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Warrington S, Montanaro S, Elsegood MRJ, Nichol GS, Wright IA. Structure-Property Relationships for Potential Inversion From Electron Acceptors Based on Thiophene-Fused Triptycene Quinones, 1,4-Diketones and Their Malononitrile Adducts. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400782. [PMID: 38517200 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
Abstract
The synthesis and properties of a series of 11,11,12,12-tetracyano-9,10-anthraquinodimethane (TCAQ) inspired electron acceptors based on thiophene-fused quinone and triptycene motifs is presented. This has yielded insights into structure-property relationships for establishing and modulating simultaneous two-electron reduction processes in TCAQ analogues. These new compounds were synthesised using a Friedel-Crafts acylation between triptycene and thiophene-3,4-dicarbonyl chloride. Isomeric para-quinones featuring a [c]-fused thiophene on one side and a β,β- or α,β-fused triptycene on the other were isolated alongside a thiophene-3,4-diketone which bears two triptycene fragments. Knoevenagel condensation of these products with malononitrile produced a quinoidal bis(dicyanomethylene), an oxo-dicyanomethylene and an acyclic bis(dicyanomethylene). This series of new electron accepting molecules has been studied using X-ray crystallography and the implications of their 3D structures on NMR and UV/vis absorbance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry results have been ascertained with conclusions underpinned by computational methods.
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- Stefan Warrington
- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5PL, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5PL, United Kingdom
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Mobili R, Preda G, Dondi D, Monzani E, Vadivel D, Massera C, Pasini D, Amendola V. Triptycene-based diiron(II) mesocates: spin-crossover in solution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:5522-5525. [PMID: 38695185 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc00812j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Triptycene-based diiron(II) and dizinc(II) mesocates were obtained using a novel rigid ligand with two pyridylbenzimidazole chelating units fused into the triptycene scaffold. Studies on the diiron(II) assembly in solution showed that the complex undergoes thermal-induced one-step spin-crossover with T1/2 at 243 K (Evans method).
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- Riccardo Mobili
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, viale Torquato Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. valeria.amendola@unipv
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, France.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, viale Torquato Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. valeria.amendola@unipv
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, viale Torquato Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. valeria.amendola@unipv
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, viale Torquato Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. valeria.amendola@unipv
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, viale Torquato Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. valeria.amendola@unipv
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Science and Environmental Sustainability University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, viale Torquato Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. valeria.amendola@unipv
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, viale Torquato Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. valeria.amendola@unipv
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Preda G, Mobili R, Ravelli D, Amendola V, Pasini D. Homoconjugation and Tautomeric Isomerism in Triptycene-Fused Pyridylbenzimidazoles. J Org Chem 2024; 89:5690-5698. [PMID: 38567891 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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The facile, metal-free synthesis and characterization of three new series of triptycene-fused pyridylbenzimidazoles are reported; such compounds possess an imidazole moiety fused within the benzene rings of the trypticene and a pyridine ring installed at position 2 of the imidazole rings. The position of the nitrogen atom of the pyridyl moiety linked to position 2 of the fused benzimidazole scaffold is systematically changed from the ortho to para position. The number of substituted blades bearing the pyridyl-substituted fused benzimidazole scaffolds has been increased from one to three. Such a library of compounds allowed us to evaluate the enhancement of two main effects: tautomeric isomerism and homoconjugation. The characteristic dynamic equilibrium between different isomers induced by prototropic tautomerization was examined by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. By comparison of the photophysical properties of the new compounds with those of classical planar pyridylbenzimidazoles, the presence of the homoconjugation effect between the different triptycene blades was demonstrated. Fine details of the electronic structure of the new derivatives were unraveled by a computational analysis. The novel compounds can be employed for the construction of intriguing self-assembled supramolecular architectures.
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- Giovanni Preda
- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Prey SE, Gilmer J, Teichmann SV, Čaić L, Wenisch M, Bolte M, Virovets A, Lerner HW, Fantuzzi F, Wagner M. Synthesis, bridgehead functionalization, and photoisomerization of 9,10-diboratatriptycene dianions. Chem Sci 2023; 14:5316-5322. [PMID: 37234897 PMCID: PMC10207881 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00555k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/02/2024] Open
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9,10-Diboratatriptycene salts M2[RB(μ-C6H4)3BR] (R = H, Me; M+ = Li+, K+, [n-Bu4N]+) have been synthesized via [4 + 2] cycloaddition between doubly reduced 9,10-dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracenes M2[DBA] and benzyne, generated in situ from C6H5F and C6H5Li or LiN(i-Pr)2. [HB(μ-C6H4)3BH]2- reacts with CH2Cl2 to form quantitatively the bridgehead-derivatized [ClB(μ-C6H4)3BCl]2-, while twofold H- abstraction with B(C6F5)3 in the presence of SMe2 leads cleanly to the diadduct (Me2S)B(μ-C6H4)3B(SMe2). Photoisomerization of K2[HB(μ-C6H4)3BH] (THF, medium-pressure Hg lamp) provides facile access to diborabenzo[a]fluoranthenes, a little explored form of boron-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. According to DFT calculations, the underlying reaction mechanism consists of three main steps: (i) photoinduced di-π-borate rearrangement, (ii) "walk reaction" of a BH unit, and (iii) boryl anion-like C-H activation.
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- Sven E Prey
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Kent Park Wood Rd Canterbury CT2 7NH UK
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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Ma H, Yang BB, Wang Z, Wu K, Zhang C. A three dimensional graphdiyne-like porous triptycene network for gas adsorption and separation. RSC Adv 2022; 12:28299-28305. [PMID: 36320518 PMCID: PMC9531253 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra04031j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Graphdiyne, an emerging carbon allotrope, has attracted many researchers devoted to the study of its synthesis and application. The utilization of graphdiyne in gas adsorption and separation has been predicted by computer simulation with many examples. In this work, the triangular basic unit of graphdiyne was introduced into a triptycene-based porous organic polymer to obtain a three dimensional graphdiyne-like porous triptycene network named G-PTN. With high surface area and a microporous structure, G-PTN exhibited convincing application potential for the storage of gas molecules, especially for the selective adsorption of acetylene over ethylene. Computational simulation proved the importance of the triptycene units and three dimensional structure to the selectivity, as well as the potential of graphdiyne units as selective binding sites, suggesting that through judicious design, new three-dimensional porous graphdiyne could be acquired with better gas adsorption and separation performance.
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- Hui Ma
- College of Life Science and Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074China
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- Technology R&D Center, Hubei Tobacco (Group) Co., LtdWuhan430070China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074China
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