Ketene formation in benzdiyne chemistry: ring cleavage versus Wolff rearrangement

In the chemistry toward generating benzdiyne from five benzenetetracarboxylic dianhydride derivatives, ketene formation was exclusively observed in the photolysis of difluorobenzenetetracarboxylic dianhydride in a nitrogen matrix at 13 K. Two ketenes were formed concomitantly with difluorobenzdiyne. These ketenes were identified on the basis of good agreement between the observed and calculated (B3LYP/6-31G level) IR spectra. Neither ketene contained the five-membered-ring moiety as cyclopentadienylideneketene, which is formed by Wolff rearrangement in the benzyne chemistry. The first generated ketene was assigned to a ketene with a cyclopropene moiety, and the second, to a ketene with a butadiyne moiety. The first generated ketene was a major product in the photolysis and was formed by cleavage of the bond connecting the ketene group and the C-F carbon and not the bond connecting the ketene group and the carbene moiety. Thus the structures of these ketenes indicated that a unprecedented ring cleavage, rather than Wolff rearrangement, is the dominant process in the benzdiyne chemistry.     

Preparation and characterization of nanoaggregates of poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polymethacrylate and poly-L-lysine

Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polymethacrylate (PEO-b-PMA), one of the double-hydrophilic block copolymers, has proved to the form nanoaggregates with poly-L-lysine (PLS). This was confirmed by turbidimetry, zeta-potential measurements, and dynamic light scattering. The nanoaggregate formation is induced by electrostatic charge neutralization of the PMA block with PLS. The properties of the aggregates are affected by PLS concentration as well PEO-b-PMA concentration. The aggregates have potential applications in biomedical science.     

Electrophoretic mobility of a cylindrical colloidal particle in a salt-free medium

Approximate expressions are derived for the electrophoretic mobility of dilute cylindrical colloidal particles in a salt-free medium containing only counterions. The cylinder is assumed to be infinitely long. It is shown that as in the case of a spherical particle, there is a certain critical value of the particle surface charge separating two cases. When the particle surface charge is lower than the critical value (case 1), the electrophoretic mobility increases with increasing particle surface charge per unit length. When the particle surface charge is higher than the critical value (case 2), the mobility becomes constant (for a cylinder in a transverse field) or the increase in the electrophoretic mobility with the particle surface charge becomes suppressed (for a cylinder in a tangential field). These phenomena are caused by the effect of counterion condensation in the vicinity of the particle surface. The critical value of the particle charge is essentially independent of the particle volume fraction phi for the dilute case, unlike the case of a sphere, in which case the critical charge value is proportional to ln(1/phi).     

Molecular structure of glucopyranosylamide lipid and nanotube morphology

A series of glucopyranosylamide lipids, N-(X-octadecenoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosylamine [X = 13-cis (1), 11-cis (2), 9-cis (3), 6-cis (4), and 9-cis,12-cis (5)] and their saturated homologue N-octadecanoyl-beta-d-glucopyranosylamine (6), which differ in the position of a cis double bond in the C18 hydrocarbon chains, have been synthesized. The effect of the cis double bond position on the chiral self-assembly of each glycolipid has been examined by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV, and circular dichroism (CD). The 11-cis derivative 2 was observed to self-assemble in water to form a uniform hollow cylinder structure with about 200-nm outer diameters in >98% yields. The obtained nanotubes from 2 showed the narrowest distribution of outer diameters and also gave a negative CD band around 234-236 nm, showing the largest CD intensity among the glycolipids investigated. Thus, we found that the position of a cis double bond significantly influences the homogeneity of the outer diameters as well as growth behavior of the self-assembled nanotube structures. Chiral molecular packing driven by a possible bending structure of the unsaturated glycolipids is playing a critical role in determining tubular morphology through molecular self-assembly.     

Regioselective oxygenative tetraamination of [60]fullerene. Fullerene-mediated reduction of molecular oxygen by amine via ground state single electron transfer in dimethyl sulfoxide

The reaction of [60]fullerene with a variety of a secondary aliphatic amines in 20% v/v dimethyl sulfoxide in chlorobenzene under an atmospheric pressure of molecular oxygen allows regioselective introduction of four amino groups and one epoxide group around one pentagon of the fullerene molecule in good to high yield. This new synthesis of tetraaminofullerene expoxide can be carried out with a simple procedure on a multigram scale at room temperature and affords a variety of functionalized fullerene derivatives. Near-infrared analysis of a mixture of [60]fullerene and piperidine in a deaerated dimethyl sulfoxide/chlorobenzene mixture indicated equilibrium formation of [60]fullerene radical anion (C60*-) that persists at least for 2 weeks at room temperature but reacts immediately with molecular oxygen to give the tetraaminofullerene expoxide. The Benesi-Hildebrand analysis of the concentration dependency of the near-infrared absorption indicated that a [C60*- piperidine*+] radical ion pair is formed with an equivalent constant of K = 0.62 +/- 0.02 M(-1) at 25 degrees C. This and other lines of evidence suggest that the oxygenative amination reaction involves C60-mediated reduction of molecular oxygen by the amine.     

Triple hydrogen bonds direct crystal engineering of metal-assembled complexes: the effect of a novel organic-inorganic module on supramolecular structure

Novel triply hydrogen bonded suprastructures based on [M(tdpd)2(L)2]2- (H2tdpd=1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-5,6-dioxo-2,3-pyrazinedicarbonitrile, L=solvent) and melamine-analogous cations have been synthesized and characterized. The use of anions containing two AAA sets from [M(tdpd)2(L)2]2- together with cations containing one DDD set (A=hydrogen-bond acceptor, D=hydrogen-bond donor) leads to the formation of complementary triply hydrogen bonded modules in the solid state. In all cases, the building module is further extended via additional hydrogen-bonding interactions to produce a tape, and tapes are assembled into sheets. These results show that a hydrogen-bonded module consisting of different kinds of building blocks, one of which is a metal complex that includes hydrogen-bond acceptor sites and the other is a hydrogen-bond donor molecule, will be attractive for constructing metal-containing supramolecular systems by the self-assembly technique.     

2-aza-2'-deoxyadenosine: synthesis, base-pairing selectivity, and stacking properties of oligonucleotides

2-Aza-2'-deoxyadenosine (2, z2Ad) is synthesized via its 1,N6-etheno derivative 7 and enzymatically deaminated to 2-aza-2'-deoxyinosine (3). Compound 2 is converted into the phosphoramidite building block 10b. This is employed in solid-phase oligonucleotide synthesis. The 2-azapurine base forms a strong base pair with guanine, but a much weaker one with adenine, thymine, and cytosine. Oligonucleotide duplexes with dangling nucleotide residues, such as 2-aza-2'-deoxyadenosine and 7-deaza-2'-deoxyadenosine (4, c7Ad), either on one or both termini, are synthesized, and the thermal stability of the duplexes is correlated with the hydrophobic properties of the dangling nucleotide residues.     

Surface-potential reversibility of an amino-terminated self-assembled monolayer based on nanoprobe chemistry

Nanoprobe chemistry offers a promising approach for the construction of nanostructures consisting of organic molecules by employing the tip of a scanning probe microscope. In a previous report, we demonstrated that a nitroso-terminated surface on an organosilane self-assembled monolayer could be converted into an amino-terminated surface by applying such a nanoprobe electrochemical technique. This paper reports on surface-potential reversibility originating from a reversible chemical reaction between amino and nitroso groups. In addition, we demonstrate surface-potential memory based on this chemical reversibility. Amino-terminated SAMs were prepared from p-aminophenyl-trimethoxysilane through chemical vapor deposition. Surface potentials were acquired by Kelvin force microscopy. When scanning probe lithography was conducted with a gold tip at positive-bias voltages, the surface potential of the scanned area shifted dramatically in the negative direction. Scanning with negative-bias voltages led to positive shift in the surface potential of the scanned area. The surface potential could be recovered even after multiple scannings with positive and negative applied bias voltages. On the basis of this discovery, we also succeeded in demonstrating surface-potential memory via our nanoprobe electrochemical technique.     

Degradation of crosslinked unsaturated polyesters in sub-critical water

The degradation of unsaturated polyesters crosslinked with styrene was performed in sub-critical water (SCW) in the absence and presence of organic additives. The unsaturated polyesters were de-crosslinked by hydrolysis of ester chains to form polystyrene derivatives on SCW treatment at 300 °C. With an increase in treating time, carboxylic acid groups in the polystyrene derivatives were turned into carboxylic anhydride groups in SCW. The de-crosslinking rate was much enhanced on SCW treatment in the presence of hydroxy compounds with a long alkyl chain and alkylamines, while carboxylic acids, benzenesulfonate salts, and quaternary ammonium salts were ineffective even though they had a long alkyl chain. The degree of de-crosslinking was reduced in the presence of diamines and amino acids because re-crosslinking at both ends of the additive molecules proceeded.     

新型配位聚合物[Zn6（bta）4（2,2′-bipy）3]的合成、晶体结构和荧光性质

采用水热法合成了一种新的三维配位聚合物[Zn6(bta)4(2,2′-bipy)3](H3bta=1,3,5-苯三乙酸;2,2′-bipy=2,2′-二联吡啶),并通过X射线单晶结构分析、红外光谱、元素分析和热重分析对该配合物进行了表征.结构分析数据表明,该配合物属单斜晶系,Cc空间群,晶胞参数a=1·7714(4)nm,b=2·4391(5)nm,c=1·7120(3)nm,β=104·39(3)°,Z=4,V=7·165(2)nm3,Dc=1·722g/cm3,μ=2·065mm-1,F(000)=3768,R1=0·0645,wR2=0·1424.荧光光谱结果表明,配合物具有良好的荧光性质.