Approaching the Integer‐Charge Transfer Regime in Molecularly Doped Oligothiophenes by Efficient Decarboxylative Cross‐Coupling

A library of symmetrical linear oligothiophene was prepared employing decarboxylative cross‐coupling reaction as the key transformation. Thiophene potassium carboxylate salts were used as cross‐coupling partners without the need of co‐catalyst, base, or additives. This method demonstrates complete chemoselectivity and is a comprehensive greener approach compared to the existing methods. The modularity of this approach is demonstrated with the preparation of discreet oligothiophenes with up to 10 thiophene repeat units. Symmetrical oligothiophenes are prototypical organic semiconductors where their molecular electrical doping as a function of the chain length can be assessed spectroscopically. An oligothiophene critical length for integer charge transfer was observed to be 10 thiophene units, highlighting the potential use of discrete oligothiophenes as doped conduction or injection layers in organic electronics applications.     

Robust Identification of Parametric Radiation Force Models via Impulse Response Fitting

This paper presents a new identification method for obtaining parametric state-space models for radiation force computation. These state-space models can substitute the convolution integral in the equations of motion based on the impulse response function method. Thus, the method converts the integro-differential equation to an ordinary differential equation which reduces the computational effort of radiation force computation significantly. The identification is performed in time-domain which means that the retardation function is subject to fit. The method is verified by the application to a floating cylinder. (© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Efficient Copper-Catalyzed Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of Unprotected C-Acyl Manno-, Rhamno- and Lyxopyranosides

Due to their high stability towards enzymatic hydrolysis C-acyl glycosidic compounds are useful synthetic intermediates for potential candidates in drug discovery. Syntheses for C-acyl mannosides have remained scarce and usually employ donors obtained from lengthy syntheses. Furthermore, syntheses of unprotected C-acyl mannosides have not been reported so far, due to the incapability of the C-acyl mannoside motif with deprotection conditions for protective groups commonly used in carbohydrate chemistry. Herein, we report an efficient and highly α-selective four-step one-pot method for the synthesis of C-acyl α-d -manno-, l -rhamno- and d -lyxopyranosides from easily accessible persilylated monosaccharides and dithianes requiring only trace amounts of a copper source as catalyst and explain the crucial role of the catalyst by mechanistic studies. Furthermore, the C-acyl α-glycosides were easily isomerized to give rapid access to their β-anomers.     

Directed Design of a AuI Complex with a Reduced Mesoionic Carbene Radical Ligand: Insights from 1,2,3-Triazolylidene Selenium Adducts and Extensive Electrochemical Investigations

Carbene-based radicals are important for both fundamental and applied chemical research. Herein, extensive electrochemical investigations of nine different 1,2,3-triazolylidene selenium adducts are reported. It is found that the half-wave potentials of the first reduction of the selones correlate with their calculated LUMO levels and the LUMO levels of the corresponding triazolylidene-based mesoionic carbenes (MICs). Furthermore, unexpected quasi-reversibility of the reduction of two triazoline selones, exhibiting comparable reduction potentials, was discovered. Through UV/Vis/NIR and EPR spectroelectrochemical investigations supported by DFT calculations, the radical anion was unambiguously assigned to be triazoline centered. This electrochemical behavior was transferred to a triazolylidene-type MIC-gold phenyl complex resulting in a MIC-radical coordinated Au^I species. Apart from UV-Vis-NIR and EPR spectroelectrochemical investigations of the reduction, the reduced gold-coordinated MIC radical complex was also formed in situ in the bulk through chemical reduction. This is the first report of a monodentate triazolylidene-based MIC ligand that can be reduced to its anion radical in a metal complex. The results presented here provide design principles for stabilizing radicals based on MICs.     

Approaching the Integer-Charge Transfer Regime in Molecularly Doped Oligothiophenes by Efficient Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling

A library of symmetrical linear oligothiophene was prepared employing decarboxylative cross-coupling reaction as the key transformation. Thiophene potassium carboxylate salts were used as cross-coupling partners without the need of co-catalyst, base, or additives. This method demonstrates complete chemoselectivity and is a comprehensive greener approach compared to the existing methods. The modularity of this approach is demonstrated with the preparation of discreet oligothiophenes with up to 10 thiophene repeat units. Symmetrical oligothiophenes are prototypical organic semiconductors where their molecular electrical doping as a function of the chain length can be assessed spectroscopically. An oligothiophene critical length for integer charge transfer was observed to be 10 thiophene units, highlighting the potential use of discrete oligothiophenes as doped conduction or injection layers in organic electronics applications.     

Live Monitoring of Strain-Promoted Azide Alkyne Cycloadditions in Complex Reaction Environments by Inline ATR-IR Spectroscopy

The strain-promoted azide alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC) is a powerful tool for forming covalent bonds between molecules even under physiological conditions, and therefore found broad application in fields ranging from biological chemistry and biomedical research to materials sciences. For many applications, knowledge about reaction kinetics of these ligations is of utmost importance. Kinetics are commonly assessed and studied by NMR measurements. However, these experiments are limited in terms of temperature and restricted to deuterated solvents. By using an inline ATR-IR probe we show that the cycloaddition of azides and alkynes can be monitored in aqueous and even complex biological fluids enabling the investigation of reaction kinetics in various solvents and even human blood plasma under controlled conditions in low reaction volumes.     

Synthese arylsubstituierter 2-Pyrimidinamine,Dihydro-2-pyrimidinamine und Pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidine durch Reaktion von Guanidin mit Chalkonen

4- and 4-methoxy-, 4-hydroxy- and 2-hydroxychalcone4 e,k,f andg, respectively, are transformed by action of guanidine in benzene to yield 4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine (6 e=6 k) and hydroxyphenylpyrimidinamines6 f andg, respectively. In contrast, 4- and 4-chlor-, 4-brom- and 4-phenylchalcone4 h,l–n resp. react with guanidine under analogous conditions to give 4,6-diaryl-1,4-dihydro-2-pyrimidinamines5 h,l–n. The bases5 h,l–n also tend to aromatize, but they can be stabilized by transformation into salts5 h,l–n · HCl with hydrochloric acid. Heating of5 n inDMF under atmospheric oxygen yields 4-(4-biphenyl)-6-phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine (6 n). Action of guanidine on 4-nitrochalcone4 o in chloroform affords 2-amino-4-nitrophenyl-6-phenyl-tetrahydro-4-pyrimidinol8 o, which is transformed by hydrochloric acid into 6-nitrophenyl-dihydropyrimidinamine-hydrochloride5 o · HCl. Treating of the latter with sodiummethylat in methanol yields the very stable dihydropyrimidinamine5 o. Action of guanidine on 4-chlor- and 4-bromchalcone4 h andm respectively (in addition to5 h andm) yields 2,4,6,8-tetraaryl-1,4-dihydro-2H-pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidines7 h andm, respectively.

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6Li formfactors in the refined cluster model

A soft core central potential is used to calculate independently⁶Li ground state and excited state wave functions in the refined cluster model. Charge density, elastic formfactor and transition formfactor to the 3⁺ state are derived and agree reasonably well with experiment.