Mechanistic details of metal-free cyclization reaction of organophosphorus oxide with alkynes mediated by 2,6-lutidine and Tf2O

Theoretical investigations have elucidated the mechanism of metal-free electrophilic phosphinative cyclization of alkynes reaction reported by Miura and coworkers. Two competitive mechanisms I and II were explored without or with 2,6-lutidine. Both of I and II involve transformation of P(V) to P(III), electrophilic addition, ring opening and cyclization/cyclization, hydrogen-transfer, and oxidation. The rate-determining step of mechanism I and competitive less-step II is electrophilic [2 + 1] cycloaddition and electrophilic addition via single C P bond formation with activation barrier of 13.5 and 10.6 kcal/mol, respectively. Our calculation results suggested that the cumulative effect of the isomer of 2,6-lutidine and Tf₂O as well as TfO⁻ affects the title reaction to some extent, and simultaneously activates key reaction sites and reverses the polarities of them via the formation of abundant noncovalent interactions to decrease activation barriers of TSs. In addition, the effects of two series substituents on reactivity of phosphine oxide were investigated. Therefore, our study will serve as useful guidance for more efficient metal-free synthesis of organophosphorus compounds mediated by pyridine reagents.     

SAPO-5分子筛的可控合成及晶化过程探索

在非醋酸体系下分别通过动态和静态水热晶化方法合成了SAPO-5分子筛, 并考察了转速、 晶化时间及凝胶体系水硅比对SAPO-5分子筛晶相及形貌的影响, 采用X射线衍射(XRD)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)技术研究了静态、 动态水热条件下SAPO-5分子筛的晶化过程. 结果表明, 静态水热条件下晶化6 h得到的SAPO-5分子筛为球状、 六边形柱状聚集晶体; 而在20 r/min转速下晶化2和6 h得到的SAPO-5分子筛分别为分散的凹面柱状晶体(凹面直径约6~8 μm)及均一分散的球状晶体(直径为16 μm); 在60 r/min转速下晶化3 h即可得到高度分散的六边形柱状晶体(六边形直径约5~8 μm); 提高转速至100和140 r/min时仅需晶化1 h即可得到六边形柱状晶体. 通过考察体系水硅比(H₂O/Si摩尔比)的影响, 确定最佳的水硅比为70, 此条件下所得晶相为纯相且分子筛的分散度最好. 综上可知, 相较于静态晶化, 动态晶化不仅从形貌上改善了晶体的分散度, 通过缩短晶化时间、 降低晶化转速也提高了SAPO-5分子筛的晶化效率. 本文采用较小的水硅比(H₂O/Si摩尔比为70)、 较低的模板剂用量在非醋酸体系下合成了SAPO-5分子筛, 为SAPO-5分子筛的合成提供了一条更简单、 经济的路线.     

烯醇-酮互变异构型亚胺衍生物对Co2+的高选择性识别

设计合成了新型烯醇-酮互变异构型亚胺衍生物R, 考察了受体R对18种阳离子的紫外光谱及裸眼识别性能. 结果表明, 该受体对Co²⁺, Fe²⁺和Ni²⁺表现出良好的紫外光谱识别能力, 且可实现对Co²⁺相对明显的裸眼单一识别. Job曲线表明, 受体R与Co²⁺形成了1:1型金属配合物, 且检出限可达4.14×10^-7 mol/L. 制备了受体R裸眼比色识别试纸; 根据理论计算及核磁滴定实验结果阐述了Co²⁺离子识别过程中烯醇-酮互变异构机理.     

Synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones in the presence of Fe3O4@nano-cellulose–OPO3H as a bio-based magnetic nanocatalyst

In this research, we have used Fe₃O₄@nano-cellulose–OPO₃H as magnetic bio-based nanocatalyst for the synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones via condensation of 2-aminobenzamide and different aldehydes. The major advantages of the present methodology are good yields, ecofriendly catalyst, and easy workup.     

Lattice Distortion in Hollow Multi-Shelled Structures for Efficient Visible-Light CO2 Reduction with a SnS2/SnO2 Junction

Precise control of the micro-/nanostructures of nanomaterials, such as hollow multi-shelled structures (HoMSs), has shown its great advantages in various applications. Now, the crystal structure of building blocks of HoMSs are controlled by introducing the lattice distortion in HoMSs, for the first time. The lattice distortion located at the nanoscale interface of SnS₂/SnO₂ can provide additional active sites, which not only provide the catalytic activity under visible light but also improve the separation of photoexcited electron–hole pairs. Combined with the efficient light utilization, the natural advantage of HoMSs, a record catalytic activity was achieved in solid–gas system for CO₂ reduction, with an excellent stability and 100 % CO selectivity without using any sensitizers or noble metals.     

Excitation-Dependent Long-Life Luminescent Polymeric Systems under Ambient Conditions

Organic room temperature luminescent materials present a unique phosphorescence emission with a long lifetime. However, many of these materials only emit single blue or green color in spite of external stimulation, and their color tunability is limited. Herein, we report a rational design to extend the emission color range from blue to red by controlling the doping of simple pyrene derivatives into a robust polymer matrix. The integration of these pyrene molecules into the polymer films enhances the intersystem crossing pathway, decreases the first triplet level of the system, and ensures the films show a sensitive response to excitation energy, finally yielding excitation-dependent long-life luminescent polymeric systems under ambient conditions. These materials were used to construct anti-counterfeiting patterns with multicolor interconversion, presenting a promising application potential in the field of information security.     

Metal–Organic Gels from Silver Nanoclusters with Aggregation-Induced Emission and Fluorescence-to-Phosphorescence Switching

Luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs) are emerging as a new class of functional materials that have rich physicochemical properties and wide potential applications. In recent years, it has been found that some metal NCs undergo aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and an interesting fluorescence-to-phosphorescence (F-P) switching in solutions. However, insights of both the AIE and the F-P switching remain largely unknown. Now, gelation of water soluble, atomically precise Ag₉ NCs is achieved by the addition of antisolvent. Self-assembly of Ag₉ NCs into entangled fibers was confirmed, during which AIE was observed together with an F-P switching occurring within a narrow time scale. Structural evaluation indicates the fibers are highly ordered. The self-assembly of Ag₉ NCs and their photoluminescent property are thermally reversible, making the metal–organic gels good candidates for luminescent ratiometric thermometers.     

Theoretical investigation on reverse intersystem crossing from upper triplet to lowest singlet: A “hot exciton” path for blue fluorescent OLEDs

Nowadays, blue fluorescent organic light-emitting diodes (FOLEDs) have attracted considerable attention from both academia and industry. According to spin statistics, electrical excitation results in the formation of ∼25% singlet excitons and ∼75% triplet excitons (signifying ~75% energy loss), which triggered wide-ranging efforts to harvest as many triplet excitons as possible. The materials that can convert triplet excitons into singlet excitons from the high-lying excited triplet states (referred as “hot exciton” channel) to realize high efficiency were reported, which can also efficaciously avoid the accumulation of triplet excitons in T₁ state. In this study, by means of density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT, we have theoretically investigated the electronic and photophysical properties of 16 newly designed molecules with donor-bridge-acceptor framework to search for the blue FOLED materials exploiting the “hot exciton” path. Important properties, such as singlet-triplet energy gaps, absorption and emission parameters, and reverse intersystem crossing rates (k_RISC), of five target molecules were studied. The calculated results demonstrate that thiophene-diphenylamine (k_RISC up to 1.03 × 10⁸ seconds⁻¹) may have promising potential as blue FOLED materials by virtue of the “hot exciton” effect.     

A Novel d-f Heterometallic CdII-EuIII Metal-organic Framework as a Sensitive Luminescent Sensor for the Dual Detection of Ronidazole and 4-Nitrophenol

A novel three-dimensional (3D) d-f heterometallic metal-organic framework (MOF) formulated as [EuCd_1.5L₂(H₂O)₃] · 2H₂O ( 1 ) [H₃L = 5-(4-(tetrazol-5-yl)phenyl)isophthalic acid] was successfully synthesized and characterized. Structural analysis displays that 1 features a 3D (3, 12)-connected framework constructed by [Eu₂Cd₃(tetrazole)₄(COO)₈] units. The powder X-ray diffraction measurement of 1 immersed in different solvents reveals that 1 possess good solvent stability. It is worth noting that 1 displays highly selective detection for ronidazole (RDZ) and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) through luminescence quenching. The possible mechanism of luminescent sensing is also well discussed.     

Indandione-Terminated Quinoids: Facile Synthesis by Alkoxide-Mediated Rearrangement Reaction and Semiconducting Properties

A series of 1,3-indandione-terminated π-conjugated quinoids were synthesized by alkoxide-mediated rearrangement reaction of the respective alkene precursors, followed by air oxidation. This new protocol allows access to quinoidal compounds with variable termini and cores. The resulting quinoids all show LUMO levels below −4.0 eV and molar extinction coefficients above 10⁵ L mol⁻¹ cm⁻¹. The optoelectronic properties of these compounds can be regulated by tuning the central cores as well as the aryl termini ascribed to the delocalized frontier molecular orbitals over the entire molecular skeleton involving aryl termini. n-Channel organic thin-film transistors with electron mobility of up to 0.38 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹ were fabricated, showing the potential of this new class of quinoids as organic semiconductors.