Versatile supramolecular reactivity of zinc-tetra(4-pyridyl)porphyrin in crystalline solids: Polymeric grids with zinc dichloride and hydrogen-bonded networks with mellitic acid

• Sophia Lipstman and
• Israel Goldberg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 77, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.77

• functions, the 4-pyridyl substituents in ZnTPyP acting as proton acceptors and the carboxylic residues in mellitic acid as complementary proton donors. The heteromeric COOH···Npyridyl interaction results in a relatively strong hydrogen bond, which frequently directs supramolecular organization in organic

1-(4-Alkyloxybenzyl)-3-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium organic backbone: A versatile smectogenic moiety

• William Dobbs,
• Laurent Douce and
• Benoît Heinrich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 62, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.62

• core (N–CH3 and N–CH2) localized respectively around 4 ppm and 5.3 ppm. Correlated to the crystal structure of compound 112 these observations were made on all the protons used for the organization of the polar part by multiple anion-cation and cation-cation interactions [21]. These NMR studies carried

• )sulfonyl]amide), are ionic liquid compounds without any supramolecular organization into mesophase. This is also the case in the series of compounds 5n with n < 12 (only a monotropic mesophase was observed for 512), and finally for 38. Supramolecular arrangement Despite the significant tendency of these

• , corresponding to the molten alkyl chain in liquid-like order (A), whilst in the low-angle part of the diffractogram one to three equidistant sharp and intense peaks were observed, characteristic of the layered organization. The very intense first sharp peak was directly correlated to the periodicity value. In

Functional properties of metallomesogens modulated by molecular and supramolecular exotic arrangements

• Alessandra Crispini,
• Mauro Ghedini and
• Daniela Pucci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 54, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.54

• time, order, mobility, and changes in molecular organization in response to external stimuli could be a good strategy for developing new soft materials for innovative applications. In this context the same 2,2′-bipyridines have been coordinated to Zn(II) ions where the tetrahedral geometry of the Zn(II

• introducing of further aromatic rings equipped with several aliphatic tails each. Hence the synthesis of a series of cis-dichloro hexacatenar Zn(II) complexes has been performed (Figure 5) [56]. In this case the molecular organization in the mesophase, mainly driven by intermolecular attractive interactions

• molecular building blocks, it is possible to modulate the interactions necessary for organization of single molecules in to supramolecular architectures to give rise to the desired metallomesogenic material. Moreover, preliminary measurements of photoconductivity on these complexes doped with C60 to

Novel banana-discotic hybrid architectures

• Hari Krishna Bisoyi,
• H. T. Srinivasa and
• Sandeep Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.52

• organization into layers. Since the molecules are closely packed within the smectic layers and additionally, the rotation about their long axes is strongly hindered, the bent directions align parallel in each layer. As a result of this directed organization, each layer develops a spontaneous polarization. On

A convenient method for preparing rigid-core ionic liquid crystals

• Julien Fouchet,
• Laurent Douce,
• Benoît Heinrich,
• Richard Welter and
• Alain Louati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.51

• along an orientational axis), smectic phases (orientational/positional order in the layers) and columnar phases (orientational/positional order in the columns). The lyotropic compounds display not only lamellar and columnar organization but also hierarchical self-assembly in spheres (micelles), ribbons

Chiral amplification in a cyanobiphenyl nematic liquid crystal doped with helicene-like derivatives

• Alberta Ferrarini,
• Silvia Pieraccini,
• Stefano Masiero and
• Gian Piero Spada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 50, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.50

• Abstract The addition of a chiral non-racemic dopant to a nematic liquid crystal (LC) has the effect of transferring the molecular chirality to the phase organization and a chiral nematic phase is formed. This molecular chirality amplification in the LC provides a unique possibility for investigating the

• relationship between molecular structure, intermolecular interactions, and mesoscale organization. It is known that axially chiral or helical-shaped molecules with reduced conformational disorder are good candidates for high helical twisting power derivatives. In particular, biaryl derivatives are known to be

• dopant to a nematic liquid crystal has the effect of transferring the molecular chirality to the phase organization and a chiral nematic (or cholesteric) phase is formed, in which the director rotates perpendicularly to an axis in a helical way (see Figure 1) [1]. For a given nematic host, the handedness

Synthesis of mesogenic phthalocyanine-C₆₀ donor–acceptor dyads designed for molecular heterojunction photovoltaic devices

• Yves Henri Geerts,
• Olivier Debever,
• Claire Amato and
• Sergey Sergeyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 49, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.49

• expect that for such high order of self-organization, liquid crystalline (LC) materials will be beneficial, because they combine order and fluidity, which allows the self-healing of structural defects [8]. One of the most widely used molecules in the bulk heterojunction PV devices is fullerene C60

• comparatively high yields (up to 24%) for this type of reaction. Upon the favorable combination of the length of the linker with the length of peripheral substituents on the phthalocyanine, bulky C60 moiety can be accommodated in the LC mesophase. Detailed analysis of this supramolecular organization, as well

Acid- mediated reactions under microfluidic conditions: A new strategy for practical synthesis of biofunctional natural products

• Katsunori Tanaka and
• Koichi Fukase

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 40, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.40

• the Project of Micro-Chemical Technology for Production, Analysis, and Measurement Systems financially supported by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). This work was also partially supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research No. 19681024 and 19651095 from the

New diarylmethanofullerene derivatives and their properties for organic thin- film solar cells

• Daisuke Sukeguchi,
• Surya Prakash Singh,
• Mamidi Ramesh Reddy,
• Hideyuki Yoshiyama,
• Rakesh A. Afre,
• Yasuhiko Hayashi,
• Hiroki Inukai,
• Tetsuo Soga,
• Shuichi Nakamura,
• Norio Shibata and
• Takeshi Toru

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 7, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.7

• temperatures Supporting Information Experimental procedures for the preparation of derivatives 1b–k, 2. Supporting Information File 10: Experimental methods Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Incorporated Administrative Agency New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO

Quinoline based receptor in fluorometric discrimination of carboxylic acids

• Kumaresh Ghosh,
• Suman Adhikari,
• Asoke P. Chattopadhyay and
• Purnendu Roy Chowdhury

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.52

• experiments at different concentrations in which the intensities of the ratio of excimer to monomer emission changed gradually (Figure 9). The formation of strong excimers in the presence of hydroxy dicarboxylic acids could be attributed to the guest acid templated hydrogen bond induced organization of the

Synthesis of thienyl analogues of PCBM and investigation of morphology of mixtures in P3HT

• Fukashi Matsumoto,
• Kazuyuki Moriwaki,
• Yuko Takao and
• Toshinobu Ohno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 33, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.33

• for all new compounds Acknowledgements This research work is supported in part by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.

Conformational rigidity of silicon- stereogenic silanes in asymmetric catalysis: A comparative study

• Sebastian Rendler and
• Martin Oestreich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 9, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-9

• silane 1: A cyclic framework leading to a locked conformation [11] improving the degree of organization in the stereochemistry-determining transition state 11. In summary, we have shown for the first time that an excellent chirality transfer from silicon to carbon is also realized with suitably

Asymmetric aza-Diels- Alder reaction of Danishefsky's diene with imines in a chiral reaction medium

• Bruce Pégot,
• Olivier Nguyen Van Buu,
• Didier Gori and
• Giang Vo-Thanh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 18, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-18

• in mind: to promote 'green reaction media' and most importantly to provide a highly efficient chirality transfer due to the high degree of organization of the chiral ionic liquids. Chiral solvents are reported to have been already used as a sole inducer of enantiomeric excess in organic reactions

• ionic liquids, due to their unique properties and especially their high degree of organization as chiral reaction medium in this reaction. Further investigations to provide useful insights into the understanding of the use of chiral ILs in asymmetric induction are in progress in our laboratory. The