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Structures of the reaction products of the AZADO radical with TCNQF4 or thiourea
- Hideto Suzuki,
- Yuta Kawahara,
- Hiroki Akutsu,
- Jun-ichi Yamada and
- Shin’ichi Nakatsuji
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1487–1491, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.169
- clarified to play a significant role as an efficient mediator for dye-sensitized solar cells with conversion efficiency as high as 8.6% [5]. Previously, we observed that the TEMPO radical (1) forms corresponding charge transfer (CT) complexes with appropriate acceptors such as TCNQF4 (3) [6], and even more
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Figure 1: Structural formula of TEMPO (1), AZADO (2), TCNQF4 (3) and thiourea (4).
Scheme 1: Difference of the reaction products from TEMPO (1) and AZADO (2) with TCNQF4 (3).
Figure 2: Molecular structure of the adduct 5 obtained by X-ray analysis.
Scheme 2: A plausible mechanism of the reaction of AZADO (2) with TCNQF4 (3).
Figure 3: UV–vis spectra of 2 (red line), 3 (blue line) and 5 (green line).
Scheme 3: The reaction of 2 with 4 to form 6.
Figure 4: Crystal structure of the inclusion compound 6 obtained by X-ray analysis.
Synthesis of guanidinium–sulfonimide ion pairs: towards novel ionic liquid crystals
- Martin Butschies,
- Manuel M. Neidhardt,
- Markus Mansueto,
- Sabine Laschat and
- Stefan Tussetschläger
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1093–1101, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.121
- used as designer solvents, electrolytes for lithium ion batteries, dye-sensitized solar cells, and the electrochemical deposition of metals [1][2][3][4][5], the corresponding ionic liquids with thermotropic liquid-crystalline properties, i.e., ILCs, are a much younger class of compounds [6][7][8
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Scheme 1: Complementary guanidinium sulfonate 1 and guanidinium–sulfonimide ion pairs 2 and 3.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the potassium sulfonimides 6a and 6b.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of guanidinium sulfonimides 2a,b, 3a,b and iodides 7∙I, 8∙I.
Figure 1: DSC traces of compound 3b (heating/cooling rate 10 K min−1).
Figure 2: Compound 3b under crossed polarizers upon cooling from the isotropic melt (200-fold magnification)....
Figure 3: (a) WAXS diffraction pattern of 3b at 59.5 °C (vertical magnetic field director); (b) temperature-d...
Superstructures of fluorescent cyclodextrin via click-reaction
- Arkadius Maciollek,
- Helmut Ritter and
- Rainer Beckert
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 827–831, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.94
- fluorescent nature [1][2]. These optical properties can be used for the development of sensor molecules, blue emitting dyes, luminescent materials or as donor–(π-conjugated-bridge)–acceptor-type dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells [3][4][5]. The etherification of 4-hydroxythiazole by using propargyl bromide
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of fluorescent cyclodextrin 3 by click-chemistry.
Figure 1: 1H NMR-ROESY spectrum of the modified CD 3.
Figure 2: UV–vis spectrum of 3 (4 × 10−4 M) with and without a 10-fold excess of potassium adamantane-1-carbo...
Figure 3: Fluorescence spectrum of 3 (4 × 10−4 M) with and without a 10-fold excess of 1-adamantanecarboxylic...
Figure 4: DLS measurement of 3 with and without a 10-fold excess of potassium adamantane-1-carboxylate; black...
Figure 5: AF4 elution diagram of 3.
Syntheses and applications of furanyl-functionalised 2,2’:6’,2’’-terpyridines
- Jérôme Husson and
- Michael Knorr
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 379–389, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.41
- . Miscellaneous utilization of furanyl-functionalised tpys Terpyridines functionalised with five-membered heterocycles, especially thiophene [13], and their derived complexes have proved to be interesting materials in the field of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) [55]. Understanding in depth both the
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Figure 1: Structure and atomic numbering of 2,2’:6’,2’’-terpyridines.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of furanyl-substituted terpyridines 12–14 by using Kröhnke’s method.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of terpyridines under solvent-free conditions.
Scheme 3: Preparation of 4,4′,4′′-trisubstituted terpyridine containing carboxylate moieties.
Scheme 4: Synthetic pathway for the preparation of a furanyl-functionalised quinquepyridine.
Scheme 5: Utilization of an iminium salt in the preparation of a furanyl-substituted tpy.
Figure 2: Chemical structure of U- and S-shaped isomers.
Scheme 6: Preparation of an asymmetric furanyl-substituted terpyridine.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of tpy by Stille cross-coupling reaction.
Scheme 8: Oxidation of the furan ring of furanyl-substituted terpyridines.
Scheme 9: Direct oxidation of a furan ring attached on Ru(II) tpy complexes.
Figure 3: Example of polyoxometalate frameworks functionalised with tpy ligands and tpy-complex (reprinted wi...
Scheme 10: Synthetic pathway to europium(III) and samarium(III) chelates 56 and 57.
Scheme 11: Synthetic pathway to prepare thiocyanato-functionalised tpys as potential biomolecule-labelling age...
Scheme 12: Synthetic sequence envisioned for biomolecules labelling by click-chemistry.
Figure 4: Structure of pyrrolyl (66), thienyl (67) and bithienyl (68)-substituted complexes analogous to comp...
Imidazole as a parent π-conjugated backbone in charge-transfer chromophores
- Jiří Kulhánek and
- Filip Bureš
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 25–49, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.4
- derivatives 14 bearing a cyanoacrylic moiety connected to imidazole C2 by thiophene or thiazole π-linkers were recently utilized as dye-sensitized solar cells with an efficiency up to 6.3% [41]. Several similar classes of imidazole-derived push–pull compounds can be found in the literature. They were mainly
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Figure 1: Schematic representation of organic D-π-A system featuring ICT.
Figure 2: Two principal orientations of the imidazole-derived charge-transfer chromophores.
Scheme 1: Common synthetic approach to triarylimidazole-, diimidazole-, and benzimidazole-derived CT chromoph...
Scheme 2: Syntheses of important 4,5-dicyanoimidazole derivatives 1–3 [27-30].
Figure 3: Donor–acceptor triaryl push–pull azoles 4a–h [31,32].
Figure 4: Y-shaped CT chromophores with an extended π-conjugated pathway and various donor and acceptor subst...
Figure 5: Molecular structures of chromophores 9–14 [13,15,37-41].
Figure 6: General structure of 4,5-bis(4-aminophenyl)imidazole-derived chromophores 15a–g with various π-link...
Figure 7: Various orientations of the substituents on the parent lophine π-conjugated backbone (16–19) and th...
Figure 8: Structure and electronic absorption spectra of chromophores 21–26 [12].
Figure 9: Typical D-π-A diimidazole CT chromophore [16-18,50-53].
Figure 10: Typical D-π-D diimidazoles 28–31 [19,54-56] and photochromic diimidazoles 32,33 [57,58].
Scheme 3: Oxidation of 1H-diimidazoles to 2H-diimidazoles (quinoids).
Figure 11: Typical benzimidazoles-derived D-π-A push–pull systems 35–43 [25,62-66].
Figure 12: Structure of benzimidazoles (44–47), imidazophenanthrolines (48–57), imidazophenanthrenes (58–60), ...
Scheme 4: Acidoswitchable NLO-phores 64,65 and ESIPT mechanism [72-74].
Figure 13: General structures of bis(benzimidazole) chromophores 67–71 and pyridinium betaines 72 [75-79].
Figure 14: Overview of 4,5-dicyanoimidazole derivatives investigated by Rasmussen et al. [29,81-94].
Figure 15: 4,5-Dicyanoimidazole-derived chromophores 84–87 [103-106].
Figure 16: Push–pull chromophores 88–93 with systematically extended π-linker [30].
Figure 17: pH-triggered NLO switches 88c–93c [109].
Figure 18: Dibromoolefin 94 and branched chromophores 95–100 [112,113].
Figure 19: Imidazole as a donor–acceptor unit in CT-chromophores 101–111 [20].
Figure 20: Diimidazoles 112–115 used as small electron acceptors in organic solar cells [115,116].
Figure 21: Amino- and hydroxy-functionalized chromophores incorporated into a polymer backbone Rpol [18,50-53,122-124].
Figure 22: Structure of polyphosphazene polymers bearing NLO-phores [125-127] and some other recent examples of nonline...
Figure 23: Epoxy- and silica-based polymers functionalized with 4,5-dicyanoimidazole unit [105,130].
Molecular recognition of organic ammonium ions in solution using synthetic receptors
- Andreas Späth and
- Burkhard König
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.32
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Figure 1: Biologically important amines and quaternary ammonium salts: histamine (1), dopamine (2) and acetyl...
Figure 2: Crown ether 18-crown-6.
Figure 3: Conformations of 18-crown-6 (4) in solvents of different polarity.
Figure 4: Binding topologies of the ammonium ion depending on the crown ring size.
Figure 5: A “pseudorotaxane” structure consisting of 24-crown-8 and a secondary ammonium ion (5); R = Ph.
Figure 6: Typical examples of azacrown ethers, cryptands and related aza macrocycles.
Figure 7: Binding of ammonium to azacrown ethers and cryptands [111-113].
Figure 8: A 19-crown-6-ether with decalino blocking groups (11) and a thiazole-dibenzo-18-crown-6-ether (12).
Figure 9: 1,3-Bis(6-oxopyridazin-1-yl)propane derivatives 13 and 14 by Campayo et al.
Figure 10: Fluorescent azacrown-PET-sensors based on coumarin.
Figure 11: Two different pyridino-cryptands (17 and 18) compared to a pyridino-crown (19); chiral ammonium ion...
Figure 12: Pyridino-18-crown-6 ligand (21), a similar acridino-18-crown-6 ligand (22) and a structurally relat...
Figure 13: Ciral pyridine-azacrown ether receptors 24.
Figure 14: Chiral 15-crown-5 receptors 26 and an analogue 18-crown-6 ligand 27 derived from amino alcohols.
Figure 15: C2-symmetric chiral 18-crown-6 amino alcohol derivatives 28 and related macrocycles.
Figure 16: Macrocycles with diamide-diester groups (30).
Figure 17: C2-symmetric chiral aza-18-crown-6 ethers (31) with phenethylamine residues.
Figure 18: Chiral C-pivot p-methoxy-phenoxy-lariat ethers.
Figure 19: Chiral lariat crown ether 34.
Figure 20: Sucrose-based chiral crown ether receptors 36.
Figure 21: Permethylated fructooligosaccharide 37 showing induced-fit chiral recognition.
Figure 22: Biphenanthryl-18-crown-6 derivative 38.
Figure 23: Chiral lariat crown ethers derived from binol by Fuji et al.
Figure 24: Chiral phenolic crown ether 41 with “aryl chiral barriers” and guest amines.
Figure 25: Chiral bis-crown receptor 43 with a meso-ternaphthalene backbone.
Figure 26: Chromogenic pH-dependent bis-crown chemosensor 44 for diamines.
Figure 27: Triamine guests for binding to receptor 44.
Figure 28: Chiral bis-crown phenolphthalein chemosensors 46.
Figure 29: Crown ether amino acid 47.
Figure 30: Luminescent receptor 48 for bis-alkylammonium guests.
Figure 31: Luminescent CEAA (49a), a bis-CEAA receptor for amino acids (49b) and the structure of lysine bindi...
Figure 32: Luminescent CEAA tripeptide for binding small peptides.
Figure 33: Bis crown ether 51a self assembles co-operatively with C60-ammonium ion 51b.
Figure 34: Triptycene-based macrotricyclic dibenzo-[24]-crown-8 ether host 52 and guests.
Figure 35: Copper imido diacetic acid azacrown receptor 53a and the suggested His-Lys binding motif; a copper ...
Figure 36: Urea (54) and thiourea (55) benzo crown receptor for transport and extraction of amino acids.
Figure 37: Crown pyryliums ion receptors 56 for amino acids.
Figure 38: Ditopic sulfonamide bridged crown ether receptor 57.
Figure 39: Luminescent peptide receptor 58.
Figure 40: Luminescent receptor 59 for the detection of D-glucosamine hydrochloride in water/ethanol and lumin...
Figure 41: Guanidinium azacrown receptor 61 for simple amino acids and ditopic receptor 62 with crown ether an...
Figure 42: Chiral bicyclic guanidinium azacrown receptor 63 and similar receptor 64 for the enantioselective t...
Figure 43: Receptors for zwitterionic species based on luminescent CEAAs.
Figure 44: 1,10-Azacrown ethers with sugar podand arms and the anticancer agent busulfan.
Figure 45: Benzo-18-crown-6 modified β-cyclodextrin 69 and β-cyclodextrin functionalized with diaza-18-crown-6...
Figure 46: Receptors for colorimetric detection of primary and secondary ammonium ions.
Figure 47: Porphyrine-crown-receptors 72.
Figure 48: Porphyrin-crown ether conjugate 73 and fullerene-ammonium ion guest 74.
Figure 49: Calix[4]arene (75a), homooxocalix[4]arene (75b) and resorcin[4]arene (75c) compared (R = H, alkyl c...
Figure 50: Calix[4]arene and ammonium ion guest (R = H, alkyl, OAcyl etc.), possible binding sites; A: co-ordi...
Figure 51: Typical guests for studies with calixarenes and related molecules.
Figure 52: Lower rim modified p-tert-butylcalix[5]arenes 82.
Figure 53: The first example of a water soluble calixarene.
Figure 54: Sulfonated water soluble calix[n]arenes that bind ammonium ions.
Figure 55: Displacement assay for acetylcholine (3) with a sulfonato-calix[6]arene (84b).
Figure 56: Amino acid inclusion in p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene (84a).
Figure 57: Calixarene receptor family 86 with upper and lower rim functionalization.
Figure 58: Calix[6]arenes 87 with one carboxylic acid functionality.
Figure 59: Sulfonated calix[n]arenes with mono-substitution at the lower rim systematically studied on their r...
Figure 60: Cyclotetrachromotropylene host (91) and its binding to lysine (81c).
Figure 61: Calixarenes 92 and 93 with phosphonic acids groups.
Figure 62: Calix[4]arene tetraphosphonic acid (94a) and a double bridged analogue (94b).
Figure 63: Calix[4]arene tetraphosphonic acid ester (92c) for surface recognition experiments.
Figure 64: Calixarene receptors 95 with α-aminophosphonate groups.
Figure 65: A bridged homocalix[3]arene 95 and a distally bridged homocalix[4]crown 96.
Figure 66: Homocalix[3]arene ammonium ion receptor 97a and the Reichardt’s dye (97b) for colorimetric assays.
Figure 67: Chromogenic diazo-bridged calix[4]arene 98.
Figure 68: Calixarene receptor 99 by Huang et al.
Figure 69: Calixarenes 100 reported by Parisi et al.
Figure 70: Guest molecules for inclusion in calixarenes 100: DAP × 2 HCl (101a), APA (101b) and Lys-OMe × 2 HC...
Figure 71: Different N-linked peptido-calixarenes open and with glycol chain bridges.
Figure 72: (S)-1,1′-Bi-2-naphthol calixarene derivative 104 published by Kubo et al.
Figure 73: A chiral ammonium-ion receptor 105 based on the calix[4]arene skeleton.
Figure 74: R-/S-phenylalaninol functionalized calix[6]arenes 106a and 106b.
Figure 75: Capped homocalix[3]arene ammonium ion receptor 107.
Figure 76: Two C3 symmetric capped calix[6]arenes 108 and 109.
Figure 77: Phosphorous-containing rigidified calix[6]arene 110.
Figure 78: Calix[6]azacryptand 111.
Figure 79: Further substituted calix[6]azacryptands 112.
Figure 80: Resorcin[4]arene (75c) and the cavitands (113).
Figure 81: Tetrasulfonatomethylcalix[4]resorcinarene (114).
Figure 82: Resorcin[4]arenes (115a/b) and pyrogallo[4]arenes (115c, 116).
Figure 83: Displacement assay for acetylcholine (3) with tetracyanoresorcin[4]arene (117).
Figure 84: Tetramethoxy resorcinarene mono-crown-5 (118).
Figure 85: Components of a resorcinarene based displacement assay for ammonium ions.
Figure 86: Chiral basket resorcin[4]arenas 121.
Figure 87: Resorcinarenes with deeper cavitand structure (122).
Figure 88: Resorcinarene with partially open deeper cavitand structure (123).
Figure 89: Water-stabilized deep cavitands with partially structure (124, 125).
Figure 90: Charged cavitands 126 for tetralkylammonium ions.
Figure 91: Ditopic calix[4]arene receptor 127 capped with glycol chains.
Figure 92: A calix[5]arene dimer for diammonium salt recognition.
Figure 93: Calixarene parts 92c and 129 for the formation molecular capsules.
Figure 94: Encapsulation of a quaternary ammonium cation by two resorcin[4]arene molecules (NMe4+@[75c]2 × Cl−...
Figure 95: Encapsulation of a quaternary ammonium cation by six resorcin[4]arene molecules (NMe3D+@[130]6 × Cl−...
Figure 96: Structure and schematic of cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6], 131a).
Figure 97: Cyclohexanocucurbit[6]uril (CB′[6], 132) and the guest molecule spermine (133).
Figure 98: α,α,δ,δ-Tetramethylcucurbit[6]uril (134).
Figure 99: Structure of the cucurbituril-phthalhydrazide analogue 135.
Figure 100: Organic cavities for the displacement assay for amine differentiation.
Figure 101: Displacement assay methodology for diammonium- and related guests involving cucurbiturils and some ...
Figure 102: Nor-seco-Cucurbituril (±)-bis-ns-CB[6] (140) and guest molecules.
Figure 103: The cucurbit[6]uril based complexes 141 for chiral discrimination.
Figure 104: Cucurbit[7]uril (131c) and its ferrocene guests (142) opposed.
Figure 105: Cucurbit[7]uril (131c) guest inclusion and representative guests.
Figure 106: Cucurbit[7]uril (131c) binding to succinylcholine (145) and different bis-ammonium and bis-phosphon...
Figure 107: Paraquat-cucurbit[8]uril complex 149.
Figure 108: Gluconuril-based ammonium receptors 150.
Figure 109: Examples of clefts (151a), tweezers (151b, 151c, 151d) and clips (151e).
Figure 110: Kemp’s triacid (152a), on example of Rebek’s receptors (152b) and guests.
Figure 111: Amino acid receptor (154) by Rebek et al.
Figure 112: Hexagonal lattice designed hosts by Bell et al.
Figure 113: Bell’s amidinium receptor (156) and the amidinium ion (157).
Figure 114: Aromatic phosphonic acids.
Figure 115: Xylene phosphonates 159 and 160a/b for recognition of amines and amino alcohols.
Figure 116: Bisphosphonate recognition motif 161 for a colorimetric assay with alizarin complexone (163) for ca...
Figure 117: Bisphosphonate/phosphate clip 164 and bisphosphonate cleft 165.
Figure 118: N-Methylpyrazine 166a, N-methylnicotinamide iodide (166b) and NAD+ (166c).
Figure 119: Bisphosphate cavitands.
Figure 120: Bisphosphonate 167 of Schrader and Finocchiaro.
Figure 121: Tweezer 168 for noradrenaline (80b).
Figure 122: Different tripods and heparin (170).
Figure 123: Squaramide based receptors 172.
Figure 124: Cage like NH4+ receptor 173 of Kim et al.
Figure 125: Ammonium receptors 174 of Chin et al.
Figure 126: 2-Oxazolin-based ammonium receptors 175a–d and 176 by Ahn et al.
Figure 127: Racemic guest molecules 177.
Figure 128: Tripods based on a imidazole containing macrocycle (178) and the guest molecules employed in the st...
Figure 129: Ammonium ion receptor 180.
Figure 130: Tetraoxa[3.3.3.3]paracyclophanes 181 and a cyclophanic tetraester (182).
Figure 131: Peptidic bridged paraquat-cyclophane.
Figure 132: Shape-selective noradrenaline host.
Figure 133: Receptor 185 for binding of noradrenaline on surface layers from Schrader et al.
Figure 134: Tetraphosphonate receptor for binding of noradrenaline.
Figure 135: Tetraphosphonate 187 of Schrader and Finocchiaro.
Figure 136: Zinc-Porphyrin ammonium-ion receptors 188 and 189 of Mizutani et al.
Figure 137: Zinc porphyrin receptor 190.
Figure 138: Zinc porphyrin receptors 191 capable of amino acid binding.
Figure 139: Zinc-porphyrins with amino acid side chains for stereoinduction.
Figure 140: Bis-zinc-bis-porphyrin based on Tröger’s base 193.
Figure 141: BINAP-zinc-prophyrin derivative 194 and it’s guests.
Figure 142: Bisaryl-linked-zinc-porphyrin receptors.
Figure 143: Bis-zinc-porphyrin 199 for diamine recognition and guests.
Figure 144: Bis-zinc-porphyrin crown ether 201.
Figure 145: Bis-zinc-porphyrin 202 for stereodiscrimination (L = large substituent; S = small substituent).
Figure 146: Bis-zinc-porphyrin[3]rotaxane and its copper complex and guests.
Figure 147: Dien-bipyridyl ligand 206 for co-ordination of two metal atoms.
Figure 148: The ligand and corresponding tetradentate co-complex 207 serving as enantioselective receptor for a...
Figure 149: Bis(oxazoline)–copper(II) complex 208 for the recognition of amino acids in aqueous solution.
Figure 150: Zinc-salen-complexes 209 for the recognition tertiary amines.
Figure 151: Bis(oxazoline)–copper(II) 211 for the recognition of amino acids in aqueous solution.
Figure 152: Zn(II)-complex of a C2 terpyridine crown ether.
Figure 153: Displacement assay and receptor for aspartate over glutamate.
Figure 154: Chiral complex 214 for a colorimetric displacement assay for amino acids.
Figure 155: Metal complex receptor 215 with tripeptide side arms.
Figure 156: A sandwich complex 216 and its displaceable dye 217.
Figure 157: Lanthanide complexes 218–220 for amino acid recognition.
Figure 158: Nonactin (221), valinomycin (222) and vancomycin (223).
Figure 159: Monesin (224a) and a chiral analogue for enantiodiscrimination of ammonium guests (224b).
Figure 160: Chiral podands (226) compared to pentaglyme-dimethylether (225) and 18-crown-6 (4).
Figure 161: Lasalocid A (228).
Figure 162: Lasalocid derivatives (230) of Sessler et al.
Figure 163: The Coporphyrin I tetraanion (231).
Figure 164: Linear and cyclic peptides for ammonium ion recognition.
Figure 165: Cyclic and bicyclic depsipeptides for ammonium ion recognition.
Figure 166: α-Cyclodextrin (136a) and novocaine (236).
Figure 167: Helical diol receptor 237 by Reetz and Sostmann.
Figure 168: Ammonium binding spherand by Cram et al. (238a) and the cyclic[6]metaphenylacetylene 238b in compar...
Figure 169: Receptor for peptide backbone and ammonium binding (239).
Figure 170: Anion sensor principle with 3-hydroxy-2-naphthanilide of Jiang et al.
Figure 171: 7-bromo-3-hydroxy-N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)naphthalene 2-carboxamide (241) and its amine binding.
Figure 172: Naturally occurring catechins with affinity to quaternary ammonium ions.
Figure 173: Spiropyran (244) and merocyanine form (244a) of the amino acid receptors of Fuji et al.
Figure 174: Coumarin aldehyde (245) and its iminium species with amino acid bound (245a) by Glass et al.
Figure 175: Coumarin aldehyde appended with boronic acid.
Figure 176: Quinolone aldehyde dimers by Glass et al.
Figure 177: Chromogenic ammonium ion receptors with trifluoroacetophenone recognition motifs.
Figure 178: Chromogenic ammonium ion receptor with trifluoroacetophenone recognition motif bound on different m...
1-(4-Alkyloxybenzyl)-3-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium organic backbone: A versatile smectogenic moiety
- William Dobbs,
- Laurent Douce and
- Benoît Heinrich
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 62, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.62
- can impart selectivity in reactions by organising reactants, as scaffolds for the synthesis of nanostructured particles [12][13][14], in dye-sensitized solar cells [15][16] or also in bio-related science [17][18]. In conclusion, this combination represents a fascinating class of new multifunctional
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Scheme 1: Mesogenic imidazolium synthesis [Reaction conditions: (i) DMF, K2CO3, BrCnH2n+1, 60 °C, overnight; ...
Scheme 2: Anion exchange in water.
Figure 1: 1H NMR spectrum (in CD2Cl2) of 110–610.
Figure 2: TGA measurements of wet and water free 112 imidazolium salt.
Figure 3: TGA measurements of the two entire series 110–610 and 114–614 (rate 10° C·min−1, in air).
Figure 4: Transition temperatures of 114–614 as a function of the anion (Cr = crystal; SmA: smectic A phase; ...
Figure 5: (a) Illustration of a single homeotropic monodomain, which is observed as a black isotropic texture...
Figure 6: Diffraction small-angle X-ray pattern of the smectic phase of 212 recorded at T = 100 °C.
Figure 7: Variation with the counter-ion of the molecular area S and of the ionic sublayer thickness dc (incl...
Figure 8: Grazing incidence X-ray pattern at 100 °C on the top of a 312 droplet, slowly cooled down from isot...
Figure 9: Variations with chain length of the maximum molecular areas close to isotropization Smax and of the...
