A One Pot,One Step Method for the Preparation of Clickable Hydrogels by Photoinitiated Polymerization

Current preparation methods for hydrogels based on redox or photopolymerization of water soluble monomers are simple to use, and flexible, but have the drawback of requiring additional modification steps for tuning or introducing properties for specific purposes. We have devised a simple and rapid synthetic strategy to prepare hydrogels possessing reactive sites to incorporate any molecules of interest by “Click Chemistry”. The strategy is based on the use of propargyl acrylamide (PAm) as comonomer together with acrylamide (AAm) and N,N′‐methylene bisacrylamide (BAAm) as crosslinker in photoinitiated polymerization. With the selective reactivity of photochemically generated free radicals towards acrylic function of PAm, hydrogels with clickable acetylene groups can be prepared in one pot, one step manner. Based on the acetylene functionality, any molecule possessing azide groups can be conjugated onto hydrogel by “Click Chemistry” as demonstrated on the example of fluoroscent azide functional pyrene.     

Chiral hypervalent iodine-catalyzed enantioselective oxidative Kita spirolactonization of 1-naphthol derivatives and one-pot diastereo-selective oxidation to epoxyspirolactones

We demonstrate here the rational design of a conformationally flexible C₂-symmetric iodosylarene 8g based on secondary n-σ^∗ or hydrogen-bonding interactions as a chiral catalyst for the enantioselective Kita oxidative spirolactonization of 1-naphthol derivatives 5. Iodosylarenes 8 were generated in situ from iodoarenes 7 and mCPBA as a co-oxidant. Furthermore, epoxyspirolactone 15 was obtained by the one-pot oxidation of 5 with mCBPA in the presence of 7g. Thus, the enantioselective oxidation of 5 to 6 and the successive enantio- and diastereo-selective oxidation of 5 to 15 proceeded in good yields when we controlled the amount of mCPBA.     

Sonochemical synthesis and chracterization of Mn3O4 nanoparticles

We report on the synthesis of Mn₃O₄ nanoparticles (NPs) using a novel sonochemical method without requiring any pH adjustment. Synthesized material was identified as tetragonal hausmannite crystal structure model of Mn₃O₄ from XRD analysis. Crystallite size was estimated from x-ray line profile fitting to be 17±5 nm. FTIR analysis revealed stretching vibrations of metal ions in tetrahedral and octahedral coordination confirming the crystal structure. TEM analysis revealed a dominantly cubic morphology of NPs with an average size of ∼20 nm. Magnetic evaluation revealed a blocking temperature, T _B of 40 K above which the material behaves paramagnetic. Asymmetric coercive field is attributed to the interaction between ferromagnetic Mn₃O₄ and antiferromagnetic Mn oxide at the surface of nanoparticles.      

Tridentate benzimidazole ligand and its metal complexes: Synthesis,characterization, photo physical and sensor properties

A tridentate bisbenzimidazole-pyridine ligand (L-C⁵) with two pentyl side-units and its metal complexes with Mn²⁺, Fe²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Zn²⁺ metal ions were synthesized and characterized. The structures of the ligand (L-C⁵) and its five coordinate [Mn(L-C⁵)Cl₂] were elucidated by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The absorption and photoluminescence properties of the compounds were studied in solution media. The ligand is highly fluorescent, and binding of the metal ions to the ligand has caused significant changes in the emission band (shift or quenching). Moreover, the effect of aggregation on UV–Vis. absorption and emission properties was examined in MeOH-water mixtures. The ligand was found to show aggregation-induced quenching in the MeOH-water mixture. The ligand was also screened for its colorimetric and fluorometric sensing ability of several metal ions [Na⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, Al³⁺, Ca²⁺, Mn²⁺, Fe²⁺, Fe³⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Hg²⁺, Pb²⁺]. The ligand showed selective sensing ability towards Zn²⁺, and the limit of detection was calculated as 3.09 × 10⁻⁷ m . The ligand also showed a distinguishable color change in the presence of Fe²⁺ under daylight.     

L-proline derivatives based on a calix[4]arene scaffold as chiral organocatalysts for the direct asymmetric aldol reaction in water

Abstract

A new series of water-compatible proline catalysts (4–6) derived from calixarene bearing a hydrophobic nature have been synthesised. It was found that the compound 4 was a highly efficient organocatalyst for aldol reactions occurred in the water. Under optimised reaction conditions, high yields (up to 82%), good enantioselectivities (ee up to 81%) and high diastereoselectivities (dr up to 91:9) were obtained.     

Regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrilimines to 2-methyl-2-vinyl oxirane

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of in situ generated C,N-diaryl nitrilimines to 2-methyl-2-vinyl oxirane gives rise to the regioselective formation of novel 5-(2-methyloxiranyl)-4,5-dihydropyrazole derivatives in moderate to good yields. The structures and stereochemistries of the new cycloadducts were confirmed by spectroscopic/physical methods including X-ray diffraction data.     

A rapid and efficient protocol for the synthesis of novel nitrothiazolo[3,2-c]pyrimidines via microwave-mediated Mannich cyclisation

Several 6-substituted-8-nitrothiazolo[3,2-c]pyrimidine derivatives have been obtained very efficiently by a multicomponent cyclisation of 2-(nitromethylene)thiazolidine, formaldehyde and various aliphatic or aromatic amines in water, using both microwave irradiation and conventional heating. Reaction yields were considerably higher and the reaction times very much reduced using microwave heating when compared to conventional heating, resulting in the definition of a rapid and efficient synthetic protocol.