A linear chain of water molecules accommodated in a macrocyclic nanotube channel.

A macrocyclic tetramer of 2-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole was synthesized, and its self-assembly was investigated. The macrocycle was stacked to form a one-dimensional (1D) columnar structure containing water molecules. The nanotube self-assembled into a bundle, which grew into a molecular wire.

Synthesis and properties of BF2 complexes to dihydroxydiones of tetracene and perylene: novel electron acceptors showing n-type semiconducting behavior.

BF(2) complexes containing tetracene and perylene moieties were synthesized as new types of electron-deficient arene compounds. These compounds exhibit long wavelength absorption and high electron affinities, as revealed through spectral and electrochemical studies, due to their quadrupolar structures represented by resonance contributors. The BF(2) complex containing tetracene exhibits an n-type semiconducting behavior.

5,5-Bis(4-methoxy-phen-yl)-2,8-bis-[3-(trifluoro-meth-yl)phen-yl]-5H-cyclo-penta-[2,1-b:3,4-b']dipyridine.

The title compound, C(39)H(26)F(6)N(2)O(2), showed two melting transitions 477.4 and 506.5 K in a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) study.

1,4-Bis[(2,6-dimethoxy-phen-yl)ethyn-yl]benzene.

The title compound, C(26)H(22)O(4), is a derivative of 1,4-bis-(phenyl-ethyn-yl)benzene substituted by four meth-oxy groups at the terminal benzene rings. The asymmetric unit consists of two half-molecules; one centrosymmetric molecule is planar but the other is non-planar, with dihedral angles of 67.7 (1)° between the central benzene ring and the terminal benzene rings.

Diethyl 2,3-dihydro-thieno[3,4-b]-1,4-dioxine-5,7-dicarboxyl-ate.

The title compound, C(12)H(14)O(6)S, is a dicarboxylic acid diethyl ester of 3,4-ethyl-enedioxy-thio-phene, which is a component of electrically conductive poly(3,4-ethyl-enedioxy-thio-phene) (PEDOT). The ethyl-ene group is disordered over two sites with occupancy factors 0.64 and 0.

6,11-Dihydroxy-naphthacene-5,12-dione.

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(18)H(10)O(4), is centrosymmetric and planar. A long phenolic O-H bond is observed [1.19 (9) Å], which is involved in an intra-molecular hydrogen bond between the phenolic and quinonoid O atoms.

Kinetic stabilization of the o-quinoidal 3,4-benzotropone system.

Kinetic stabilization of the o-quinoidal 3,4-benzotropone system was investigated. The parent 3,4-benzotropone undergoes rapid [pi8 + pi10] dimerization in fluid solution even at -78 degree C while triptycene-fused derivative having a tert-butyl group at the C6 position of the tropone moiety was found to be stable indefinitely under similar conditions. The relative importance of the triptycene moiety and the tert-butyl group in for the kinetic stabilization was evaluated.