Development of general methods for the synthesis of new substituted allyl bromides as promising alkenylating agents

A general procedure has been developed for the synthesis of hitherto unknown substituted allyl bromides. The procedure includes preparation of the corresponding α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters from accessible ketones according to the Horner-Emmons reaction, reduction of these esters with diisobutylaluminum hydride to allylic alcohols, and substitution of the hydroxy group by bromine by the action of PBr₃. The E,Z isomer ratio of the synthesized unsaturated compounds ranges from 3: 1 to 4: 1.     

Stereoselective synthesis of piperidine derivatives [3,2-c]-fused with oxygen heterocycles

The reaction of tert-butyl 4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate dimethylhydrazone with BuLi and further with iodides of protected alcohols ICH₂(CH₂) _n OSiMe₂(t-Bu) (n = 1–4) led to the formation of the corresponding tert-butyl 3-{[tert-butyl(dimethyl)silyl]alkyl}-4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylates that under the treatment with triethylsilane in the presence of anhydrous BiBr3 underwent cyclization with a high stereoselectivity into cis-isomers of N-Boc piperidine derivatives [3,2-c]-fused with oxygen heterocycles. The latter at the treatment with anhydrous HCl eliminate the Boc group affording hydrochlorides of stereochemically homogeneous N-unsubstituted fused bicyclic systems.     

Intramolecular Schmidt reaction of tert-butyl 3-(3-azidopropyl)-4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate as a synthetic route to saturated fused aza heterocycles

Treatment of the title compound with trifluoroacetic acid induced intramolecular Schmidt reaction with formation of a saturated fused heterocyclic system, tert-butyl 5-oxo-2,3,4,5,7,8,9,9a-octahydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-a][1,4]-diazepine-2-carboxylate. The latter was reduced with lithium tetrahydridoaluminate, and subsequent treatment with hydrogen chloride in dioxane gave 2,3,4,5,7,8,9,9a-octahydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-a][1,4]-diazepine dihydrochloride which is a promising intermediate product for the synthesis of N-substituted diazepines with a fused pyrrole ring.     

Memristive Effect in Ti3C2Tx (MXene) Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

The emerging novel class of two-dimensional materials – MХenes – have attracted significant research attention. However, there are only few reports on using the most prominent member of the MXene family, Ti₃C₂T_x, as an active material for memristive devices within a polyelectrolyte matrix and its deposition on inert electrodes like ITO and Pt. In this study, we systematically investigate Ti₃C₂T_x MXenes synthesized with two classical delamination agents, such as lithium chloride and tetramethylammonium hydroxide, to identify the most suitable candidate for memristive device applications. The characteristics of memristors based on the hybrid structures consisting of MXene−polyelectrolyte multilayers, specifically polyethyleneimine (PEI) and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) are explored. The PEI(MXene)/PSS memristor exhibits a voltage threshold (V_SET/RESET) range of 1.5–2.0 V, enabling the transition from a high-resistive state (HRS) to a low-resistive state (LRS), along with a significant current switching ratio of approximately two orders of magnitude. The observed V_SET/RESET difference of approximately 4 V is further supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculated redox potential. These findings underscore the potential of polyelectrolyte-based memristors, such as the in PEI−Ti₃C₂T_x−PSS system, in facilitating the development of highly functional, self-assembled memristive devices with diverse applications.     

New bifunctional organocatalysts based on (R,R)-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine for the asymmetric addition of nucleophiles to aldehydes

The amide and sulfamide derivatives of (1R,2R)-N,N-diethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine can serve as organocatalysts for addition of Me₃SiCN and Et₂Zn to aldehydes.     

New (S)-proline derivatives as catalysts for the enantioselective aldol reaction

(2S)-N- 2-[(R)-Hydroxy(phenyl)methyl]phenylpyrrolidine-2-carboxamide, (2 S)-N-{2-[(S)-hydroxy(phenyl)methyl]phenyl}pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide, and (S)-N-{2-[hydroxy-(diphenyl)methyl]phenyl}pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide were obtained and tested as catalysts for an asymmetric aldol reaction of 4-nitrobenzaldehyde with acetone.     

Giant Goos-Hänchen effect and Fano resonance at photonic crystal surfaces

The Goos-H?nchen effect and Fano resonance are studied in photonic crystals that are considered Fourier counterparts in wave-vector-coordinate space. The Goos-H?nchen effect, which is enhanced by the excitation of Bloch surface electromagnetic waves, is visualized using far-field microscopy and measured at the surface of photonic crystals by angular spectroscopy. The maximal Goos-H?nchen shift is observed to be 66 μm.     

Weak and strong generalized chaotic synchronization

The existing concept of the weak and strong synchronization in discrete maps is verified. The state vectors of interacting chaotic systems are shown to be related to each other by the functional relation only in the strong synchronization regime; in the weak regime, the prehistory must be taken into account. An approach to determining the threshold of generalized synchronization in such systems is proposed.     

Studying the behavior of a nonautonomous Van der Pol oscillator in different time scales with the presence of noise near the synchronization boundary

A new level of organization of the temporal behavior of two coupled complex systems is revealed. We report for the first time the coexistence of two types of intermittent behavior that occurs simultaneously near the boundary of the synchronization regime of coupled chaotic oscillators. This intricate phenomenon was observed both experimentally in a physiological experiment and numerically. The laws for both the distribution and the mean length of the laminar phases versus the control parameter values are analytically deduced. Very good agreement between the theoretical results and the numerically calculated data is shown.     

Influence of nanoparticles and thin layers of gold, europium phthalocyanine, and erbium nanoparticles on the formation of luminescence spectra of structures with InGaN/GaN quantum wells

The influence of nanoparticles and thin layers of Au, Eu phthalocyanine, and Er nanoparticles on the formation of luminescence spectra of InGaN/GaN quantum-well structures has been investigated. It has been shown that the influence of localized plasmons on the generation of charge carriers is determined by the size of Au nanoparticles under the assumption that the interaction of plasmons with surface states of the structures plays a dominant role. The influence of Au nanoparticles on the formation of luminescence spectra of multiple quantum-well structures based on InGaN/GaN, unlike the case of Au layers, is determined by the indium concentration. The influence of Eu phthalocyanine films, which are deposited onto the surface of the studied structures, on their photoluminescence spectra is similar to the influence of doping of these structures with europium.