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Relationship between molecular association and re-entrant phenomena in polar calamitic liquid crystals
Mandle, Richard J.,Cowling, Stephen J.,Goodby, John W.,Sage, Ian,Colclough, M. Eamon
, p. 3273 - 3280 (2015)
The relationship between molecular association and re-entrant phase behavior in polar calamitic liquid crystals has been explored in two families of materials: the 4'-alkoxy-4-cyanobiphenyls (6OCB and 8OCB) and the 4'-alkoxy-4-nitrobiphenyls. Although re-entrant nematic phase behavior has previously been observed in the phase diagram of 6OCB/8OCB, this is not observed in mixtures of the analogous nitro materials. As there is no stabilization of the smectic A phase in mixture studies, it was conjectured that the degree of association for the nitro systems is greater than that for the cyano analogues. This hypothesis was tested by using measured dielectric anisotropies and computed molecular properties to obtain a value of the Kirkwood factor, g, which describes the degree of association of dipoles in a liquid. These computed values of g confirm that the degree of association for nitro materials is greater than that for cyano and offer a useful method for quantifying molecular association in systems exhibiting a re-entrant polymorphism.
Hydrogen-bond-assisted transition-metal-free catalytic transformation of amides to esters
Huang, Changyu,Li, Jinpeng,Wang, Jiaquan,Zheng, Qingshu,Li, Zhenhua,Tu, Tao
, p. 66 - 71 (2020/11/18)
The amide C-N cleavage has drawn a broad interest in synthetic chemistry, biological process and pharmaceutical industry. Transition-metal, luxury ligand or excess base were always vital to the transformation. Here, we developed a transition-metal-free hydrogen-bond-assisted esterification of amides with only catalytic amount of base. The proposed crucial role of hydrogen bonding for assisting esterification was supported by control experiments, density functional theory (DFT) calculations and kinetic studies. Besides broad substrate scopes and excellent functional groups tolerance, this base-catalyzed protocol complements the conventional transition-metal-catalyzed esterification of amides and provides a new pathway to catalytic cleavage of amide C-N bonds for organic synthesis and pharmaceutical industry. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Dual aminoquinolate diarylboron and nickel catalysed metallaphotoredox platform for carbon-oxygen bond construction
Day, Craig,Jia, Xin,Wei, Lanfeng,Xu, Liang,Zu, Weisai
supporting information, p. 8273 - 8276 (2020/08/17)
Herein, aminoquinolate diarylboron complexes are utilized as photocatalysts in dual Ni/photoredox catalyzed carbon-oxygen construction reactions. Via this unified metallaphotoredox platform, diverse (hetero)aryl halides can be conveniently coupled with acids, alcohols and water. This method features operational simplicity, broad substrate scope and good compatibility with functional groups. This journal is
Oxime palladacycle in PEG as a highly efficient and recyclable catalytic system for phenoxycarbonylation of aryl iodides with phenols
Gaikwad, Vinayak V.,Bhanage, Bhalchandra M.
, (2019/02/19)
In this report, we have developed a sustainable protocol for the synthesis of aromatic esters by a carbonylative method using di-μ-chlorobis [5-hydroxy-2-[1-(hydroxyimino-?N) ethyl] phenyl-?C] palladium (II) dimer (1) catalyst in PEG-400 as a greener and recyclable solvent. The reaction is carried out at room temperature using CO in a balloon. Good to excellent yield of various esters can be synthesize using this protocol. Direct insertion of CO moiety leads to the high atom and step economy. Compared to previous protocol this phosphine free approach for the synthesis of aromatic esters provides high Turnover Number (TON) and Turnover Frequency (TOF). Developed approach has an alternative route for use of conventional palladium precursor with high conversion and selectivity. The catalyst system and product can easily be separated using diethyl ether as a solvent. The Pd/PEG-400 system could be reused up to a fifth consecutive cycle without any loss of its activity and selectivity.