Controllable Electronic Structures and Photoinduced Processes of Bay‐Linked Perylenediimide Dimers and a Ferrocene‐Linked Triad

A series of perylene‐3,4,9,10‐bis(dicarboximide) (PDI) dimers linked through the bay regions was systematically synthesized to examine the electronic structures and photophysical properties in dependence on the distance and orientation between the two PDI units. The spectroscopic and electrochemical measurements suggested that the coupling value of a directly linked PDI dimer (PDI)₂ is much larger than those of para‐ and meta‐phenylene‐bridged PDI dimers p‐(PDI)₂ and m‐(PDI)₂. The width of Davydov splitting was quantitatively evaluated to compare the coupling values between the two PDI units in these dimers by absorption spectroscopy in frozen 2‐methyl‐THF. Excimer formation of PDI dimers induced the strong fluorescence quenching and large red‐shifts. Femtosecond transient absorption revealed a broad absorption derived from an excimer in the range from about 600 nm to the near‐IR region. The rate constants of formation and decay of the excimer are strongly dependent on the coupling values. Time‐resolved measurements on ferrocene‐linked p‐(PDI)₂ revealed a competition between the photoinduced processes of electron transfer and excimer formation in PhCN, which is in sharp contrast with the sole electron‐transfer process in toluene.     

REACTION OF LITHIUM DERIVATIVE OF DIETHYL PHENYLMETHANE-PHOSPHONATE WITH KETONES

Abstract

The reaction of the lithium derivative of diethyl ester of phenylmethanephosphonic acid (1-Li) with alkanones, cycloalkanones, alkylaryl and diarylketones 2s-b is studied at -70°C in THF. The corresponding adducts-diethyl esters of l-phenyl-2,2-dialkyl(phenyl)-2-hydroxyethanephosphonic acids 3s-h are isolated, their yields being usually higher at short reaction time. The olefination of 3-Li as well as of 3 (both by thermolysis or in acidic media) proceeds in low degree, while in the case of 3-Na the yields of alkenes 4 are good. The relative configurations of 3b. 31 and 3g are determined by IR and NMR-spectra, as well as by their stereospecific olefination. “Threo”-stereoselectivity of the addition stage of the reaction of 1-Li with 2b, 21 and 2g is observed, the “threo”/“erythro” ratio remaining independent on the reaction time.     

First-principles prediction and partial characterization of the vibrational states of water up to dissociation

A new, accurate, global, mass-independent, first-principles potential energy surface (PES) is presented for the ground electronic state of the water molecule. The PES is based on 2200 energy points computed at the all-electron aug-cc-pCV6Z IC-MRCI(8,2) level of electronic structure theory and includes the relativistic one-electron mass-velocity and Darwin corrections. For H₂¹⁶O, the PES has a dissociation energy of D₀ = 41 109 cm⁻¹ and supports 1150 vibrational energy levels up to 41 083 cm⁻¹. The deviation between the computed and the experimentally measured energy levels is below 15 cm⁻¹ for all the states with energies less than 39 000 cm⁻¹. Characterization of approximate vibrational quantum numbers is performed using several techniques: energy decomposition, wave function plots, normal mode distribution, expectation values of the squares of internal coordinates, and perturbing the bending part of the PES. Vibrational normal mode labels, though often not physically meaningful, have been assigned to all the states below 26 500 cm⁻¹ and to many more above it, including some highly excited stretching states all the way to dissociation. Issues to do with calculating vibrational band intensities for the higher-lying states are discussed.     

Products of conjugacy classes in Chevalley groups I. Extended covering numbers

This paper is concerned with products of conjugacy classes in Chevalley groups. We prove that in any quasisimple Chevalley groupG proper or twisted, over any field, the extended covering number is bounded above linearly in terms of the rank ofG, that is, for some constante, for any Chevalley groupG, the product of anye · rank(G) non-central classes covers all ofG. We give estimates for the constante in different cases. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of EPSRC through a Visiting Fellowship number GR/M58542 and a Research grant number GR/L92174.     

New supported beta-amino alcohols as efficient catalysts for the enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde under flow conditions

[formula: see text] Polymeric monoliths 10 containing an amino alcohol moiety derived from an industrial waste material represent one of the best ligands for the enantioselective catalytic addition of ZnEt2 to benzaldehyde (99% ee), being recoverable and usable under flow conditions.