Using hydrogen bonds to direct the assembly of crowded aromatics

This Minireview details the design, synthesis, and self-assembly of a new class of crowded aromatics that form columnar superstructures. The assembly of these subunits produces helical and polar stacks, whose assembly can be directed with electric fields. In concentrated solutions, these self-assembled helical rods exhibit superhelical arrangements that reflect circularly polarized light at visible wavelengths. Depending on the side chains employed, spin-cast films yield either polar monolayers or isolated strands of molecules that can be visualized with scanning probe microscopy. Also detailed herein are methods to link these mesogens together to produce monodisperse oligomers that fold into defined secondary conformations.     

Structure,stability, and aromaticity of M?SubPc (MB,Al, and Ga): Computational study

A theoretical investigation on the structure, stability, and aromaticity of M‐subphthalocyanine (M? SubPc; M?B, Al, and Ga) was performed at the B3LYP/6‐31+G*//B3LYP/6‐31G* level. The comparison between M? SubPc and the corresponding M? phthalocyanine (M? Pc) was considered. The geometry optimization of the M? SubPc shows that in the Al? SubPc and Ga? SubPc, the steric repulsions among the three azacoupled isoindole moieties increase, as to their macrocycles tend to be far from planarity. The binding energies of Cl? M … aza‐coupled isoindole corrected by the basis set superposition error (BSSE), and the nucleus‐independent chemical shift (NICS) values at the ring center, which are a simple and effective local aromaticity probe, were calculated. The results show that Al? SubPc is less stable than both B? SubPc and Al? Pc for larger steric repulsion, smaller binding energy, and weaker aromaticity. In the same way, Ga? SubPc is less stable than both B? SubPc and Ga? Pc. In addition, the ring expansion reactivity occurring in B? SubPc was confirmed by the global aromaticity mirrored by the electrophilicity index ω values. Therefore, the Al? SubPc and Ga? SubPc remain unknown, while the corresponding compounds Al? Pc and Ga? Pc are known experimentally. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2005     

包含两个平面五配位碳原子C2＋nB10－n (n＝0～10)团簇的结构的理论研究

采用B3LYP/6-311＋G**方法, 我们优化了初始构型中包含两个平面五配位碳原子(ppCs)的C_{2＋nB10－n (n＝0～10)团簇的结构并计算了它们的振动频率. 计算结果表明, C2＋nB10－n (n＝0～2)团簇是稳定的, 而且这三个结构中ppC—B键的Wiberg键级介于0.511～0.909之间, ppC—C键的Wiberg键级为0.2254 (n＝1)和0.8586 (n＝2), ppC的键级介于3.778到3.879之间, 即这三个结构中存在两个ppCs, 而且ppC遵循八隅规则; C2＋nB10－n (n＝3～6)团簇的最稳定结构包含一个ppC; C2＋nB10－n (n＞6)团簇能量最低结构中不存在ppC. 而且只有团簇C2＋nB10－n (n＝0～2)中没有悬键, 它们的(电子数分别为: 6, 7和8, 计算它们的NICS(0)值表明强芳香性一般位于局部的三元环中心, 表明局部离域有利于平面结构的形成. C2＋nB10－n (n＝0～2)团簇的第一垂直激发能分别为: 1.91, 0.56和3.12 eV.}     

Theoretical studies on aromaticity of selected hydroxypyrones. Part 3#. Chelatoaromaticity phenomenon in metalcomplexes of hydroxypyrones

The aim of this project is to study the aromatic properties of various forms (neutral, cationic, and anionic) of selected hydroxypyrones (pyromeconic acid, maltol, and ethylmaltol) and their metalcomplexes with aluminum, gallium, and indium ions. Aromaticity of hydroxypyrone metalcomplexes is important because it can influence the stability of such complexes, which is crucial for their applications in medicinal and environmental chemistry. Results from ten different indices of aromaticity (HOMA, NICS(0), NICS(1), NICS_scan, ASE_iso, PDI, FLU, I_ring, MCI, and KMCI) show that aromaticity in hydroxypyrones decreases in the order cations > neutral molecules > anions. Performed calculations situate the aromaticities of ligands in metalcomplexes close to their respective cations. This means that complexation causes a significant increase of the aromaticity of ligands, which stabilizes formed chelatocomplexes. On the other hand, we clearly show that rings that are involved in binding metal ions are not aromatic. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.