Bipyridine and related compounds are starting materials or precursors for a variety of valuable substances such as biologically active molecules, ligands for catalysts, photosensitizers, viologens, and supramolecular architectures. Thus, it is important to classify their synthesis methods and understand their characteristics. Representative examples include methods using homo and heterocoupling of pyridine derivatives in the presence of a catalyst.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcc Chem Res
November 2023
ConspectusThis Account summarizes recent developments in metal-mediated coupling reactions between hydrosilanes and aryl iodides in the presence of Pd(P(-Bu)) and base. Alkylated organosilanes are obtained when Pt(P(-Bu)) and a base are employed in reactions between hydrosilanes and aliphatic iodides. These transformations show unusual reactivity compared to the typical behavior of hydrosilanes toward organoiodides in the presence of PdCl or PtCl, and they proceed in high yields under mild conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA thermoresponsive structural change based on a disilane-bridged bis(pyridine) ligand and CuI is reported. Single-crystal X-ray analysis revealed that there are two polymorphs in the Cu(I) complex: octanuclear copper(I) complex at 20 °C and 1D staircase copper(I) polymer complex at -173 °C. The formation of these polymorphs is due to the flexibility of the ligand.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMechanochromic luminescent molecules are currently attracting considerable attention because of their promising technological applications, but understanding their mechanism of action is challenging and is thus hindering our deeper understanding of these materials. The conformational change of 9,9'-dimethyl-9,10-dihydroacridane derivative was examined using solid-state N nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic techniques without using a specifically N-labeled compound. A difference between the two conformers was clearly observed in the measurements and was assigned to the ⟨pl⟩ and ⟨bf⟩ spatial structures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA series of σ-π extended octamethyltetrasilanes, which have phenothiazine, 9,9-dimethyl-9,10-dihydroacridine, or phenoxazine (, , and ) groups as donor moieties and thienopyrazine or benzothiadiazole ( and ) groups as acceptor fragments, has been prepared, and their optical properties have been studied as an extension of our work. All six compounds exhibited fluorescence in the solid state with maximum wavelengths centered in the range of 400 and 650 nm upon excitation by a UV lamp. Compound showed apparent dual emission behavior in solution, which depends on solvent polarity, and a reversible photoluminescent change under mechanical and thermal stimuli in the solid state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe synthesis, structural, and photophysical investigations of CuI complexes with a disilanylene-bridged bispyridine ligand are herein presented. Dinuclear () and ladder-like () octanuclear copper(I) complexes were straightforwardly prepared by exactly controlling the ratio of CuI/ligand . Single-crystal X-ray analysis confirmed that dinuclear complex had no apparent π…π stacking whereas octanuclear complex had π…π stacking in the crystal packing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA σ-π extended aryldisilane, comprising a thienopyrazine group as an acceptor fragment and phenothiazine groups as the donor moiety, has been prepared through the introduction of two Si-Si bridges (compound 1). X-ray diffraction analysis determined the crystal structure of 1, and experimental and theoretical approaches investigated its optical properties. Solvatochromic studies revealed the dual emission of 1 in all solvents tested.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe here the preparation of soft crystals using disilanyl macrocycle possessing four -phenylenes circularly connected by four flexible disilane bonds. Single crystals of exhibited a reversible thermal single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) phase transition behavior between two crystal phases accompanied by remarkable mechanical motion (thermosalient effect), as revealed by thermal analyses and X-ray diffraction measurements. Detailed structural analyses implied that flexibility of the parallelogram disilanyl architecture and molecular packing mode via weak intermolecular interactions facilitated a concerted structural transformation (parallel crank motion) of macrocycles in the crystal, thus resulting in the SCSC phase transition accompanied by anisotropic shrinking/elongation of the cells to induce the thermosalient effect.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhotosynthesis is one of the most vital processes in nature, which consists of two main photoreaction centers called photosystem I and photosystem II. The high quantum yield of photosystem I (PSI) makes it attractive for bioelectronic applications. However, the native PSI (N-PSI) loses its robust photochemical properties once fabricated into devices.
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November 2019
In this study, a light sensor is fabricated based on photosystem I (PSI) and a graphene field-effect transistor (FET) that detects light at a high quantum yield under ambient conditions. We immobilized PSI on a micrometer-sized graphene FET using Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) and measured the - characteristics of the modified graphene FET before and after light irradiation. The source-drain current () increased upon illumination, exhibiting a photoresponsivity of 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLigand functionalization is an attractive strategy for enhancing the performance of metal-based phosphorescent emitters. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of cyclometalated Pt(II) complexes and containing organosilyl-substituted (2-(2-thienyl)pyridine) ligands and compare their properties with those of (no substituent) and (organocarbon substituent). The photophysical characteristics of these molecules, including their absorption and phosphorescence spectra, phosphorescence quantum yield and lifetime, were investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA series of disilane-linked donor‒acceptor‒donor triads (D‒Si‒Si‒A‒Si‒Si‒D) was synthesized to investigate the effects of substituents on the photophysical properties. The triads were prepared by metal-catalyzed diiodosilylation of aryl iodides using a Pd(P(-Bu)₃)₂/(-Pr)₂EtN/toluene system that we previously developed. Optical measurements, X-ray diffraction analysis, and density functional theory calculations revealed relationships between the photophysical properties and molecular structures of these triads in solution and in the solid state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSix novel donor-acceptor-donor organic dyes containing a Si-Si moiety based on triarylamine functionalities as donor units were prepared by Pd-catalyzed arylation of hydrosilanes. Their photophysical, electrochemical, and structural properties were studied in detail. Most of the compounds showed attractive photoluminescence (PL) and electrochemical properties both in solution and in the solid state because of intramolecular charge transfer (ICT), suggesting these compounds could be useful for electroluminescence (EL) applications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBoth symmetrical and unsymmetrical cyclophanes containing disilane units, tetrasila[2.2]cyclophanes 1-9, were synthesized. The syn and anti conformations and the kinetics of inversion between two anti-isomers were investigated by X-ray diffraction and variable-temperature NMR analysis, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImine-linked BODIPY oligomers show fluorescence quantum yields of up to 0.93. The azine linker may mediate π-conjugation that extends over six BODIPY units with redshifts up to 125 nm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAsymmetric arylation of secondary silanes catalyzed by a Pd-chiral phosphoramidite complex was developed for application to low-molecular-weight circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials. The asymmetric arylation provided a convenient, efficient synthetic method for a variety of chiral tertiary silanes (2-21), which were key intermediates for preparing the quaternary silicon center. A stepwise, one-pot procedure was used to transform the appropriate aryl iodide to the quaternary silane (22) with good yield and enantioselectivity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA paramagnetic, luminescent organometallic gold(I) complex Au(CF)(PyBTM), where PyBTM is a photostable fluorescent polychlorinated diphenyl(4-pyridyl)methyl radical, was prepared, and its crystal and electronic structures and magnetic and optical properties were investigated. Magnetic studies using electron spin resonance spectroscopy and a superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer indicated the existence of S = / spin per molecule, with the spin density distributed mainly on the PyBTM ligand. The complex exhibited fluorescence in CHCl with emission peak wavelength (λ) of 619 nm and the absolute fluorescence quantum yield (ϕ) of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhotosystem II (PSII)-modified gold electrodes were prepared by the deposition of PSII reconstituted with platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) on Au electrodes. PtNPs modified with 1-[15-(3,5,6-trimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone-2-yl)]pentadecyl disulfide ((TMQ(CH)S)) were incorporated into the Q site of PSII isolated from thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus. The reconstitution was confirmed by Q-reoxidation measurements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhotosystem I (PS I) is a large pigment-protein complex embedded in the thylakoid membranes that performs light-driven electron transfer across the thylakoid membrane. Carbon nanotubes exhibit excellent electrical conductivities and excellent strength and stiffness. In this study, we generated PSI-carbon nanotube conjugates dispersed in a solution aimed at application in artificial photosynthesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAromatic groups were incorporated into 9H-9-silafluorene units at the 9-position (mono-9H-silafluorenes) and 9,9'-positions (di-9H-9-silafluorenes). The aryl substituents showed weak conjugation to the 9H-9-silafluorene for 9-aryl substituted ones 1-7 and a 9,9'-phenylene substituted one (compound 8) and they exhibited similar absorption and emission spectra. The 9H-9-silafluorene 10 containing a 5,5'-(2,2'-bithiophenyl) group showed a significantly red-shifted absorption and fluorescence maxima in the solid-state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicrostructured electrodes are significant to modern electrochemistry. A representative aromatic group, 4-ferrocenylphenyl one, was covalently bound to a micropatterned silicon electrode via the arylation of a hydrogen-terminated silicon(111) surface formed selectively on a Si wafer. Starting from a silicon(100)-on-insulator (SOI) wafer, the aromatic monolayer was attached sequentially by spin-coating a resist, electron beam lithography, Cr/Au deposition, lift-off, anisotropic etching with aqueous KOH solution, and Pd-catalyzed arylation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis Communication reports the first observation of solid-state photoluminescence in bis(dipyrrinato)zinc(II) complexes with various substituents. The report discusses the effect of their substituents on their crystal structures and spectroscopic properties. Their meso-aryl groups are revealed to play important roles in the spectroscopic properties in the solid state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development of disilane-bridged donor-acceptor-donor (D-Si-Si-A-Si-Si-D) and acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-Si-Si-D-Si-Si-A) compounds is described. Both types of compound showed strong emission (λem =ca. 500 and ca.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA series of disilane-bridged donor-acceptor architectures 1-9 containing strong electron-donating and -withdrawing substituents were designed and synthesized in acceptable yields. The substituents substantially affected the fluorescence and nonlinear optical properties of the compounds. In the solid state, the compounds showed purple-blue fluorescence (λ(em) = 360-420 nm) with high quantum yields (up to 0.
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