Theoretical description of the geometric and electronic structures of organic-organic interfaces in organic solar cells: a brief review

We review some of the computational methodologies used in our research group to develop a better understanding of the geometric and electronic structures of organic-organic interfaces present in the active layer of organic solar cells. We focus in particular on the exciton-dissociation and charge-transfer processes at the pentacene-fullerene interface. We also discuss the local morphology at this interface on the basis of molecular dynamics simulations.     

3-羟基哌啶氮α-碳负离子的形成及α-羟烷化反应

合成了（S）-3-羟基哌啶苯硫醚化合物6作为3-羟基哌啶氮α-碳负离子手性合成子（B）的合成等效体.化合物6经羟基去质子现场保护、萘锂（LN）还原锂化形成手性哌啶醇双负离子中间体B.双负离子B可被质子淬灭得到还原产物2a 而与羰基化合物反应则得到α-羟烷化产物12～17和少量还原产物2a.该反应具有很高的环上2,3-位非对映立体选择性 与非对称的羰基化合物反应产生新手性中心的立体选择性从50：50到77：23.     

A Novel Method for the Resolutiou of (±)-1, l'-Bi-2-naphthol and Synthesis of 2,2′-Unsymmetrically Substituted Chiral Binaphthyls

Enantioimerically pure 1, l'-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL) 1 and its derivatives are important chiral ligands and auxiliaries for a number of asymmetric transformations1 such as aldol condensations, alkylations, Diels-Alder reactions, Michael additions, epoxidations, etc. Optically pure 1 and their derivatives have also been used extensively in chiral recognition, chiral separation and in the construction of functionalised materials2. Furthermore, (R)-and (S)-BINOL are also fundamental starting materials for the synthesis of a large variety of other chiral binaphthyls such as MOP (2c), NOBIN (2d) and BINAP (2e). As a result the development of efficient and economic methods for the preparation of optically pure 1 has attracted much attention in recent years3 and novel methods for the resolution of( ±)-1 continue to be developed.     

Generation and α-hydroxyalkylation of a novel 3-piperidinol N-α-carbanion intermediate

The (S)-sulfide 6 has been synthesized as a synthetic equivalent of novel 3-piperidinol N-α-carbanion B via deprotonation and lithium naphthanelide (LN)-mediated reductive lithiation. The reaction of the 3-piperidinol N-α-carbanion intermediate B with carbonyl compounds gave, besides some reduced product 2a, the desired α-hydroxyalkylation products 12—17 with excellent 2,3-diastereoselectivity. The reductive α-hydroxyalkylation with unsymmetric carbonyl compounds led to only 50:50 to 77:23 diastereoselectiv...     

Electric-field control of the activity of the graphene-based catalyst

Effects of an electric field on CO oxidation of Au-embedded graphene are investigated using first-principles method. Results of our calculations show that the initial step of the reaction is more likely to proceed via the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism in the presence of the field, and the reaction barrier can be tuned continuously by the electric field. However, the applied electric field makes it more difficult for the product of the reaction, CO2, to desorb from the reaction site. These two competing eff...