along the main axis of the chromophore leading to single‐ and double‐substituted derivatives. The relationship between the dye structure and the lasing properties is studied in detail with the help of the photophysical and electrochemical properties as well as quantum mechanical simulations. The asymmetric substitution of the parent dye induces inhomogeneities in the charge distribution, which leads to an overall loss of the fluorescence capacity, mainly in polar media. Such non‐radiative deactivation processes can be softened by decreasing the electron‐donor ability of the substituent or even avoided by symmetrical substitution. Thus, grafting of the arylethyne moieties at the longitudinal axis of the indacene core results in an effective strategy to develop red‐edge BODIPYs with highly efficient and photostable laser emission.     

Streptonigrin and related compounds III. Synthesis and microbiological activity of destrioxyphenylstreptonigrin and analogues

Synthesis of three tricyclic analogues of streptonigrin, based on the 2-(2′-pyridyl)quinoline-5,8-dione system and with the characteristic substitution pattern of rings A and C of streptonigrin is described. The C-ring precursor, in the form of a substituted 2-acetylpyridine was condensed with either 3-hydroxy-5-methoxy-2-nitrobenzaldehyde or 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-2-nitrobenzaldehyde, followed by reductive cyclization and oxidation to the corresponding quinones 12 and 29 . The 7-amino substitution was introduced in 12 via bromination and azidation. The 6-amino substitution was introduced through direct reaction of 29 with sodium azide. Destrioxyphenylstreptonigrin 2 was twice as active and the 6-amino-7-inethoxy analogue 4 was as active as streptonigrin in a microbiological assay. A 4′-bromo analogue of 2 was 60% as active as streptonigrin.     

Tetraazacoronenes and Their Dimers,Trimers and Tetramers

Tetraazacoronenes were synthesized from bay-functionalized tetraazaperylenes by Zr-mediated cyclization and four-fold Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling. In the Zr-mediated approach, an η⁴-cyclobutadiene-zirconium(IV) complex was isolated as an intermediate to cyclobutene-annulated derivatives. Using bis(pinacolatoboryl)vinyltrimethylsilane as a C₂ building block gave the tetraazacoronene target compound along with the condensed azacoronene dimer as well as higher oligomers. The series of extended azacoronenes show highly resolved UV/Vis absorption bands with increased extinction coefficients for the extended aromatic cores and fluorescence quantum yields of up to 80 % at 659 nm.     

Covalent Organic Frameworks and Cage Compounds: Design and Applications of Polymeric and Discrete Organic Scaffolds

Porous organic materials are an emerging class of functional nanostructures with unprecedented properties. Dynamic covalent assembly of small organic building blocks under thermodynamic control is utilized for the intriguingly simple formation of complex molecular architectures in one‐pot procedures. In this Review, we aim to analyze the basic design principles that govern the formation of either covalent organic frameworks as crystalline porous polymers or covalent organic cage compounds as shape‐persistent molecular objects. Common synthetic procedures and characterization techniques will be discussed as well as more advanced strategies such as postsynthetic modification or self‐sorting. When appropriate, comparisons are drawn between polymeric frameworks and discrete organic cages in terms of their underlying properties. Furthermore, we highlight the potential of these materials for applications ranging from gas storage to catalysis and organic electronics.