Frequency combinations in the magnetoresistance oscillations spectrum of a linear chain of coupled orbits with a high scattering rate

The oscillatory magnetoresistance spectrum of the organic metal (BEDO)₅Ni(CN)₄. 3C₂H₄(OH)₂ has been studied up to 50 T, in the temperature range from 1.5 K to 4.2 K. In high magnetic field, its Fermi surface corresponds to a linear chain of quasi-two-dimensional orbits coupled by magnetic breakdown (MB). The scattering rate consistently deduced from the data relevant to the basic α and the MB-induced β orbits is very large which points to a significant reduction of the chemical potential oscillation. Despite of this feature, the oscillations spectrum exhibits many frequency combinations. Their effective masses and (or) Dingle temperature are not in agreement with either the predictions of the quantum interference model or the semiclassical model of Falicov and Stachowiak.     

Inhibition of Thiol-Mediated Uptake with Irreversible Covalent Inhibitors

Thiol-mediated uptake is emerging as method of choice to penetrate cells. This study focuses on irreversible covalent inhibitors of thiol-mediated uptake. High-content high-throughput screening of the so far largest collection of hypervalent iodine reagents affords inhibitors that are more than 250 times more active than Ellman’s reagent and rival the best dynamic covalent inhibitors. Comparison with other irreversible reagents reveals that inhibition within one series follows reactivity, whereas inhibition across series deviates from reactivity. These trends support that molecular recognition, besides dynamic covalent exchange, contributes significantly to thiol-mediated uptake. The most powerful inhibitors besides the best hypervalent iodine reagents were Fukuyama’s nosyl protecting group and super-cinnamaldehydes that have been introduced as irreversible activators of the pain receptor TRPA1. Considering that several viruses use different forms of thiol-mediated uptake to enter cells, the identification of new irreversible inhibitors of thiol-mediated uptake is of general interest for the discovery of new antivirals.     

Synthesis and Biological Studies of O3-Aryl Galactosides as Galectin Inhibitors

β-Galactose derivatives have recently been reported to selectively inhibit galectin-3, and a library of O3-arylated galactosides with varying substitution patterns was designed to study such inhibitions further. The O3-arylated galactosides were synthesized using diaryliodonium salts under mild and transition metal free conditions, providing the target products in moderate to good yields. An O3-trifluoroethylated galactoside was also synthesized using iodonium salt chemistry. Azido-substituted products were subsequently transformed into the corresponding triazoles. After deprotection, a selection of galactoside derivatives were evaluated for inhibitory potencies against galectins-1, 3, 4 N (N-terminal domain), 4 C (C-terminal domain), 7, 8 N, 8 C, 9 N, and 9 C and one compound with promising affinity and selectivity for both the N- and C-terminal domain of galectin-9 was discovered.     

High-Pressure High-Temperature Synthesis of Mixed Nitridosilicatephosphates and Luminescence of AESiP3N7:Eu2+ (AE=Sr,Ba)

Tetrahedra-based nitrides with network structures have emerged as versatile materials with a broad spectrum of properties and applications. Both nitridosilicates and nitridophosphates are well-known examples of such nitrides that upon doping with Eu²⁺ exhibit intriguing luminescence properties, which makes them attractive for applications. Nitridosilicates and nitridophosphates show manifold structural variability; however, no mixed nitridosilicatephosphates except SiPN₃ and SiP2N4NH have been described so far. The compounds AESiP₃N₇ (AE=Sr, Ba) were synthesized by a high-pressure high-temperature approach using the multianvil technique (8 GPa, 1400–1700 °C) starting from the respective alkaline earth azides and the binary nitrides P₃N₅ and Si₃N₄. The latter were activated by NH₄F, probably acting as a mineralizing agent. SrSiP₃N₇ and BaSiP₃N₇ were obtained as single crystals. They crystallized in the barylite-1O (M=Sr) and barylite-2O structure types (M=Ba), respectively, with P and Si being occupationally disordered. Cation disorder was further supported by solid-state NMR spectroscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) mapping of BaSiP₃N₇ with atomic resolution. Upon doping with Eu²⁺, both compounds showed blue emission under UV excitation.     

Transition-Metal-Mediated Functionalization of White Phosphorus

Recently there has been great interest in the reactivity of transition-metal (TM) centers towards white phosphorus (P₄). This has ultimately been motivated by a desire to find TM-mediated alternatives to the current industrial routes used to transform P₄ into myriad useful P-containing products, which are typically indirect, wasteful, and highly hazardous. Such a TM-mediated process can be divided into two steps: activation of P₄ to generate a polyphosphorus complex TM-P_n, and subsequent functionalization of this complex to release the desired phosphorus-containing product. The former step has by now become well established, allowing the isolation of many different TM-P_n products. In contrast, productive functionalization of these complexes has proven extremely challenging and has been achieved only in a relative handful of cases. In this review we provide a comprehensive summary of successful TM-P_n functionalization reactions, where TM-P_n must be accessible by reaction of a TM precursor with P₄. We hope that this will provide a useful resource for continuing efforts that are working towards this highly challenging goal of modern synthetic chemistry.     

Lateral Metallation and Redistribution Reactions of Sodium Ferrates Containing Bulky 2,6-Diisopropyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)anilide Ligands

Alkali-metal ferrates containing amide groups have emerged as regioselective bases capable of promoting Fe−H exchanges of aromatic substrates. Advancing this area of heterobimetallic chemistry, a new series of sodium ferrates is introduced incorporating the bulky arylsilyl amido ligand N(SiMe₃)(Dipp) (Dipp=2,6-iPr₂-C₆H₃). Influenced by the large steric demands imposed by this amide, transamination of [NaFe(HMDS)₃] (HMDS=N(SiMe₃)₂) with an excess of HN(SiMe₃)(Dipp) led to the isolation of heteroleptic [Na(HMDS)₂Fe{N(SiMe₃)Dipp}]_∞ ( 1 ) resulting from the exchange of just one HMDS group. An alternative co-complexation approach, combining the homometallic metal amides [NaN(SiMe₃)Dipp] and [Fe{N(SiMe₃)Dipp}₂] induces lateral metallation of one Me arm from the SiMe₃ group in the iron amide furnishing tetrameric [NaFe{N(SiCH₂Me₂)Dipp}{N(SiMe₃)Dipp}]₄ ( 2 ). Reactivity studies support that this deprotonation is driven by the steric incompatibility of the single metal amides rather than the basic capability of the sodium reagent. Displaying synergistic reactivity, heteroleptic sodium ferrate 1 can selectively promote ferration of pentafluorobenzene using one of its HMDS arms to give heterotrileptic [Na{N(SiMe₃)Dipp}(HMDS)Fe(C₆F₅)]_∞ ( 4 ). Attempts to deprotonate less activated pyridine led to the isolation of NaHMDS and heteroleptic Fe(II) amide [(py)Fe{N(SiMe₃)Dipp}(HMDS)] ( 5 ), resulting from an alternative redistribution process which is favoured by the Lewis donor ability of this substrate.     

半夹芯16电子碳硼烷化合物Cp*CoS2C2B10H10与含磷化合物的反应性

半夹芯16电子碳硼烷化合物Cp~*CoS_2C_2B_(10)H_(10)分别与二苯基甲基膦、苯基二甲基膦和三甲基膦反应得到碳硼烷衍生物(Cp~*CoS_2C_2B_(10)H_(10))(PPh_2Me)(1)、(Cp~*CoS_2C_2B_(10)H_(10))(PPhMe_2)(2)和(Cp~*CoS_2C_2B_(10)H_(10))(PMe_3)(3)。分别用红外、核磁、元素分析、质谱和单晶X射线衍射等表征方法对1、2和3进行了结构表征。紫外可见吸收光谱结果显示化合物1、2和3在乙腈溶剂中均有2个吸收峰,第一个吸收峰分别位于321、316和321 nm;第二个吸收峰分别位于425、399和407 nm。荧光光谱结果显示化合物1、2和3在乙腈中的最大发射波长位于406 nm左右。     

微调镝(Ⅲ)离子配位环境提升单离子磁体有效能垒

对于合成化学家来说,通过合成策略调控单离子磁体的磁动力学是一项艰巨的任务。我们以三（2-羟基亚苄基）三氨基胍配体（L）合成了2例单核Dy（Ⅲ）配合物[Dy（L）₂（H₂O）₂]ClO₄·2H₂O·2CH₃CN·CH₃OH（1）和[Dy（L）₂（H₂O）₂]CF₃SO₃·4H₂O·2CH₃OH（2）。对其结构和磁性研究表明,不同的抗衡阴离子对于配合物1和2的动态磁行为有显著影响。2个配合物中,Dy（Ⅲ）中心都具有三角形十二面体D_2d对称性,在零直流场下表现出单离子磁体的行为,其有效能垒分别为358 K（1）和309 K（2）。结构参数对比表明轴向位置的键长和键角微小变化对轴向配体场产生了显著的影响,而轴向配体场的微小变化导致了2个配合物交流磁性的差异。     

基于二苯甲酰酒石酸构筑的钴（Ⅱ）、镍（Ⅱ）配合物的合成、结构、荧光及磁性质

在室温条件下合成了2个配合物[Ni（DBTA）（DMF）（H₂O）₄]（1）和[Co（DBTA）（DMF）（H₂O）₄]（2）（D-H₂DBTA=D-（+）-二苯甲酰酒石酸,DMF=N,N-二甲基甲酰胺）,并通过元素分析、FT-IR光谱、X射线单晶及粉末衍射表征了2个配合物的结构。X射线单晶衍射结果表明,2个配合物同构,属于单斜晶系,P2₁空间群。配合物由配位键形成零维结构,再通过分子间氢键形成三维网状结构。荧光分析表明当激发波长为280 nm时,配合物1和2具有较强的荧光。尽管2个配合物同构,但表现出不同的磁性质：配合物1主要表现出Ni²⁺离子间弱的反铁磁相互作用,而配合物2则表现为Co²⁺离子的磁各向异性以及Co²⁺离子间强的反铁磁相互作用。     

Electrical conductivity,optical properties and mechanical stability of 3, 4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhidride based organic semiconductor

The 3, 4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) doped polymer films were prepared with Polypyrrole (PPy) and Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymers by solution-casting. The change in structure and chemical composition of samples was identified by XRD and FTIR respectively. The UV–visible spectroscopy demonstrates the optical characteristics and band gap properties of sample. The homogeneous morphology of sample for higher wt% of PTCDA was examined by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results demonstrate the decrease in melting temperature (T_m) and degree of crystallinity (χ_c%) of polymeric organic semiconductor. The mechanical property demonstrates the high tensile strength and improved plasticity nature. Impedance spectroscopy was evaluated to determine the conductivity response of polymeric organic semiconductor. The highest DC conductivity (2.08×10⁻³ S/m) was obtained for 10 wt% of PTCDA at 140 °C. The decrease in activation energy (E_a) represents the non-Debye process and was evaluated from the slope of ln σ_dc vs. 10³/T plot.