Anthracenyl crown ethers and cryptands as fluorescent probes for solid-phase transitions of phosphatidylcholines: syntheses and phospholipid membrane studies

Pharmacological Activities of Schiff Bases and Their Derivatives with Low and High Molecular Phosphonates

This review paper is focused on the design of anthracene and furan-containing Schiff bases and their advanced properties as ligands in complex transition metal ions The paper also provides a brief overview on a variety of biological applications, namely, potent candidates with antibacterial and antifungal activity, antioxidant and chemosensing properties. These advantageous properties are enhanced upon metal complexing. The subject of the review has been extended with a brief discussion on reactivity of Schiff bases with hydrogen phosphonates and the preparation of low and high molecular phosphonates, as well as their application as pharmacological agents. This work will be of interest for scientists seeking new challenges in discovering advanced pharmacological active molecules gaining inspiration from the versatile families of imines and aminophosphonates.

Anthracene-Based Amido-Amine Cage Receptor for Anion Recognition under Neutral Aqueous Conditions

A new amido-amine cage receptor, which combines 1,8-anthracene diacarboxamide subunit and a polyammonium azamacrocycle, is reported. Bearing both the hydrogen bond donor and the acceptor binding sites, the receptor is able to bind phosphate selectively under neutral (pH 7.2) aqueous conditions. The recognition events for phosphate and dicarboxylates are accomplished by a fluorescence enhancement in the anthracene emission. As revealed by experimental and theoretical studies, phosphate and oxalate show different recognition modes. Phosphate demonstrates hydrogen bond acceptor properties, while the coordination of oxalate favours the protonation of the receptor.

The oriented and patterned growth of fluorescent metal-organic frameworks onto functionalized surfaces

A metal-organic framework (MOF) material, [Zn(2)(adc)(2)(dabco)] (adc = anthracene-9,10-dicarboxylate, dabco = 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]-octane), the fluorescence of which depends on the loading of its nanopores, was synthesized in two forms: as free-flowing nanocrystals with different shapes and as surface-attached MOFs (SURMOFs). For the latter, we used self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) bearing functional groups, such as carboxylate and pyridyl groups, capable of coordinating to the constituents of the MOF. It could be demonstrated that this directed coordination also orients the nanocrystals deposited at the surface. Using two different patterning methods, i.e., microcontact printing and electron-beam lithography, the lateral distribution of the functional groups could be determined in such a way that the highly localized deposition of the SURMOF films became possible.

Manganese(II) Complexes with a Bulky Anthracene-Based Dicarboxylic Ligand: Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Magnetic Properties

To investigate the influence of the bulky aromatic ring skeleton with a large conjugated π-system on the structures and properties of its complexes, two MnII complexes with the anthracene-based dicarboxylic ligand anthracene-9,10-dicarboxylic acid (H2L) and different 2,2′-bipyridyl-like chelating ligands were synthesized and characterized: {[Mn2(L)2(bipy)2(H2O)2]}∞ (1) and {[Mn(L)(phen)2](H2O)2.5}∞ (2) (L = anthracene-9,10-dicarboxylate, bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine, and phen = 1,10-phenanthroline). Complex 1 has a (4,4) two-dimensional (2D) sheet structure that is further assembled to form a three-dimensional (3D) supramolecular network by the co-effects of C–H···π and O–H···O hydrogen-bonding interactions. Complex 2 adopts a one-dimensional (1D) polymeric chain structure by using the chelating phen instead of bipy in 1, which is further interlinked by interchain C–H···π interactions, which results in a higher-dimensional supramolecular network from the different crystallographic directions. The relevant results reveal that the steric bulk of the anthracene ring in H2L may play an important role in the formation of 1 and 2. Moreover, the magnetic properties of 1 and 2 show that the long Mn···Mn intermetallic separations result in weak magnetic coupling, along with the corresponding coupling constant J parameters related to their structural characteristics, –0.35 cm–1 for 1 and –3.0 cm–1 for 2.

Anthracene array-type porous coordination polymer with host–guest charge transfer interactions in excited states

Confinement of electron donor guests affords an efficient, photo-induced charge transfer (CT) with the anthracene moieties of a porous coordination polymer.