Modulation versus Templating: Fine‐Tuning of Hierarchally Porous PCN‐250 Using Fatty Acids To Engineer Guest Adsorption

Modulation and templating are two synthetic techniques that have garnered significant attention over the last several years for the preparation of hierarchically porous metal–organic frameworks (HP‐MOFs). In this study, by using fatty acids with different lengths and concentrations as dual‐functional modulators/templates, we were able to obtain HP‐MOFs with tunable mesopores that exhibit different pore diameters and locations. We found that the length and concentration of the fatty acids can determine if micelle formation occurs, which in turn dictates the porosity of the resulting HP‐MOFs. The HP‐MOFs with different mesopores differed in their performance in gas uptake and dye adsorption, and the structure–performance relationships were ascribed to the pore diameters and locations. This approach could provide a potentially universal method to efficiently introduce hierarchal mesopores into existing microporous MOF adsorbents with tunable properties.     

Host Differential Sensitization toward Color/Lifetime-Tuned Lanthanide Coordination Polymers for Optical Multiplexing

Optical multiplexing based on luminescent materials with tunable color/lifetime has potential applications in information storage and security. However, the available tunable luminescent materials reported so far still suffer from several drawbacks of low efficiency or poor stability, thus restraining their further applications. Herein, we demonstrate a strategy to develop efficient and stable lanthanide coordination polymers (LCPs) with tunable luminescence as a new option for optical multiplexing. Their multicolor emission from green to red and naked-eye-sensitive green emission with tunable lifetime (from ca. 300 to ca. 600 μs) can be controlled by host differential sensitization and energy transfer between lanthanide ions. The quantum efficiencies of developed samples range from around 20 % to 46 % and the luminescence intensity/lifetime appear quite stable in polar solvents up to ten weeks. Furthermore, with the aid of inkjet printing and concepts of luminescence lifetime imaging and time-gated imaging, we illustrate their promising applications of information storage and security in spatial and temporal domains.     

T-symmetric 40-nucleus silver clusters assembled by hetero-anions

We report two anion-templated Ag₄₀ clusters, [Ag₄₀(E)₄(SO₄){S₂P(OEt)₂}₂₄](PF₆)₆ (E = S, 1 ; Se, 2 ). The anionic templates were generated in situ from the decomposition of dithiophosphate (dtp) ligands. The extrusion of sulfur undergoes disproportionation reactions to generate sulfide and sulfate anions, which provide the source of templates in the subsequent cluster assembly reactions. Two Ag₄₀ clusters display high similarity in their structures. The sulfide (selenide) anions and the central sulfate anion reveal a six-coordinate and a rare dodecametallic dodecaconnective pattern, respectively. Four near-equivalent [Ag₁₀(E){S₂P(OEt)₂}₆]²⁺ motifs were assembled via the connection of central sulfate anion to construct Ag₄₀ clusters. The cluster cation, [Ag₄₀(E)₄(SO₄){S₂P(OEt)₂}₂₄]⁶⁺, displayed in T symmetry, is unprecedented in anion-templated silver clusters.     

新型含2-取代-1,3-噻唑烷环的噻唑酰胺类化合物的合成与生物活性研究

为了寻找新的含噻唑杂环的先导化合物,利用¨(2-氰基亚胺基-1,3-噻唑烷-3-基)甲基]-2-氨基噻唑与取代苯甲酰氯(或乙酰氯)在吡啶存在下发生缩合反应,合成了19个新型含2-取代-1,3-噻唑烷环的噻唑酰胺类化合物4.经1HNMR和元素分析对目标化合物的结构进行了表征,经MS进一步证实了化合物4s的结构,并通过X射线单晶衍射分析测定了化合物4a的晶体结构.对所合成的目标化合物进行了生物活性测试,部分化合物表现出一定的杀菌和植物生长调节活性.     

硫化镉/二氧化硅复合材料的合成

结合亲核取代反应与硅氧烷水解和硅羟基缩合反应,制备了羧酸镉/二氧化硅复合材料。通过硫化反应,实现了立方结构和六方结构硫化镉纳米粒子在复合材料中的原位制备。复合材料中硫化镉纳米粒子的发射峰位在617 nm,属于红色荧光(三元色之一)。硫化镉/二氧化硅复合材料在光学器件方面具有潜在的应用前景。     

A DFT study of cage compounds: 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12-hexanitro-3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12-hexaazatetracyclo [5.5.1.12,6.04,9] dodecane and its derivatives as high energetic materials

A new cage compound, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12-hexanitro-3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12-hexaazatetracyclo [5.5.1.1^2,6.0^4,9] dodecane (HNHATCD, I) as well as its –ONO₂ (II) and –N₃ (III) derivatives were proposed in the present work. Their molecular structures were optimized at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of density functional theory. Heat of formation, strain energy, detonation performance, and thermal stability were studied. Results show that the –N₃ group greatly increases the heat of formation, but decreases the strain energy and density, and it is much more helpful for enhancing the detonation energy than the –NO₂ and –ONO₂ groups. An analysis of bond dissociation energies (BDEs) of the weakest bonds implies that the BDE of –N₃ derivatives is the smallest but it is still larger than 120 kJ mol^?1, revealing that these designed compounds have a high thermal stability. Considering the detonation performance and thermal stability, I and II may be potential candidates of high energy density materials.     

Study of defect sites in Ce1-xMxO2-δ (x = 0.2) solid solutions using Raman spectroscopy

A series of Ce(1-x)M(x)O(2-δ) (M = Gd, Zr, La, Sm, Y, Lu, and Pr) samples were characterized by Raman spectroscopy to investigate the evolution of defect sites (oxygen vacancies and MO(8)-type complex) and their distributions in the samples. It was found that the evolution of oxygen vacancies was due to the different ionic valence state of dopant from that of Ce(4+), while the evolution of the MO(8)-type complex was due to the different ionic radius of dopant from that of Ce(4+). The distributions of defect sites were investigated using 325 and 514 nm excitation laser lines, indicating that the defect sites were surface enriched. Moreover, the increasing ordering level of the sample led to a decline in the concentration of the MO(8)-type complex in the sample but the constant concentration of oxygen vacancies, implying that the metastable MO(8)-type complex species were more disordered compared to the oxygen vacancies.     

A highly selective colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent chemodosimeter for imaging fluoride ions in living cells

A simple but highly selective colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent chemodosimeter was designed and synthesized to detect fluoride ions (F(-)) in aqueous solution and living cells by virtue of the strong affinity of F(-) toward silicon.     

The initial growth behavior of perylene on Cu(100)

Using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) together with density functional theory (DFT) the growth behavior of perylene on the Cu(100) substrate has been investigated. As revealed by STM images, perylene molecules prefer to adopt lying configuration with their molecular plane parallel to the substrate, and two symmetrically equivalent ordered domains were observed. DFT calculations show that perylene molecule prefers to adsorb on the top site of substrate Cu atoms with its long molecular axis aligning along the [011] or [01-1] azimuth of the substrate which is the most stable adsorption geometry according to its highest binding energy. Consequently, two adsorption structures of c(8×4) and c(8×6), each containing two perylene molecules per unit cell, are proposed based on our STM images. The growth mechanism for ordered perylene domains on Cu(100) can be attributed to the balance between weak adsorbate-adsorbate interaction and comparable adsorbate-substrate interaction.     

Metal-free catalysts for hydrogenation of both small and large imines: a computational experiment

This study extends our previous work of using π-FLP strategy to develop metal-free hydrogenation catalysts. Using small MeN=CMe(2) imine (im1) as a model, we previously designed cat1 and cat2 catalysts. But it is unclear whether they are capable of catalyzing the hydrogenations of bulky imines. Using tBuN=C(H)Ph (im2) as a representative of large imines, we assessed the energetics of the cat1- and cat2-catalyzed im2 hydrogenations. The predicted energetics indicates that they can still catalyze large imine hydrogenations with experimentally accessible kinetic barriers, although the energetics becomes less favorable. To improve the catalysis, we proposed new catalysts (cat3 and cat4) by tailoring cat1 and cat2. The study indicates that cat3 and cat4 could have better performance for the hydrogenation of the bulky im2 than cat1 and cat2. Remarkably, cat3 and cat4 are also found suitable for small imine (im1) hydrogenation. Examining the hydrogen transfer substeps in the eight hydrogenations involved in this study, we observed that the mechanism for the hydrogen transfer step in the catalytic cycles depends on the steric effect between catalyst and substrate. The mechanism can be switched from stepwise one in the case of large steric effect (e.g.im2/cat2) to the concerted one in the case of small steric effect (e.g.im1/cat3). The new catalysts could be better targets for experimental realization because of their simpler constructions.