Intramolecular charge-transfer interactions in pi-extended tetrathiafulvalene derivatives

New electron-donor (D)-electron-acceptor (A) TTF architectures are presented in which two electron-donating 1,3-dithiole moieties are connected by a pi bridge to the weak electron-accepting quinoxaline moiety (D-pi-A compounds 9a and 9b and also two 1,3-dithiole-2-ylidene moieties are connected by a pi bridge to the electron-accepting thieno[3,4-b]quinoxaline bridge (D-pi-A-pi-D compounds 12a-c). There are through-bond intramolecular charge-transfer (ICT) interactions, predicted in theoretical calculations, and confirmed by UV-vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry measurements. This work constitutes the first use of quinoxalines as electron-accepting moieties in D-pi-A compounds.     

Umweltchemie 1998

Nachdem im Trendbericht des letzten Jahres ausgewählte Beispiele aus Bereichen der Umweltchemie besprochen wurden,¹⁾ sollen in diesem Jahr Ergebnisse aus Ökotoxikologie and Humantoxikologie behandelt werden. Zunächst werden einige Arbeiten aus den Bereichen der Entsorgungsverfahren und neue Entwicklungen bei Spurenstoffen vorgestellt. Da das Gebiet der nachhaltigen Chemie immer mehr in den Brennpunkt des Interesses rückt, werden auch neue umweltfreundliche Synthesen und Produkte ausführlich diskutiert.     

Ordered micro/mesoporous composite prepared as thin films

A new synthesis method for preparation of thin films and powders consisting of zeolite beta nanocrystals embedded in ordered mesoporous silica matrix is described. The final structures possessing bimodal porosity, i.e., high degree of mesophase order and spatially defined microporous zeolite nanocrystals are obtained via simultaneous solvent evaporation of preformed silica/surfactant/ethanol/nanosized zeolite beta assemblies. The films were characterized with grazing-incident diffraction (GID), nitrogen sorption based on gravimetric measurements with quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) devices, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It is shown that the incorporation of beta nanocrystals in the mesoporous silica matrix and the mesophase order itself can be controlled through the variation of the fractional amounts of the zeolite nanoparticles and silica/surfactant solutions. The HR-TEM measurements showed that the nanosized Beta microporous crystals are separated and at the same time connected through an ordered mesostructured matrix.     

3,7-Dioxaazelaamides as Ionophores for Lithium Ion Selective Liquid Membrane Electrodes

Lipophilic neutral carriers were synthesized which show Li⁺/Na⁺ selectivities of up to ca. 80 in highly lipophilic liquid membranes. The sensor membranes exhibit improved response times and increased lifetimes as compared to systems described earlier. They allow reliable measurements of Li⁺ in blood serum within the clinical concentration range. A 1:1 Li⁺/ionophore complex of one representative (N,N,N′,N′-tetracyclohexyl-5,5-dimethyl-3,7-dioxaazelaamide) has been prepared, and its structure was elucidated by X-ray analysis.     

An Anthracene-Based Metal-Organic Framework for Selective Photo-Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid Coupled with Water Oxidation

A Zr-based metal-organic framework has been synthesized and employed as a catalyst for photochemical carbon dioxide reduction coupled with water oxidation. The catalyst shows significant carbon dioxide reduction property with concomitant water oxidation. The catalyst has broad visible light as well as UV light absorption property, which is further confirmed from electronic absorption spectroscopy. Formic acid was the only reduced product from carbon dioxide with a turn-over frequency (TOF) of 0.69 h⁻¹ in addition to oxygen, which was produced with a TOF of 0.54 h⁻¹. No external photosensitizer is used and the ligand itself acts as the light harvester. The efficient and selective photochemical carbon dioxide reduction to formic acid with concomitant water oxidation using Zr-based MOF as catalyst is thus demonstrated here.     

Darstellung und Charakterisierung von (±)-Coralydin und (±)-O-Methylcorytenchirin und ihrer optischen Antipoden (Vorläufige Mitteilung)

The synthesis and characterization of (±)-coralydine and (±)-O-methylcorytenchirine and their optical isomers are described.     

Superposition of different photoionization mechanisms upon laser irradiation of pyrene in tetrahydrofuran solutions at room temperature

The photoconductivity signal consecutive to a light pulse from a 337.1 nm N₂ laser can be understood as the superposition of photocurrents stremming from two distinct photoionization mechanisms. Low light intensity (5 × 10²¹ quanta/cm²s) favors the triplet—triplet annihilation path where light absorption produces an initial population of excited triplets which subsequently undergo diffusion controlled collisional encounters resulting partly in the generation of charge carriers; high light intensity (10²³ quanta/cm²s) favors a biphotonic photoionization mechanism in which ionization occurs during the light pulse by consecutive absorption of two photons. Oxygen quenching does not affect the ion quantum yield in the biophotonic process. This fact and evidence derived from a kinetic simulation involving only the triplet and singlet states are discussed in terms of the possible intermediate state(s) necessary for consecutive biphotonic ionization.