Dual Functioning Thieno‐Pyrrole Fused BODIPY Dyes for NIR Optical Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy: Singlet Oxygen Generation without Heavy Halogen Atom Assistance

We discovered a rare phenomenon wherein a thieno‐pyrrole fused BODIPY dye (SBDPiR690) generates singlet oxygen without heavy halogen atom substituents. SBDPiR690 generates both singlet oxygen and fluorescence. To our knowledge, this is the first example of such a finding. To establish a structure–photophysical property relationship, we prepared SBDPiR analogs with electron‐withdrawing groups at the para‐position of the phenyl groups. The electron‐withdrawing groups increased the HOMO–LUMO energy gap and singlet oxygen generation. Among the analogs, SBDPiR688, a CF₃ analog, had an excellent dual functionality of brightness (82290 m ^?1 cm^?1) and phototoxic power (99170 m ^?1 cm^?1) comparable to those of Pc 4, due to a high extinction coefficient (211 000 m ^?1 cm^?1) and balanced decay (Φ_flu=0.39 and Φ_Δ=0.47). The dual functionality of the lead compound SBDPiR690 was successfully applied to preclinical optical imaging and for PDT to effectively control a subcutaneous tumor.     

High‐Potential Perfluorinated Phthalocyanine–Fullerene Dyads for Generation of High‐Energy Charge‐Separated States: Formation and Photoinduced Electron‐Transfer Studies

High oxidation potential perfluorinated zinc phthalocyanines (ZnF_nPcs) are synthesised and their spectroscopic, redox, and light‐induced electron‐transfer properties investigated systematically by forming donor–acceptor dyads through metal–ligand axial coordination of fullerene (C₆₀) derivatives. Absorption and fluorescence spectral studies reveal efficient binding of the pyridine‐ (Py) and phenylimidazole‐functionalised fullerene (C₆₀Im) derivatives to the zinc centre of the F_nPcs. The determined binding constants, K, in o‐dichlorobenzene for the 1:1 complexes are in the order of 10⁴ to 10⁵ M ^?1; nearly an order of magnitude higher than that observed for the dyad formed from zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) lacking fluorine substituents. The geometry and electronic structure of the dyads are determined by using the B3LYP/6‐31G* method. The HOMO and LUMO levels are located on the Pc and C₆₀ entities, respectively; this suggests the formation of ZnF_nPc^.+–C₆₀Im^.? and ZnF_nPc^.+–C₆₀Py^.? (n=0, 8 or 16) intra‐supramolecular charge‐separated states during electron transfer. Electrochemical studies on the ZnPc–C₆₀ dyads enable accurate determination of their oxidation and reduction potentials and the energy of the charge‐separated states. The energy of the charge‐separated state for dyads composed of ZnF_nPc is higher than that of normal ZnPc–C₆₀ dyads and reveals their significance in harvesting higher amounts of light energy. Evidence for charge separation in the dyads is secured from femtosecond transient absorption studies in nonpolar toluene. Kinetic evaluation of the cation and anion radical ion peaks reveals ultrafast charge separation and charge recombination in dyads composed of perfluorinated phthalocyanine and fullerene; this implies their significance in solar‐energy harvesting and optoelectronic device building applications.     

Synthesis of 3-Substituted Pyrazole Derivatives by Mixed Anhydride Method and Study of Their Antibacterial Activities

A convenient synthesis of 3-substituted pyrazole derivatives by a mixed anhydride method using i-butylchloroformate and N-methylmorpholine at ?20 °C in tetrahydrofuran and study of in vitro antibacterial activities of the prepared compounds against Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Proteus valguris by agar-diffusion method were carried out. The results suggested that the products 4a, 4b, and 4c exhibited moderate to feeble inhibition against all test bacteria at greater concentration but 4d was best against Staphylococcus epidermidis (22 mm) and worst against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (16 mm) at the greatest concentration (2.5 mg/ml), and the activities decreased with decrease in concentration.

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Crystal and molecular structure of hexahydropyridine (piperidine) hydrochloride

The structure of hexahydro pyridine (piperidine), a compound of psychobiological importance, has been determined in the form of its hydrochloride by the heavy-atom technique, using three-dimensional X-ray data. Hexahydro pyridine hydrochloride, (C₅H₅N)H₆.HC1, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space groupPbcm with four molecules per unit cell of dimensionsa = 9.68(2),b = 7.30(3),c = 9.67(2) Å. The positions of the hydrogen atoms were located from a difference-Fourier synthesis. The structure was refined by the full-matrix least-squares method, using anisotropic temperature factors, leading to the finalR-value of 0.094. The hexahydro pyridine ring has a chair conformation. The crystallographic mirror plane atz = 1/4 coincides with the molecular mirror plane passing through the C1, N and C(3) atoms of the molecule in such a way that C(1)′ and C(2)′ are the mirror images of C(1) and C(2). The dihedral angles which plane I, containing C(1), C(2), C(2)′ and C(1)′, makes with plane II, containing C(2), C(3) and C(2)′, and planeIII, containing C(1), N and C(1)′, are 120.47 and 116∶42 °, respectively. The molecules are held together by a network of hydrogen bonds of type N⁺ —H ... C1^? in thexy-plane, and by van der Waals forces in thez-direction. Both the hydrogen atoms in the NH ₂ ⁺ group of the molecule take part in the formation of hydrogen bonds.     

Self-interstitials trapped at Co impurities in electron-irradiated Al: Theoretical study of the effects of static and dynamic quadrupolar interactions on Mössbauer line shape

The Mössbauer effect in electron-irradiated Al—Co alloy, in which the thermally activated reorientations of the impurity-defect dumbbells lead to fluctuating nuclear quadrupole interactions, is studied. A theory is presented which treats the simultaneous effects of quadrupolar relaxations and the diffusion broadening on the resonance line. The derived expressions of the line shape are discussed in light of the recent work by Vogl, Mansel and Dederichs.     

Localization of spin and charge in phenalenyl-based neutral radical conductors

We report the development of an experimentally based structural analysis to examine the degree of localization of the spin and charge in the phenalenyl-based neutral radical molecular conductors--the results motivate a reinterpretation of the electronic structure of a number of the radicals that we have reported over the past 10 years. The analysis is based on the well-known relationship between bond order and bond length and makes use of the experimental bond distance deviations between the molecular structure of the radical and its corresponding cation. We determined the single crystal X-ray structure of the ethyl radical (1) at 11 temperatures between 90 K and room temperature so that we could follow the evolution of the structure and the electron density distribution through the magnetic phase transition that occurs in the vicinity of 140 K. We show that the enhanced conductivity in the dimeric ethyl (1) and butyl (3) radicals at the magnetic phase transition results from the development of a complex, but highly delocalized electronic structure and not to the formation of a diamagnetic pi-dimer. We find that the monomeric radicals 4, 12, and 13 have an asymmetric electron density distribution in the crystal lattice whereas radical 11 is the only monomeric radical which remains fully delocalized. The pi-chain radicals (7, 8, 14, and 15) retain the strongly delocalized electronic structures expected for a resonating valence bond ground-state structure.     

GeneralizedM-diffusion model of molecular rotations

The widely usedM-model of rotational diffusion of molecules in fluid phases is generalized. The ordinaryM-model assumes that intermolecular collisions causeinstantaneous changes in the orientation of an otherwise free rotor. The present scheme takes cognizance of the ubiquitous intermolecular torques which should make the molecular orientation a continuously variable random function of time. It is assumed here that the component of the angular velocity, which is conjugate to the angle specifying the orientation of the molecule, is a stationary Gaussian-Markov process. The ordinaryM-model emerges then as a special case of the more general treatment presented here. The results derived for the dipole correlation function of a linear rotor on the basis of the generalized scheme are applied to a series of infrared data. The observed agreement is highly satisfactory. The present analysis affords a justification for the Gordon scheme which generalizes theM-model by assigning to the mean rate of collision anad-hoc dependence on the angular speed of the rotor. It is argued also that the model treated here incorporates certain memory effects which are ignored in the ordinaryM-model, and may yield, in some cases, results which are similar to those based on certain memory function formalisms.