Facile and Rapid Synthesis of 9H-Carbazole-9-Carboxylic Acids Under Microwave Irradiation

The reaction of halogenated 9H-carbazoles or carbazole with bromoesters in DMF under microwave irradiation readily affords a series of 9H-carbazoles-9-hydroxylic acids.     

Efficient Synthesis of 2,3‐Disubstituted‐1,3‐benzoxazines by Chlorotrimethylsilane‐Mediated Aza‐Acetalizations of Aromatic Aldehydes

A series of novel substituted 3,4‐dihydro‐2H‐1,3‐benzoxazines were prepared in moderate to good yields by aza‐acetalizations of aromatic aldehydes with 2‐(N‐substituted aminomethyl)phenols in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane or SnCl₄. It was found that chlorotrimethylsilane was more effective for the reaction, especially for the reaction of fluorobenzaldehyde, and thereby, an efficient method for the preparation of 3,4‐dihydro‐2H‐1,3‐benzoxazines was developed. The structures of the compounds were determined by FT‐IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, MS, and elemental analysis.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Two Succinato‐Bridged Macrocyclic Nickel(II) Complexes

Two dinuclear succinato‐bridged nickel(II) complexes [Ni(RR‐L)]₂(μ‐SA)(ClO₄)₂ ( 1 ) and [Ni(SS‐L)]₂(μ‐SA)(ClO₄)₂ ( 2 ) (L = 5, 5, 7, 12, 12, 14‐hexamethyl‐1, 4, 8, 11‐tetraazacyclotetradecane, SA = succinic acid) were synthesized and characterized by EA, Circular dichroism (CD), as well as IR and UV/Vis spectroscopy. Single crystal X‐ray diffraction analyses revealed that the Ni^II atoms display a distorted octahedral coordination arrangement, and the succinato ligand bridges two central Ni^II atoms in a bis bidentate fashion to form dimers in 1 and 2 . The monomers of {[Ni(RR‐L)]₂(μ‐SA)}²⁺ and {[Ni(SS‐L)]₂(μ‐SA)}²⁺ are connected by O–H ··· O and N–H ··· O hydrogen bonds into a 1D right‐handed and left‐handed helical chain along the b axis, respectively. The homochiral natures of 1 and 2 are confirmed by the results of CD spectroscopy.     

Tribological behaviors of a novel trilayer nanofilm: the influence of outer chain length and interlayer thickness

Polydopamine (coded as PDA) is reported to be very adhesive and reactive due to the attached functional groups, such as amine and hydroxyl groups. In this work, taking advantage of the condensation between Si–OH of the hydroxylated alkyltrichlorosilane (ATS) and C–OH on PDA surface, ATS molecules with different chain carbon number of 10, 14 and 18 were grafted onto the 3‐aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES)‐PDA dual‐layer film, which was composed of PDA outerlayer and APTES underlayer, on Si substrate. Thus, hydrophobic trilayer films coded as APTES‐PDA‐ATS were prepared successfully. In order to reveal the dependence of the tribological behaviors upon the microstructures of the film, tribological experiments were conducted on an atomic force microscope and a ball‐on‐plate tribometer. Experimental results showed that the (micro‐) friction reducing (characterized by a parameter of relative friction coefficient or friction coefficient, RFC or FC) and macro‐wear resisting (characterized by anti‐wear life) behaviors were related with the chain length of outerlayer and the PDA thickness. Specifically, on one hand, as the chain length increases, RFC/FC decreased and macro anti‐wear life lengthened; on the other hand, as PDA gets thicker, RFC increased and the anti‐wear life enhanced. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Expanded Organic Building Units for the Construction of Highly Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks

Two new organic building units that contain dicarboxylate sites for their self‐assembly with paddlewheel [Cu₂(CO₂)₄] units have been successfully developed to construct two isoreticular porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), ZJU‐35 and ZJU‐36, which have the same tbo topologies (Reticular Chemistry Structure Resource (RCSR) symbol) as HKUST‐1. Because the organic linkers in ZJU‐35 and ZJU‐36 are systematically enlarged, the pores in these two new porous MOFs vary from 10.8 Å in HKUST‐1 to 14.4 Å in ZJU‐35 and 16.5 Å in ZJU‐36, thus leading to their higher porosities with Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface areas of 2899 and 4014 m² g^?1 for ZJU‐35 and ZJU‐36, respectively. High‐pressure gas‐sorption isotherms indicate that both ZJU‐35 and ZJU‐36 can take up large amounts of CH₄ and CO₂, and are among the few porous MOFs with the highest volumetric storage of CH₄ under 60 bar and CO₂ under 30 bar at room temperature. Their potential for high‐pressure swing adsorption (PSA) hydrogen purification was also preliminarily examined and compared with several reported MOFs, thus indicating the potential of ZJU‐35 and ZJU‐36 for this important application. Studies show that most of the highly porous MOFs that can volumetrically take up the greatest amount of CH₄ under 60 bar and CO₂ under 30 bar at room temperature are those self‐assembled from organic tetra‐ and hexacarboxylates that contain m‐benzenedicarboxylate units with the [Cu₂(CO₂)₄] units, because this series of MOFs can have balanced porosities, suitable pores, and framework densities to optimize their volumetric gas storage. The realization of the two new organic building units for their construction of highly porous MOFs through their self‐assembly with [Cu₂(CO₂)₄] units has provided great promise for the exploration of a large number of new tetra‐ and hexacarboxylate organic linkers based on these new organic building units in which different aromatic backbones can be readily incorporated into the frameworks to tune their porosities, pore structures, and framework densities, thus targeting some even better performing MOFs for very high gas storage and efficient gas separation under high pressure and at room temperature in the near future.     

稀土壳聚糖杂化材料的制备、表征及抑菌活性研究

在室温条件下,以天然高分子材料壳聚糖和稀土纳米氧化物为原料,用表面接枝法制备了两种RE2O3-TDI-壳聚糖(TDI=甲苯-2,4-二异氰酸酯,RE=镧,钕)杂化复合物,借助红外(IR)、热重(DSC-TG)、扫描电镜(SEM)等测试技术对所制备的壳聚糖杂化材料的物化性能进行了表征,并采用培养基扩散法和营养肉汤稀释法等抑菌实验方法对其进行了抑菌活性实验,结果表明该稀土纳米壳聚糖杂化材料具有很好的热稳定性及抑菌性能。     

金催化炔基膦酸酯水合反应合成β-羰基膦酸酯

β-羰基膦酸酯是一类重要的有机化合物和反应中间体,在有机合成及药物化学中发挥着重要的作用.提供了一种高原子经济性、高选择性、温和的炔基膦酸酯水合反应体系.实验结果表明:在阳离子金催化剂(2.5 mol%)的催化作用下,以1,2-二氯乙烷(1 m L)为溶剂,室温下炔基膦酸酯(1 mmol)与水(3 mmol)发生水合反应,高收率、高区域选择性地得到β-羰基膦酸酯化合物(收率≥92%).该方法具有底物适用范围广、反应条件温和、环境友好等优点,为含β-羰基膦酸酯结构单元的天然产物及复杂药物分子的合成提供了一种新途径.     

含酰亚胺骨架的大环化合物合成、结构及其对阴离子的识别研究

在磷酸催化作用下,采用前体二胺N,N’-(2-胺基苯基)-2,6-二甲酰亚胺吡啶(1)和前体二醛1,4-二(2’-甲酰苯氧基)丁烷(2)进行缩合作用得到[1+1]Schiff碱大环化合物3,进一步将Schiff碱大环3还原得到饱和大环4.并采用1H NMR,IR,质谱和元素分析等技术对大环3和4的组成进行了表征.采用X射线单晶衍射技术测定了Schiff碱大环3的晶体结构,结果表明大环3具有扭曲的"8"字形结构.采用UV-vis光谱滴定技术对大环与系列阴离子的键合作用进行了考察,结果表明,Schiff碱大环3对F-离子有明显的选择性识别作用,并测定了该配位反应的配位比和平衡常数.     

Bridge‐Localized HOMO‐Binding Character of Divinylanthracene‐Bridged Dinuclear Ruthenium Carbonyl Complexes: Spectroscopic,Spectroelectrochemical, and Computational Studies

The electronic properties of four divinylanthracene‐bridged diruthenium carbonyl complexes [{RuCl(CO)(PMe₃)₃}₂(μ? CH?CHArCH?CH)] (Ar=9,10‐anthracene ( 1 ), 1,5‐anthracene ( 2 ), 2,6‐anthracene ( 3 ), 1,8‐anthracene ( 4 )) obtained by molecular spectroscopic methods (IR, UV/Vis/near‐IR, and EPR spectroscopy) and DFT calculations are reported. IR spectroelectrochemical studies have revealed that these complexes are first oxidized at the noninnocent bridging ligand, which is in line with the very small ν(C?O) wavenumber shift that accompanies this process and also supported by DFT calculations. Because of poor conjugation in complex 1 , except oxidized 1⁺ , the electronic absorption spectra of complexes 2⁺ , 3⁺ , and 4⁺ all display the characteristic near‐IR band envelopes that have been deconvoluted into three Gaussian sub‐bands. Two of the sub‐bands belong mainly to metal‐to‐ligand charge‐transfer (MLCT) transitions according to results from time‐dependent DFT calculations. EPR spectroscopy of chemically generated 1⁺ – 4⁺ proves largely ligand‐centered spin density, again in accordance with IR spectra and DFT calculations results.