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Mandigma MJP, Žurauskas J, MacGregor CI, Edwards LJ, Shahin A, d'Heureuse L, Yip P, Birch DJS, Gruber T, Heilmann J, John MP, Barham JP. An organophotocatalytic late-stage N–CH3 oxidation of trialkylamines to N-formamides with O2 in continuous flow. Chem Sci 2022; 13:1912-1924. [PMID: 35308839 PMCID: PMC8849051 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc05840a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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We report an organophotocatalytic, N–CH3-selective oxidation of trialkylamines in continuous flow. Based on the 9,10-dicyanoanthracene (DCA) core, a new catalyst (DCAS) was designed with solubilizing groups for flow processing. This allowed O2 to be harnessed as a sustainable oxidant for late-stage photocatalytic N–CH3 oxidations of complex natural products and active pharmaceutical ingredients bearing functional groups not tolerated by previous methods. The organophotocatalytic gas–liquid flow process affords cleaner reactions than in batch mode, in short residence times of 13.5 min and productivities of up to 0.65 g per day. Spectroscopic and computational mechanistic studies showed that catalyst derivatization not only enhanced solubility of the new catalyst compared to poorly-soluble DCA, but profoundly diverted the photocatalytic mechanism from singlet electron transfer (SET) reductive quenching with amines toward energy transfer (EnT) with O2. An N–CH3-selective trialkylamine oxidation to N-formamides is reported in continuous flow using gaseous O2. A novel, enhanced-solubility dicyanoanthracene organophotocatalyst switched the photochemical mechanism from electron to energy transfer.![]()
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- Mark John P. Mandigma
- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK
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- GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, 13518 Benha, Egypt
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Meindl B, Pfennigbauer K, Stöger B, Heeney M, Glöcklhofer F. Double Ring-Closing Approach for the Synthesis of 2,3,6,7-Substituted Anthracene Derivatives. J Org Chem 2020; 85:8240-8244. [PMID: 32447951 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A method for the synthesis of 2,3,6,7-substituted anthracene derivatives, one of the most challenging anthracene substitution patterns to obtain, is presented. The method is exemplified by the preparation of 2,3,6,7-anthracenetetracarbonitrile and employs a newly developed, stable, protected 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarbaldehyde as the precursor. The precursor can be obtained in two scalable synthetic steps from 2,5-dibromoterephthalaldehyde and is converted into the anthracene derivative by a double intermolecular Wittig reaction under very mild conditions, followed by a deprotection and intramolecular double ring-closing condensation reaction.
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- Birgit Meindl
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
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- X-Ray Center, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
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Intermolecular Interactions in Functional Crystalline Materials: From Data to Knowledge. CRYSTALS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst9090478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Intermolecular interactions of organic, inorganic, and organometallic compounds are the key to many composition–structure and structure–property networks. In this review, some of these relations and the tools developed by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center (CCDC) to analyze them and design solid forms with desired properties are described. The potential of studies supported by the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)-Materials tools for investigation of dynamic processes in crystals, for analysis of biologically active, high energy, optical, (electro)conductive, and other functional crystalline materials, and for the prediction of novel solid forms (polymorphs, co-crystals, solvates) are discussed. Besides, some unusual applications, the potential for further development and limitations of the CCDC software are reported.
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Qin GY, Ji LF, Fan JX, Zhang NX, Lin PP, Zhang SF, Zou LY, Ren AM. Theoretical Investigations into the Electron and Ambipolar Transport Properties of Anthracene-Based Derivatives. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:3300-3314. [PMID: 30900901 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b00846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To obtain anthracene-based derivatives with electron transport behavior, two series of anthracene-based derivatives modified by trifluoromethyl groups (-CF3) and cyano groups (-CN) at the 9,10-positions of the anthracene core were studied. Their electronic structures and crystal packings were also analyzed and compared. The charge-carrier mobilities were evaluated by quantum nuclear tunneling theory based on the incoherent charge-hopping model. Our results suggest that introducing -CN groups at 9,10-positions of the anthracene core is more favorable than introducing -CF3 to maintain great planar rigidity of the anthracene skeleton, decreasing more lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy levels (0.45-0.55 eV), reducing reorganization energies, and especially forming a tight packing motif. Eventually, the excellent electron transport materials could be obtained. The molecule 1-B in Series 1 containing -CF3 groups is an ambipolar organic semiconductor (OSC) material with a 2D transport network, and its value of μh-max/μe-max is 1.75/0.47 cm2 V-1 s-1 along different directions; 2-A and 2-C in Series 2 with -CN groups are excellent n-type OSC candidates with the maximum intrinsic mobilities of 3.74 and 2.69 cm2 V-1 s-1 along the π-π stacking direction, respectively. Besides, the Hirshfeld surface and quantum theory of atoms in molecules analyses were applied to reveal the relationship between noncovalent interactions and crystal stacking.
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- Gui-Ya Qin
- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry , Jilin University , Changchun 130023 , China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry , Jilin University , Changchun 130023 , China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry , Jilin University , Changchun 130023 , China.,College of Chemistry and Material , Weinan Normal University , Weinan 714000 , China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry , Jilin University , Changchun 130023 , China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry , Jilin University , Changchun 130023 , China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry , Jilin University , Changchun 130023 , China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry , Jilin University , Changchun 130023 , China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry , Jilin University , Changchun 130023 , China
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Ghosh T, Nagasawa S, Raveendran N, Darshan V, Saeki A, Nair VC. Preferential Face-on and Edge-on Orientation of Thiophene Oligomers by Rational Molecular Design. Chem Asian J 2019; 14:963-967. [PMID: 30756521 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2019] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Precise control over the supramolecular organization of organic semiconducting materials guiding to exclusive face-on or edge-on orientation is a challenging task. In the present work, we study the preferential packing of thiophene oligomers induced through rational molecular designing and self-assembly. The acceptor-donor-acceptor-type oligomers having 2-(1,1-dicyano-methylene)rhodanine as acceptor (OT1) favored a face-on packing, whereas that of functionalized with N-octyl rhodanine (OT2) preferred an edge-on packing as evident from 2D-grazing incidence angle X-ray diffraction, tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Raman spectroscopy analyses. The oligomers exhibited anisotropic conductivity in the self-assembled state as an outcome of the preferred orientation, revealed by the conducting AFM experiment.
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- Tanwistha Ghosh
- Photosciences and Photonics Section, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, 695 019, India), .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Photosciences and Photonics Section, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, 695 019, India),
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- Photosciences and Photonics Section, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, 695 019, India),
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Photosciences and Photonics Section, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, 695 019, India), .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Glöcklhofer F, Stöger B, Fröhlich J. Synthesis of 1,2,5,6- and 1,4,5,8-anthracenetetrone: Building blocks for π-conjugated small molecules and polymers. SYNTHETIC COMMUN 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2018.1483027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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This review article highlights the emergence of eclectic molecular design principles to realize remarkably strong electron deficient arylenediimide molecules, aspects of their stability and associated applications.
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- Sharvan Kumar
- Supramolecular and Material Chemistry Lab
- School of Physical Sciences
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- New Delhi 110067
- India
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- Supramolecular and Material Chemistry Lab
- School of Physical Sciences
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- New Delhi 110067
- India
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- Supramolecular and Material Chemistry Lab
- School of Physical Sciences
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- New Delhi 110067
- India
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- Supramolecular and Material Chemistry Lab
- School of Physical Sciences
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- New Delhi 110067
- India
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