A facile and efficient synthesis of 3‐cyanoindoles by a simple palladium(II)‐catalyzed C─H activation of indoles

An efficient trans ‐PdCl₂(NH₂CH₂COOH)₂‐catalyzed direct C3‐cyanation of indole C─H bonds is described. Notably, free (N─H)‐indoles reacted smoothly using the procedure, and the desired product 3‐cyanoindoles were obtained in good to excellent yields.     

Solvatochromic Solvent Polarity Measurements In Analytical Chemistry: Synthesiss And Applications Of Et-30

Abstract

The E_T(30) scale of solvent polarity has been shown to be useful in examining many diverse analytical processes. It is based on the charge transfer absorption of 2,6-diphenyl-4-(2,4,6-triphenyl-N-pyridinio)phenolate (referred to as ET-30 in this paper). Unfortunately, use of the E_T(30) scale has been hindered by (a) the lack of a commercial source of the ET-30 dye and (b) the lack of an English language synthetic procedure. Here we discuss recent applications of the E_T(30) scale to analytical techniques, as well as a simplified procedure for the synthesis of ET-30.     

Powder‐XRD and 14N magic angle‐spinning solid‐state NMR spectroscopy of some metal nitrides

Some metal nitrides (TiN, ZrN, InN, GaN, Ca₃N₂, Mg₃N₂, and Ge₃N₄) have been studied by powder X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and ¹⁴N magic angle‐spinning (MAS) solid‐state NMR spectroscopy. For Ca₃N₂, Mg₃N₂, and Ge₃N₄, no ¹⁴N NMR signal was observed. Low speed (ν_r = 2 kHz for TiN, ZrN, and GaN; ν_r = 1 kHz for InN) and ‘high speed’ (ν_r = 15 kHz for TiN; ν_r = 5 kHz for ZrN; ν_r = 10 kHz for InN and GaN) MAS NMR experiments were performed. For TiN, ZrN, InN, and GaN, powder‐XRD was used to identify the phases present in each sample. The number of peaks observed for each sample in their ¹⁴N MAS solid‐state NMR spectrum matches perfectly well with the number of nitrogen‐containing phases identified by powder‐XRD. The ¹⁴N MAS solid‐state NMR spectra are symmetric and dominated by the quadrupolar interaction. The envelopes of the spinning sidebands manifold are Lorentzian, and it is concluded that there is a distribution of the quadrupolar coupling constants Q_cc's arising from structural defects in the compounds studied. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Eisenstein type series for Calabi–Yau varieties

In this article we introduce an ordinary differential equation associated to the one parameter family of Calabi–Yau varieties which is mirror dual to the universal family of smooth quintic three folds. It is satisfied by seven functions written in the q-expansion form and the Yukawa coupling turns out to be rational in these functions. We prove that these functions are algebraically independent over the field of complex numbers, and hence, the algebra generated by such functions can be interpreted as the theory of (quasi) modular forms attached to the one parameter family of Calabi–Yau varieties. Our result is a reformulation and realization of a problem of Griffiths around seventies on the existence of automorphic functions for the moduli of polarized Hodge structures. It is a generalization of the Ramanujan differential equation satisfied by three Eisenstein series.     

Synthesis,Characterization, and Catalytic Behavior of Bamboo Rice Husk Ash

In this paper, we report the use of bamboo rice husk ash as an efficient, greener, reusable, and biodegradable heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of tetrahydro‐4H ‐chromene‐3‐carbonitriles via the one‐pot three‐component reaction of malononitrile with aromatic aldehydes and dimedone or 1,3‐cyclohexanedione. The formation of bamboo rice husk ash‐silica has been confirmed by several analytical techniques.     

一步法制备含W介孔碳材料及其氧化脱硫性能研究

以钨酸钠为钨源,以乙二胺四乙酸二钠为碳源经过高温煅烧制备了含W的介孔碳材料,采用XRD、SEM、FT-IR、BET对含钨的介孔碳材料进行表征。结果表明,煅烧后介孔碳材料的表面形成了粒状含有结晶水的氧化钨(WO_3·H_2O)。相比于纯的介孔碳材料,含钨介孔碳材料的总比表面积减小。以含W介孔碳材料为催化剂,H_2O_2作为氧化剂,1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑氟硼酸盐([BMIM][BF_4])离子液体作为萃取剂,组成萃取-催化氧化脱硫体系(ECODS)并研究其对模拟油中二苯并噻吩脱除效果。考察了氧化钨负载量、反应温度、H_2O_2加入量、催化剂用量、离子液体用量以及不同类型硫化物对二苯并噻吩脱除的影响。在最佳反应条件下,催化剂对二苯并噻吩(DBT)、4,6-二甲基二苯并噻吩(4,6-DMDBT)、苯并噻吩(BT)、噻吩(TH)和真实汽油的脱除率分别达到98.6%、65.6%、61.2%、57.8%和64.3%。催化剂回收利用五次之后脱硫率略有降低,仍高达95.2%。     

Iridium-Catalyzed Formyl-Selective Deuteration of Aldehydes

We report the first direct catalytic method for formyl-selective deuterium labeling of aromatic aldehydes under mild conditions, using an iridium-based catalyst designed to favor formyl over aromatic C−H activation. A good range of aromatic aldehydes is selectively labeled, and a one-pot labeling/olefination method is also described. Computational studies support kinetic product control over competing aromatic labeling and decarbonylation pathways.