Notes - Use of Amines in the Glaser Coupling Reaction

The effects of amines on oxidative homo-coupling of terminal alkynes promoted by copper salts

The effects of all kinds of amines on homo-couplings (Glaser reactions) of terminal alkynes promoted by copper salts and the Sonogashira coupling reactions were studied systematically. Diethylamine (2° amine) can serve as an excellent solvent, base and coordination ligand in the oxidative homo-coupling of terminal alkynes and several modified Glaser coupling procedures have been developed which are based on a catalytic amount of cuprous salts (CuI, CuBr or CuCl) with diethylamine systems. Homo-coupling of terminal acetylenes in the Sonogashira reaction could be inhibited by using triethylamine (3° amine) as reaction medium, and the cross-coupling products were formed as the exclusive products.

High temperature matrix resins based on bispropargyl ethers – part 1

The compound bispropargyl ether of bisphenol-A (BPEBPA) is prepared using phase transfer catalyst. Different copper salts like cuprous chloride (CuCl), cupric chloride dihydrate (CuCl2.2H2O), copper sulphate pentahydrate (CuSO4.5H2O), basic copper carbonate (CuCO3.Cu(OH)2), cupric acetate monohydrate ((CH3COO)2Cu.H2O), and cupric oxide (CuO) are blended separately with BPEBPA (1%, w/w) and the curing characteristics of these materials are investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The presence of copper salt in BPEBPA shifts the curing temperature to a lower temperature region. The materials are thermally cured and the structural characterisation and the thermal properties of these cross-linked materials are investigated using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer and thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). Of the different copper salts investigated, the presence of copper sulphate pentahydrate in BPEBPA increases the thermal stability of the cured BPEBPA. The thermal degradation products of thermally cured pure BPEBPA and copper salts containing BPEBPA are studied using TG-FTIR. The phenols, substituted phenols, carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), and alkenes are major volatiles evolved during the thermal degradation of these materials.

Click chemistry, a powerful tool for pharmaceutical sciences

Click chemistry refers to a group of reactions that are fast, simple to use, easy to purify, versatile, regiospecific, and give high product yields. While there are a number of reactions that fulfill the criteria, the Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides and terminal alkynes has emerged as the frontrunner. It has found applications in a wide variety of research areas, including materials sciences, polymer chemistry, and pharmaceutical sciences. In this manuscript, important aspects of the Huisgen cycloaddition will be reviewed, along with some of its many pharmaceutical applications. Bioconjugation, nanoparticle surface modification, and pharmaceutical-related polymer chemistry will all be covered. Limitations of the reaction will also be discussed.

Functionalization of acetylene-terminated monolayers on Si(100) surfaces: a click chemistry approach

In this article, we report the functionalization of alkyne-terminated alkyl monolayers on Si(100) using "click" chemistry, specifically, the Cu(I)-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of azides with surface-bound alkynes. Covalently immobilized, structurally well-defined acetylene-terminated organic monolayers were prepared from a commercially available terminal diyne species using a one-step hydrosilylation procedure. Subsequent derivatization of the alkyne-terminated monolayers in aqueous environments with representative azide species via a selective, reliable, robust cycloaddition process afforded disubstituted surface-bound [1,2,3]-triazole species. Neither activation procedures nor protection/deprotection steps were required, as is the case with more established grafting approaches for silicon surfaces. Detailed characterization using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray reflectometry demonstrated that the surface acetylenes had reacted in moderate to high yield to give surfaces exposing alkyl chains, oligoether anti-fouling moieties, and functionalized aromatic structures. These results demonstrate that click immobilization offers a versatile, experimentally simple, chemically unambiguous modular approach to producing modified silicon surfaces with organic functionality for applications as diverse as biosensors and molecular electronics.

Two-Photon Absorption Properties of Self-Assemblies of Butadiyne-Linked Bis(Imidazolylporphyrin)

Supramolecular porphyrin self-assemblies have been prepared from butadiyne-linked bis(imidazolylporphyrin) by complementary coordination of imidazole to zinc, and their two-photon absorption (2PA) and higher-order nonlinear absorption properties were investigated over femtosecond time scales using an open-aperture Z-scan method. The self-assembled porphyrin dimer of the conjugated monozinc bisporphyrin 7D was shown to have a large 2PA cross section (7.6 x 10(3) GM, where 1 GM = 10(-50) cm(4) s molecule(-1) photon(-1)) at 887 nm. By comparison of this result with that for a meso-meso-linked porphyrin array without the butadiyne connection (3.7 x 10(2) GM at 964 nm), it was demonstrated that the predominant factor in this significant enhancement of the cross section was the expansion of porphyrin-porphyrin pi-conjugation. Self-coordination and monozinc metalation were also found to be contributing factors. Furthermore, a novel self-assembled porphyrin polymer 8P consisting of a biszinc complex with a mean molecular weight of M(n) = 1.5 x 10(5) Da was shown to exhibit an extraordinarily large two-photon absorption cross section (4.4 x 10(5) GM at 873 nm). Nanosecond Z-scan experiments for 7D and 8P were also undertaken and resulted in the measurement of large effective 2PA cross sections, including the excited-state absorption (2.1 x 10(5) GM for 7D and 2.2 x 10(7) GM for 8P, respectively). Finally, three-photon absorption was observed by femtosecond Z-scan experiments at 1188 nm (7.1 x 10(-89) m(6) s(2)) and 1282 nm (1.8 x 10(-89) m(6) s(2)), an observation which is the first of its kind in porphyrin chemistry.