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Sun Y, Morton E, Bhabha H, Clark E, Bučar DK, Barros-Metlova V, Gould JA, Aliev A, Haynes C. Competitive Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding: Offering Molecules a Choice. Chempluschem 2024:e202400055. [PMID: 38713896 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/09/2024]
Abstract
The conformational preferences of N-((6-methylpyridin-2-yl)carbamothioyl)benzamide were studied in solution, the gas phase and the solid state via a combination of NMR, density functional theory (DFT) and single crystal X-ray techniques. This acyl thiourea derivative can adopt two classes of low energy conformation, each stabilized by a different 6-membered intramolecular hydrogen bond (IHB) pseudoring. Analysis in different solvents revealed that the conformational preference of this molecule is polarity dependent, with increasingly polar environments yielding a higher proportion of the minor conformer containing an NH…N IHB. The calculated barrier to interconversion is consistent with dynamic behaviour at room temperature, despite the propensity of 6-membered IHB pseudorings to be static. This work demonstrates that introducing competitive IHB pathways can render static IHBs more dynamic and that such systems could have potential as chameleons in drug design.
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- Yu Sun
- University College London, Chemistry, UNITED KINGDOM
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- University College London, Chemistry, UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Kent, School of Chemistry and Forensics, UNITED KINGDOM
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- University College London, Chemistry, UNITED KINGDOM
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- University College London, Chemistry, UNITED KINGDOM
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- University College London, Chemistry, 20 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AJ, London, UNITED KINGDOM
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Fairchild J, Islam S, Singh J, Bučar DK, Powner MW. Prebiotically plausible chemoselective pantetheine synthesis in water. Science 2024; 383:911-918. [PMID: 38386754 DOI: 10.1126/science.adk4432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Abstract
Coenzyme A (CoA) is essential to all life on Earth, and its functional subunit, pantetheine, is important in many origin-of-life scenarios, but how pantetheine emerged on the early Earth remains a mystery. Earlier attempts to selectively synthesize pantetheine failed, leading to suggestions that "simpler" thiols must have preceded pantetheine at the origin of life. In this work, we report high-yielding and selective prebiotic syntheses of pantetheine in water. Chemoselective multicomponent aldol, iminolactone, and aminonitrile reactions delivered spontaneous differentiation of pantoic acid and proteinogenic amino acid syntheses, as well as the dihydroxyl, gem-dimethyl, and β-alanine-amide moieties of pantetheine in dilute water. Our results are consistent with a role for canonical pantetheine at the outset of life on Earth.
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- Jasper Fairchild
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for the Physical Science of Life, King's College London, London SE1 1DB, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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Bhatia H, Guo J, Savory CN, Rush M, James DI, Dey A, Chen C, Bučar DK, Clarke TM, Scanlon DO, Palgrave RG, Schroeder BC. Exploring Bismuth Coordination Complexes as Visible-Light Absorbers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:416-430. [PMID: 38101319 PMCID: PMC10777407 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Bismuth-based coordination complexes are advantageous over other metal complexes, as bismuth is the heaviest nontoxic element with high spin-orbit coupling and potential optoelectronics applications. Herein, four bismuth halide-based coordination complexes [Bi2Cl6(phen-thio)2] (1), [Bi2Br6(phen-thio)2] (2), [Bi2I6(phen-thio)2] (3), and [Bi2I6(phen-Me)2] (4) were synthesized, characterized, and subjected to detailed photophysical studies. The complexes were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction, and NMR studies. Spectroscopic analyses of 1-4 in solutions of different polarities were performed to understand the role of the organic and inorganic components in determining the ground- and excited-state properties of the complexes. The photophysical properties of the complexes were characterized by ground-state absorption, steady-state photoluminescence, microsecond time-resolved photoluminescence, and absorption spectroscopy. Periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed on the solid-state structures to understand the role of the organic and inorganic parts of the complexes. The studies showed that changing the ancillary ligand from chlorine (Cl) and bromine (Br) to iodine (I) bathochromically shifts the absorption band along with enhancing the absorption coefficient. Also, changing the halides (Cl, Br to I) affects the photoluminescent quantum yields of the ligand-centered (LC) emissive state without markedly affecting the lifetimes. The combined results confirmed that ground-state properties are strongly influenced by the inorganic part, and the lower-energy excited state is LC. This study paves the way to design novel bismuth coordination complexes for optoelectronic applications by rigorously choosing the ligands and bismuth salt.
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- Harsh Bhatia
- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
- Thomas
Young Centre, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Polysolar
Ltd, High Cross, Aurora Cambridge at BAS, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3 0ET, United
Kingdom
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- Johnson
Matthey Technology Centre, Blount’s Court, Sonning Common, Reading RG4 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
- Thomas
Young Centre, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- Diamond
Light Source Ltd., Diamond House, Harwell
Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11
0DE, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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Rochet LNC, Bahou C, Wojciechowski JP, Koutsopetras I, Britton P, Spears RJ, Thanasi IA, Shao B, Zhong L, Bučar DK, Aliev AE, Porter MJ, Stevens MM, Baker JR, Chudasama V. Use of pyridazinediones for tuneable and reversible covalent cysteine modification applied to peptides, proteins and hydrogels. Chem Sci 2023; 14:13743-13754. [PMID: 38075666 PMCID: PMC10699563 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04976k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Reversible cysteine modification has been found to be a useful tool for a plethora of applications such as selective enzymatic inhibition, activity-based protein profiling and/or cargo release from a protein or a material. However, only a limited number of reagents display reliable dynamic/reversible thiol modification and, in most cases, many of these reagents suffer from issues of stability, a lack of modularity and/or poor rate tunability. In this work, we demonstrate the potential of pyridazinediones as novel reversible and tuneable covalent cysteine modifiers. We show that the electrophilicity of pyridazinediones correlates to the rates of the Michael addition and retro-Michael deconjugation reactions, demonstrating that pyridazinediones provide an enticing platform for readily tuneable and reversible thiol addition/release. We explore the regioselectivity of the novel reaction and unveil the reason for the fundamental increased reactivity of aryl bearing pyridazinediones by using DFT calculations and corroborating findings with SCXRD. We also applied this fundamental discovery to making more rapid disulfide rebridging agents in related work. We finally provide the groundwork for potential applications in various areas with exemplification using readily functionalised "clickable" pyridazinediones on clinically relevant cysteine and disulfide conjugated proteins, as well as on a hydrogel material.
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- Léa N C Rochet
- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK
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- Bio-Functional Chemistry (UMR 7199), Institut du Médicament de Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg 74 Route du Rhin 67400 Illkirch-Graffenstaden France
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK
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- Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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Purdy M, Walton JR, Fallon KJ, Toolan DTW, Budden P, Zeng W, Corpinot MK, Bučar DK, van Turnhout L, Friend R, Rao A, Bronstein H. Aza-Cibalackrot: Turning on Singlet Fission Through Crystal Engineering. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:10712-10720. [PMID: 37133417 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
Singlet fission is a photophysical process that provides a pathway for more efficient harvesting of solar energy in photovoltaic devices. The design of singlet fission candidates is non-trivial and requires careful optimization of two key criteria: (1) correct energetic alignment and (2) appropriate intermolecular coupling. Meanwhile, this optimization must not come at the cost of molecular stability or feasibility for device applications. Cibalackrot is a historic and stable organic dye which, although it has been suggested to have ideal energetics, does not undergo singlet fission due to large interchromophore distances, as suggested by single crystal analysis. Thus, while the energetic alignment is satisfactory, the molecule does not have the desired intermolecular coupling. Herein, we improve this characteristic through molecular engineering with the first synthesis of an aza-cibalackrot and show, using ultrafast transient spectroscopy, that singlet fission is successfully "turned on."
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- Michael Purdy
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Dainton Building, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, U.K
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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Atomic force microscopy is used as a characterisation tool to investigate cocrystal dissociation under high relative humidity. Caffeine–glutaric acid as a model system showed possible role of crystal surface defects in the process of cocrystal dissociation.
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- Mark D. Eddleston
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
- Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781014, India
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Sarma P, Sarmah KK, Kakoti D, Mahanta SP, Adassooriya NM, Nandi G, Das PJ, Bučar DK, Thakuria R. A readily accessible porous organic polymer facilitates high-yielding Knoevenagel condensation at room temperature both in water and under solvent-free mechanochemical conditions. CATAL COMMUN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Mertzenich CL, Papaefstathiou GS, Friščić T, Hamilton TD, Bučar DK, Swenson DC, MacGillivray LR. Inverted metal–organic frameworks: isoreticular decoration with organic anions using principles of supramolecular chemistry. J COORD CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2021.1880004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Claude L. Mertzenich
- Department of Chemistry, Luther College, Decorah, IA, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Groeneman RH, Bučar DK, MacGillivray LR, Atwood JL. Quasi self-inclusion of a 1-D coordination polymer within a 2-D hydrogen-bonded grid: a chaperone effect. J COORD CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2021.1879383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ryan H. Groeneman
- Department of Biological Sciences, Webster University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA
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Arhangelskis M, Bučar DK, Bordignon S, Chierotti MR, Stratford SA, Voinovich D, Jones W, Hasa D. Mechanochemical reactivity inhibited, prohibited and reversed by liquid additives: examples from crystal-form screens. Chem Sci 2021; 12:3264-3269. [PMID: 34164095 PMCID: PMC8179350 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05071g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
We demonstrate that liquid additives can exert inhibitive or prohibitive effects on the mechanochemical formation of multi-component molecular crystals, and report that certain additives unexpectedly prompt the dismantling of such solids into physical mixtures of their constituents. Computational methods were employed in an attempt to identify possible reasons for these previously unrecognised effects of liquid additives on mechanochemical transformations.
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- Mihails Arhangelskis
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw 1 Pasteura Street Warsaw 02-093 Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of Turin Via Giuria 7 Torino 10125 Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of Turin Via Giuria 7 Torino 10125 Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste Piazzale Europa 1 34127 Trieste Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste Piazzale Europa 1 34127 Trieste Italy
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Zafar A, Imtiaz-ud-Din., Ahmed S, Bučar DK, Tahir MN, Palgrave RG. Synthesis, structural analysis, electrochemical and magnetic properties of tetrachloroferrate ionic liquids. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj01400e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Eight ionic liquids have been synthesized with the tetrachloroferrate anion and varying cations, with the general formula of [RA]+[FeCl4]− (R = –CH3, –CH2C6H5; A = pyridine, benzimidazole, trimethylamine, triphenylphosphine).
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- Anham Zafar
- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London
- UK
- Department of Chemistry
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- Department of Chemistry
- Quaid-i-Azam University
- Islamabad 45320
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Quaid-i-Azam University
- Islamabad 45320
- Pakistan
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Royakkers J, Minotto A, Congrave DG, Zeng W, Patel A, Bond AD, Bučar DK, Cacialli F, Bronstein H. Doubly Encapsulated Perylene Diimides: Effect of Molecular Encapsulation on Photophysical Properties. J Org Chem 2019; 85:207-214. [PMID: 31682123 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Intermolecular interactions play a fundamental role on the performance of conjugated materials in organic electronic devices, as they heavily influence their optoelectronic properties. Synthetic control over the solid state properties of organic optoelectronic materials is crucial to access real life applications. Perylene diimides (PDIs) are one of the most highly studied classes of organic fluorescent dyes. In the solid state, π-π stacking suppresses their emission, limiting their use in a variety of applications. Here, we report the synthesis of a novel PDI dye that is encapsulated by four alkylene straps. X-ray crystallography indicates that intermolecular π-π stacking is completely suppressed in the crystalline state. This is further validated by the photophysical properties of the dye in both solution and solid state and supported by theoretical calculations. However, we find that the introduction of the encapsulating "arms" results in the creation of charge-transfer states which modify the excited state properties. This article demonstrates that molecular encapsulation can be used as a powerful tool to tune intermolecular interactions and thereby gain an extra level of control over the solid state properties of organic optoelectronic materials.
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- Jeroen Royakkers
- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LCN , University College London , Gower Street , London WC1E 6BT , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LCN , University College London , Gower Street , London WC1E 6BT , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University College London , 20 Gordon Street , London WC1H 0AJ , United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LCN , University College London , Gower Street , London WC1E 6BT , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , United Kingdom.,Cavendish Laboratory , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB3 0HE , United Kingdom
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Jurcic M, Peveler WJ, Savory CN, Bučar DK, Kenyon AJ, Scanlon DO, Parkin IP. Sensing and Discrimination of Explosives at Variable Concentrations with a Large-Pore MOF as Part of a Luminescent Array. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:11618-11626. [PMID: 30830741 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b22385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown great promise for sensing of dangerous chemicals, including environmental toxins, nerve agents, and explosives. However, challenges remain, such as the sensing of larger analytes and the discrimination between similar analytes at different concentrations. Herein, we present the synthesis and development of a new, large-pore MOF for explosives sensing and demonstrate its excellent sensitivity against a range of relevant explosive compounds including trinitrotoluene and pentaerythritol tetranitrate. We have developed an improved, thorough methodology to eliminate common sources of error in our sensing protocol. We then combine this new MOF with two others as part of a three-MOF array for luminescent sensing and discrimination of five explosives. This sensor works at part-per-million concentrations and, importantly, can discriminate explosives with high accuracy without reference to their concentration.
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- Monika Jurcic
- Department of Chemistry , University College London , 20 Gordon Street , London WC1H 0AJ , U.K
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, College of Science and Engineering , University of Glasgow , Glasgow G12 8LT , U.K
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- Department of Chemistry , University College London , 20 Gordon Street , London WC1H 0AJ , U.K
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- Department of Chemistry , University College London , 20 Gordon Street , London WC1H 0AJ , U.K
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- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering , University College London , London WC1E 7JE , U.K
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- Department of Chemistry , University College London , 20 Gordon Street , London WC1H 0AJ , U.K
- Diamond Light Source Ltd. , Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , U.K
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- Department of Chemistry , University College London , 20 Gordon Street , London WC1H 0AJ , U.K
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Ashe K, Fernández-García C, Corpinot MK, Coggins AJ, Bučar DK, Powner MW. Selective prebiotic synthesis of phosphoroaminonitriles and aminothioamides in neutral water. Commun Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1038/s42004-019-0124-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Leventis A, Royakkers J, Rapidis AG, Goodeal N, Corpinot MK, Frost JM, Bučar DK, Blunt MO, Cacialli F, Bronstein H. Highly Luminescent Encapsulated Narrow Bandgap Polymers Based on Diketopyrrolopyrrole. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:1622-1626. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b13447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Anastasia Leventis
- Department of Chemistry & Physics, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry & Physics, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy and LCN, University College London, Gower
Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry & Physics, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Materials, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy and LCN, University College London, Gower
Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry & Physics, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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Coomber CE, Benhamou L, Bučar DK, Smith PD, Porter MJ, Sheppard TD. Silver-Free Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp3)–H Arylation of Saturated Bicyclic Amine Scaffolds. J Org Chem 2017; 83:2495-2503. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Charlotte E. Coomber
- Department
of Chemistry, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K
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- Early
Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K
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Stairs S, Nikmal A, Bučar DK, Zheng SL, Szostak JW, Powner MW. Divergent prebiotic synthesis of pyrimidine and 8-oxo-purine ribonucleotides. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15270. [PMID: 28524845 PMCID: PMC5454461 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Understanding prebiotic nucleotide synthesis is a long standing challenge thought to be essential to elucidating the origins of life on Earth. Recently, remarkable progress has been made, but to date all proposed syntheses account separately for the pyrimidine and purine ribonucleotides; no divergent synthesis from common precursors has been proposed. Moreover, the prebiotic syntheses of pyrimidine and purine nucleotides that have been demonstrated operate under mutually incompatible conditions. Here, we tackle this mutual incompatibility by recognizing that the 8-oxo-purines share an underlying generational parity with the pyrimidine nucleotides. We present a divergent synthesis of pyrimidine and 8-oxo-purine nucleotides starting from a common prebiotic precursor that yields the β-ribo-stereochemistry found in the sugar phosphate backbone of biological nucleic acids. The generational relationship between pyrimidine and 8-oxo-purine nucleotides suggests that 8-oxo-purine ribonucleotides may have played a key role in primordial nucleic acids prior to the emergence of the canonical nucleotides of biology.
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- Shaun Stairs
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.,Department of Molecular Biology and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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Benhamou L, Walker DW, Bučar DK, Aliev AE, Sheppard TD. Synthesis of substituted benzooxaborinin-1-ols via palladium-catalysed cyclisation of alkenyl- and alkynyl-boronic acids. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:8039-43. [PMID: 27506186 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01419d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Two new palladium-catalysed reactions have been developed for the synthesis of stable 4-substituted benzooxaborinin-1-ols. A palladium-catalysed cyclisation of ortho-alkenylbenzene boronic acids can be used to access 4-chlorobenzooxaborinin-1-ols via a Wacker-type oxidation and chlorination. Alternatively, ortho-alkynylbenzene boronic acids undergo a palladium-catalysed oxyallylation reaction to provide 4-allylbenzooxaborinin-1-ols.
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- Laure Benhamou
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, 20 Gordon St, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
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Arhangelskis M, Eddleston MD, Reid DG, Day GM, Bučar DK, Morris AJ, Jones W. Rationalization of the Color Properties of Fluorescein in the Solid State: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study. Chemistry 2016; 22:10065-73. [PMID: 27303817 PMCID: PMC4982065 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Fluorescein is known to exist in three tautomeric forms defined as quinoid, zwitterionic, and lactoid. In the solid state, the quinoid and zwitterionic forms give rise to red and yellow materials, respectively. The lactoid form has not been crystallized pure, although its cocrystal and solvate forms exhibit colors ranging from yellow to green. An explanation for the observed colors of the crystals is found using a combination of UV/Vis spectroscopy and plane-wave DFT calculations. The role of cocrystal coformers in modifying crystal color is also established. Several new crystal structures are determined using a combination of X-ray and electron diffraction, solid-state NMR spectroscopy, and crystal structure prediction (CSP). The protocol presented herein may be used to predict color properties of materials prior to their synthesis.
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- Mihails Arhangelskis
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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Corpinot MK, Stratford SA, Arhangelskis M, Anka-Lufford J, Halasz I, Judaš N, Jones W, Bučar DK. On the predictability of supramolecular interactions in molecular cocrystals – the view from the bench. CrystEngComm 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ce00293e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of cocrystals involving theophylline and fluorobenzoic acids highlights the difficulty of predicting supramolecular interactions in molecular crystals.
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- Division of Physical Chemistry
- Ruđer Bošković Institute
- 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- University of Zagreb
- 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London, UK
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
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Murray PM, Bellany F, Benhamou L, Bučar DK, Tabor AB, Sheppard TD. The application of design of experiments (DoE) reaction optimisation and solvent selection in the development of new synthetic chemistry. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 14:2373-84. [PMID: 26699438 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob01892g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This article outlines the benefits of using 'Design of Experiments' (DoE) optimisation during the development of new synthetic methodology. A particularly important factor in the development of new chemical reactions is the choice of solvent which can often drastically alter the efficiency and selectivity of a process. Whilst solvent optimisation is usually done in a non-systematic way based upon a chemist's intuition and previous laboratory experience, we illustrate how optimisation of the solvent for a reaction can be carried out by using a 'map of solvent space' in a DoE optimisation. A new solvent map has been developed specifically for optimisation of new chemical reactions using principle component analysis (PCA) incorporating 136 solvents with a wide range of properties. The new solvent map has been used to identify safer alternatives to toxic/hazardous solvents, and also in the optimisation of an S(N)Ar reaction.
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- Paul M Murray
- Paul Murray Catalysis Consulting Ltd, 67 Hudson Close, Yate, BS37 4NP, UK.
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Foster RW, Tame CJ, Bučar DK, Hailes HC, Sheppard TD. Sustainable Synthesis of Chiral Tetrahydrofurans through the Selective Dehydration of Pentoses. Chemistry 2015; 21:15947-50. [PMID: 26407081 PMCID: PMC4648048 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201503510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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L-Arabinose is an abundant resource available as a waste product of the sugar beet industry. Through use of a hydrazone-based strategy, L-arabinose was selectively dehydrated to form a chiral tetrahydrofuran on a multi-gram scale without the need for protecting groups. This approach was extended to other biomass-derived reducing sugars and the mechanism of the key cyclization investigated. This methodology was applied to the synthesis of a range of functionalized chiral tetrahydrofurans, as well as a formal synthesis of 3R-3-hydroxymuscarine.
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- Robert W Foster
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK) E-mail: Homepage: http://www.tomsheppard.eu
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Medicines Research CentreGunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 2NY (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK) E-mail: Homepage: http://www.tomsheppard.eu
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK) E-mail: Homepage: http://www.tomsheppard.eu
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK) E-mail: Homepage: http://www.tomsheppard.eu
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Rupasinghe TP, Hutchins KM, Bandaranayake BS, Ghorai S, Karunatilake C, Bučar DK, Swenson DC, Arnold MA, MacGillivray LR, Tivanski AV. Mechanical Properties of a Series of Macro- and Nanodimensional Organic Cocrystals Correlate with Atomic Polarizability. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:12768-71. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Thilini P. Rupasinghe
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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Nearly twenty years ago, Dunitz and Bernstein described a selection of intriguing cases of polymorphs that disappear. The inability to obtain a crystal form that has previously been prepared is indeed a frustrating and potentially serious problem for solid-state scientists. This Review discusses recent occurrences and examples of disappearing polymorphs (as well as the emergence of elusive crystal forms) to demonstrate the enduring relevance of this troublesome, but always captivating, phenomenon in solid-state research. A number of these instances have been central issues in patent litigations. This Review, therefore, also highlights the complex relationship between crystal chemistry and the law.
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- Dejan-Krešimir Bučar
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ (United Kingdom).
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ (United Kingdom).
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, New York University Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 129188, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). ,
- New York University Shanghai, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200122 (China). ,
- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 84120 (Israel). ,
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Foster RW, Benhamou L, Porter MJ, Bučar DK, Hailes HC, Tame CJ, Sheppard TD. Irreversible endo-selective diels-alder reactions of substituted alkoxyfurans: a general synthesis of endo-cantharimides. Chemistry 2015; 21:6107-14. [PMID: 25756502 PMCID: PMC4406157 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The [4+2] cycloaddition of 3-alkoxyfurans with N-substituted maleimides provides the first general route for preparing endo-cantharimides. Unlike the corresponding reaction with 3H furans, the reaction can tolerate a broad range of 2-substitued furans including alkyl, aromatic, and heteroaromatic groups. The cycloaddition products were converted into a range of cantharimide products with promising lead-like properties for medicinal chemistry programs. Furthermore, the electron-rich furans are shown to react with a variety of alternative dienophiles to generate 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane derivatives under mild conditions. DFT calculations have been performed to rationalize the activation effect of the 3-alkoxy group on a furan Diels-Alder reaction.
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- Robert W Foster
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Medicines Research CentreGunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 2NY (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, Christopher Ingold Laboratories20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
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Bučar DK, Elliott JA, Eddleston MD, Cockcroft JK, Jones W. Sonocrystallization yields monoclinic paracetamol with significantly improved compaction behavior. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 54:249-53. [PMID: 25370777 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Ultrasound-assisted crystallization (sonocrystallization) was used to prepare a mixture of nano- and micrometer-sized crystals of the monoclinic form of paracetamol-a widely used analgesic known for its particularly problematic mechanical behavior under compression (i.e. poor tabletability). The nano- and micrometer-sized crystals yielded a powder which exhibits elastic moduli and bulk cohesions that are significantly higher than those observed in samples consisting of macrometer-sized crystals, thus leading to enhanced tabletability without the use of excipients, particle coating, salt, or cocrystal formation. Experimental compaction and finite element analysis were utilized to rationalize the significantly improved compaction behavior of the monoclinic form of paracetamol.
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- Dejan-Krešimir Bučar
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ (UK).
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Žegarac M, Lekšić E, Šket P, Plavec J, Devčić Bogdanović M, Bučar DK, Dumić M, Meštrović E. A sildenafil cocrystal based on acetylsalicylic acid exhibits an enhanced intrinsic dissolution rate. CrystEngComm 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ce42013b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of substituted acridizinium bromides was studied to determine how substituents affect the regioselectivity of the solid-state [4 + 4] photodimerisation.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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Elacqua E, Groeneman RH, Reinheimer EW, Bučar DK, MacGillivray LR. Organosulfonates aid argentophilic forces in the crystal engineering of [2+2] photodimerisations: reactivity involving 3-pyridyl groups. Supramol Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2013.844815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Elizabeth Elacqua
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Molecular Structure, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Molecular Structure, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Molecular Structure, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Molecular Structure, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Molecular Structure, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096, USA
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Yan D, Bučar DK, Delori A, Patel B, Lloyd GO, Jones W, Duan X. Ultrasound-Assisted Construction of Halogen-Bonded Nanosized Cocrystals That Exhibit Thermosensitive Luminescence. Chemistry 2013; 19:8213-9. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Revised: 03/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Bottorff SC, Moore AL, Wemple AR, Bučar DK, MacGillivray LR, Benny PD. pH-Controlled Coordination Mode Rearrangements of “Clickable” Huisgen-Based Multidentate Ligands with [MI(CO)3]+ (M = Re, 99mTc). Inorg Chem 2013; 52:2939-50. [DOI: 10.1021/ic302330u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Shalina C. Bottorff
- Department
of Chemistry, Washington State University, P.O. Box 644630, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington State University, P.O. Box 644630, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington State University, P.O. Box 644630, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington State University, P.O. Box 644630, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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Ghorai S, Sumrak JC, Hutchins KM, Bučar DK, Tivanski AV, MacGillivray LR. From co-crystals to functional thin films: photolithography using [2+2] photodimerization. Chem Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc51073e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Bučar DK, Day GM, Halasz I, Zhang GGZ, Sander JRG, Reid DG, MacGillivray LR, Duer MJ, Jones W. The curious case of (caffeine)·(benzoic acid): how heteronuclear seeding allowed the formation of an elusive cocrystal. Chem Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc51419f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Sander JRG, Bučar DK, Henry RF, Giangiorgi BN, Zhang GGZ, MacGillivray LR. ‘Masked synthons’ in crystal engineering: insulated components in acetaminophen cocrystal hydrates. CrystEngComm 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ce40159f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dutta S, Bučar DK, Elacqua E, MacGillivray LR. Single-crystal-to-single-crystal direct cross-linking and photopolymerisation of a discrete Ag(i) complex to give a 1D polycyclobutane coordination polymer. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:1064-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc36458a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bučar DK, Filip S, Arhangelskis M, Lloyd GO, Jones W. Advantages of mechanochemical cocrystallisation in the solid-state chemistry of pigments: colour-tuned fluorescein cocrystals. CrystEngComm 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ce41013g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sander JRG, Bučar DK, Baltrusaitis J, MacGillivray LR. Organic nanocrystals of the resorcinarene hexamer via sonochemistry: evidence of reversed crystal growth involving hollow morphologies. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:6900-3. [PMID: 22332828 PMCID: PMC3375374 DOI: 10.1021/ja211141p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nano- and micrometer-scale crystals of a self-assembled hexamer have been synthesized via sonochemistry. The application of ultrasonic irradiation afforded hollow rhombic-dodecahedral crystals of the C-methylcalix[4]resorcinarene hexamer. The formation of the hollow crystals is attributed to a reversed crystal growth mechanism heretofore described only in the synthesis of inorganic-based materials.
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- John R. G. Sander
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1294, United States
- Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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Yan D, Delori A, Lloyd GO, Patel B, Friščić T, Day GM, Bučar DK, Jones W, Lu J, Wei M, Evans DG, Duan X. Modification of luminescent properties of a coumarin derivative by formation of multi-component crystals. CrystEngComm 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ce25217a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cliffe MJ, Mottillo C, Stein RS, Bučar DK, Friščić T. Accelerated aging: a low energy, solvent-free alternative to solvothermal and mechanochemical synthesis of metal–organic materials. Chem Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2sc20344h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Bučar DK, Sen A, Mariappan SVS, MacGillivray LR. A [2+2] cross-photodimerisation of photostable olefins via a three-component cocrystal solid solution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:1790-2. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc15453f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chow EHH, Bučar DK, Jones W. New opportunities in crystal engineering – the role of atomic force microscopy in studies of molecular crystals. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:9210-26. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc32678g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Elacqua E, Kaushik P, Groeneman RH, Sumrak JC, Bučar DK, MacGillivray LR. A Supramolecular Protecting Group Strategy Introduced to the Organic Solid State: Enhanced Reactivity through Molecular Pedal Motion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 51:1037-41. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201106842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ganguly T, Kasten BB, Bučar DK, MacGillivray LR, Berkman CE, Benny PD. The hydrazide/hydrazone click reaction as a biomolecule labeling strategy for M(CO)3 (M = Re, (99m)Tc) radiopharmaceuticals. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:12846-8. [PMID: 22044929 DOI: 10.1039/c1cc15451f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Facile reactivity of hydrazides and aldehydes was explored as potential coupling partners for incorporation into M(CO)(3) (M = Re, (99m)Tc) based radiopharmaceuticals. Both 'click, then chelate' and 'prelabel, then click' synthetic routes produced identical products in high yields and lacked metal-hydrazide/-hydrazone interactions, highlighting the potential of this click strategy.
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- Tanushree Ganguly
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164, USA
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Karunatilaka C, Bučar DK, Ditzler LR, Friščić T, Swenson DC, MacGillivray LR, Tivanski AV. Softening and hardening of macro- and nano-sized organic cocrystals in a single-crystal transformation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:8642-6. [PMID: 21780261 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201102370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Chandana Karunatilaka
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, 305 Chemistry Building, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Karunatilaka C, Bučar DK, Ditzler LR, Friščić T, Swenson DC, MacGillivray LR, Tivanski AV. Softening and Hardening of Macro- and Nano-Sized Organic Cocrystals in a Single-Crystal Transformation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201102370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Saikat Dutta
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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Hamilton TD, Bučar DK, Baltrusaitis J, Flanagan DR, Li Y, Ghorai S, Tivanski AV, MacGillivray LR. Thixotropic Hydrogel Derived from a Product of an Organic Solid-State Synthesis: Properties and Densities of Metal−Organic Nanoparticles. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:3365-71. [DOI: 10.1021/ja106095w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tamara D. Hamilton
- Department of Chemistry, 305 Chemistry Building, ‡Central Microscopy Research Facility, 76 Eckstein Medical Research Building, and §Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 305 Chemistry Building, ‡Central Microscopy Research Facility, 76 Eckstein Medical Research Building, and §Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 305 Chemistry Building, ‡Central Microscopy Research Facility, 76 Eckstein Medical Research Building, and §Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 305 Chemistry Building, ‡Central Microscopy Research Facility, 76 Eckstein Medical Research Building, and §Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 305 Chemistry Building, ‡Central Microscopy Research Facility, 76 Eckstein Medical Research Building, and §Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 305 Chemistry Building, ‡Central Microscopy Research Facility, 76 Eckstein Medical Research Building, and §Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 305 Chemistry Building, ‡Central Microscopy Research Facility, 76 Eckstein Medical Research Building, and §Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 305 Chemistry Building, ‡Central Microscopy Research Facility, 76 Eckstein Medical Research Building, and §Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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Atkinson MBJ, Sokolov AN, Bučar DK, Mariappan SVS, Mwangi MT, Tiedman MC, MacGillivray LR. Applications of hydrogen-bond-acceptor templates to direct ‘in-phase’ reactivity of a diene diacid in the solid state. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2011; 10:1384-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c1pp05077j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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