Kerr effect in the isotropic melt of smectic polymer

Electric birefringence in the isotropic melt of a comb-like polyacrylate with mesogenic cyanobiphenyl side groups has been studied. A fraction with the degree of polymerization 200, which forms a smectic mesophase, has been considered. The change in the character of the temperature dependence of the Kerr constant has been revealed in the isotropic phase above the smectic–isotropic phase transition temperature. This effect is explained by the change in the character of short-range order in the isotropic–isotropic phase transition.     

An Efficient Enantioselective Synthesis of Natural Gingerols,the Active Principles of Ginger

A straightforward synthesis of (S)‐gingerols 1 – 3 has been described. The requisite stereogenic center in the target molecules was introduced by Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation using a chiral complex, AD‐mix β. This route is simple and efficient to prepare the products in very good yields.     

Synthesis of Potentially Biologically Active 6‐(1,3‐Butadiynyl)purines

1,3‐Alkadiynyl(trimethyl)silanes were prepared by the Negishi or Sonogashira reactions of bromoethynyl(trimethyl)silane with several terminal alkynes in 34–75% yield. However, the direct Hiyama coupling of these compounds with 6‐iodopurine derivatives has not been successful. Therefore, a modified Sonogashira reaction using TBAF or CsF for in situ removal of the trimethylsilyl group has been utilized. This methodology afforded the desired 6‐(1,3‐butadiynyl)purines in 47–87% yield.     

Sorption and Separation of Optical Isomers of 2-Butanol by Chiral Porous Coordination Polymers

Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry - It was shown that porous coordination polymers (PCPs) of 3d metals containing chiral centers in fragments of deprotonated (S)-lactic and (R)-aspartic acid...