Iodine(III)-Mediated Migratory gem-Difluorinations: Synthesis of β Transformable Functionality Substituted gem-Difluoroalkanes

Geminal-difluoroalkanes featuring intriguing steric and electronic properties are of great significance in medicinal chemistry, and great progresses have been achieved for their synthesis. In recent years, iodine(III) reagent-mediated migratory gem-difluorination of alkenes has proved to be an efficient and powerful strategy to access to diverse gem-difluoroalkanes, especially those bearing a readily transformable functionality (TF), which are important for rapid assembly of complex gem-difluorinated molecules in a modular and diverse manner. In this review, we systematically summarize the recent development of iodine(III)-mediated migratory gem-difluorination reactions for the synthesis of gem-difluoroalkanes bearing a synthetically versatile TF at the β position. The reaction mechanism and the utilities of the products are also discussed. This review is presented and grouped basically according to the types of transformable functionalities within the products.     

液态凝聚态调控的分散质组装及功能

凝聚态化学是研究利用分子间作用力构筑凝聚态物质多层次结构实现物质功能和化学反应的新研究领域。相比于固态凝聚态化学,液态凝聚态化学研究涉及多相态,如液态凝聚态如何影响分散质的存在状态和功能特性等重要课题。从凝聚态化学的角度认识分散质在其中的聚集行为不但有利于获得预期的分子存在结构状态,而且可以探索环境条件对组装结构形成的过程认识。本文在对液态凝聚态的物理化学性质,尤其是与溶质分散和聚集相关方面进行简要概述的基础上,选取典型示例分别阐述了液态凝聚态在分散质组装过程、组装与解组装以及组装体结构转变等方面的作用。在液态凝聚态对物质性质影响方面,从其对染料分子的紫外-可见吸收、电子转移、手性调控以及催化等几个方面进行了讨论。在这些过程中,作为连续相的液态凝聚态的介电常数、极性以及黏度等性质对于分散相的存在状态和性质起到了关键作用。然而,受现有仪器检测范围的限制,液态凝聚态与分散质之间的快速、多变且细微的作用力很难在时间和空间上进行准确测定,而从实验和理论两个方面进行相互拟合来说明液态凝聚态的作用是一个重要且行之有效的策略。     

Pd(0) nanoparticles immobilized on multinitrogen functionalized halloysite for promoting Sonogashira reaction: studying the role of the number of surface nitrogens in catalytic performance

Halloysite nanoclay, Hal, was amine-functionalized and subsequently reacted with 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine, TCT, and ethylenediamine, EDA, to provide multinitrogen containing functionality on the surface of Hal. The resulting surface-modified Hal, Hal-2N-TCT-EDA, was then used for immobilization of Pd nanoparticles and affording a heterogeneous catalyst, Pd@Hal-2N-TCT-EDA, with utility for copper and ligand-free Sonogashira coupling of alkynes and aryl halides. The results established the efficiency of this protocol in terms of product yield, ecofriendly nature, and reaction time. Study of the reusability of the catalyst confirmed that the catalyst could be recovered and recycled up to seven times with slight loss of catalytic activity and Pd leaching, indicating the efficiency of Hal-2N-TCT-EDA for embedding Pd nanoparticles. To elucidate the role of the number of surface nitrogens on the catalytic performance, the catalytic activity, and recyclability of the catalyst was compared with those of Hal-2N and Hal-2N-TCT. It was found that more surface nitrogen atoms gave higher loading of Pd and lower Pd leaching. This result confirms the contribution of surface nitrogens to anchor the Pd species and suppress leaching.

     

How good is CuAAC “click” chemistry for polymer coupling reactions?

¹H NMR and SEC analyses are used to investigate the overall efficiency of Copper Catalyzed Azide Alkyne Cycloaddition (CuAAC) “click” coupling reactions between alkyne‐ and azide‐terminated polymers using polystyrene as a model. Quantitative convolution modeling of the entire molecular weight distribution is applied to characterize the outcomes of the functional polymer synthesis reactions (i.e., by atom transfer radical polymerization), as well as the CuAAC coupling reaction. Incomplete functionality of the azide‐terminated polystyrene (∼92%) proves to be the largest factor compromising the efficacy of the CuAAC coupling reaction and is attributed primarily to the loss of terminal bromide functionality during its synthesis. The efficiency of the S_N2 reaction converting bromide to azide was found to be about 99%. After taking into account the influence of non‐functional polymer, we find that, under the reaction conditions used, the efficiency of the CuAAC coupling reaction determined from both techniques is about 94%. These inefficiencies compromise the fidelity and potential utility of CuAAC coupling reactions for the synthesis of hierarchically structured polymers. While CuAAC efficiency is expected to depend on the specific reaction conditions used, the framework described for determining reaction efficiency does provide a means for ultimately optimizing the reaction conditions for CuAAC coupling reactions. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2018 , 56, 75–84     

功能性无机-晶态纳米纤维素复合材料的研究进展与展望

纤维素是自然界储藏量最大,可再生且可生物降解的生物高分子。晶态纳米纤维素是天然纤维素复合材料的结构支撑体,其多级孔道结构,手性液晶排列和活性羟基官能团赋予它优异的模板效应。本篇综述回顾了功能性无机-晶态纳米纤维素复合材料的研究进展。概述组装方法,侧重讨论静电纺丝法,细菌纤维素和纤维素气凝胶模板矿化法,凝胶-溶胶法,溶液浇铸法和静电层贴法的组装特点。扼要介绍了晶态纳米纤维素的形貌和晶体结构,提取方法,排列方式,化学修饰和溶剂等。天然复合材料的生物功能与其多级结构和多元组分的协同效应息息相关,文章以木质纤维素的刚性和海参表皮的化学感应性为例,浅谈晶态纳米纤维素微束的螺旋结构和纤维素复合体的多级结构在仿生组装功能性纤维素复合材料中的应用。最后,作者对晶态纳米纤维素在设计组装功能性复合材料领域的未来方向提出了一些设想,藉此综述抛砖引玉。     

胶体光子晶体膜的超浸润性研究进展

近年来,由于具有特殊浸润性的胶体光子晶体膜在传感、检测、催化等方面的重要应用,胶体光子晶体膜的超浸润研究受到科研工作者的广泛关注.本文阐述了包括超亲液、超疏液、两亲性、梯度浸润性、可调控浸润性、图案浸润性等具有特殊浸润性光子晶体膜的制备及其相关应用,并讨论疏水、超疏水和亲-疏图案不同浸润性基底对所制备胶体光子晶体膜的功能性及其相关应用的影响.该工作对于发展新型功能型材料器件的制备具有重要的借鉴及指导意义.     

基于纤维素的气凝胶材料

纤维素是自然界中储量最为丰富的一种天然高分子。作为继无机气凝胶和合成聚合物气凝胶之后的第三代气凝胶,纤维素基气凝胶材料兼具绿色可再生的纤维素材料和多孔气凝胶材料两者的优点,成为纤维素材料研究与应用中的一个热点。本文梳理了纤维素基气凝胶材料的发展脉络,综述了纤维素基气凝胶材料的研究进展。重点对纤维素基气凝胶的制备方法进行了总结,包括基于含水溶剂和无水溶剂的纤维素直接溶解法及源自植物纤维素和细菌纤维素的纤维素纳米纤维的水相分散法。介绍了纤维素基气凝胶力学性能的提高和功能性开发的最新研究结果。最后对纤维素基气凝胶材料的发展前景和研究方向进行了展望。     

Chain‐End‐Functionalized Polyphosphazenes via a One‐Pot Phosphine‐Mediated Living Polymerization

A simple polymerization of trichlorophosphoranimine (Cl₃P = N−SiMe₃) mediated by functionalized triphenylphosphines is presented. In situ initiator formation and the subsequent polymerization progress are investigated by ³¹P NMR spectroscopy, demonstrating a living cationic polymerization mechanism. The polymer chain lengths and molecular weights of the resulting substituted poly(organo)phosphazenes are further studied by ¹H NMR spectroscopy and size exclusion chromatography. This strategy facilitates the preparation of polyphosphazenes with controlled molecular weights and specific functional groups at the α‐chain end. Such well‐defined, mono‐end‐functionalized polymers have great potential use in bioconjugation, surface modification, and as building blocks for complex macromolecular constructs.

     

Amine functionalised metal organic frameworks (MOFs) as adsorbents for carbon dioxide

Three different porous metal organic framework (MOF) materials have been prepared with and without uncoordinated amine functionalities inside the pores. The materials have been characterized and tested as adsorbents for carbon dioxide. At 298 K the materials adsorb significant amount of carbon dioxide, the amine functionalised adsorbents having the highest CO₂ adsorption capacities, the best adsorbing around 14 wt% CO₂ at 1.0 atm CO₂ pressure. At 25 atm CO₂ pressure, up to 60 wt% CO₂ can be adsorbed. At high pressures the CO₂ uptake is mostly dependent on the available surface area and pore volume of the material in question. For one of the iso-structural MOF pairs the introduction of amine functionality increases the differential adsorption enthalpy (from isosteric method) from 30 to around 50 kJ/mole at low CO₂ pressures, while the adsorption enthalpies reach the same level at increase pressures. The high pressure experimental results indicate that MOF based solid adsorbents can have a potential for use in pressure swing adsorption of carbon dioxide at elevated pressures.