A regio- and stereoselective Heck-Matsuda process for construction of γ-aryl allylsulfonyl fluorides.

A highly efficient regio- and stereoselective Heck-Matsuda method was developed employing aryl diazoniums and allylsulfonyl fluorides for the construction of a class of novel γ-aryl allylsulfonyl fluorides in the presence of Pd(OAc) and PPh. The method features excellent regio- and stereoselectivity (up to 100% -selectivity), broad substrate scope and mild reaction conditions. Further application of γ-aryl allylsulfonyl fluoride in SuFEx reactions was achieved to provide their corresponding sulfonates and sulfonamides in excellent yields.

Large aperture vertical cavity surface emitting laser with distributed-ring contact.

To overcome the serious current crowding effect in top-emitting vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) with large aperture, a distributed-ring-contact (DRC) VCSEL is proposed and demonstrated. A maximal cw light output power of more than 0.3 W and a wall-plug efficiency of 17.