Thermally stable chromophores for nonlinear optical applications

Three thermal organic second-order nonlinear optical chromophores were synthesized. The decomposition temperature was determined by DSC, and the absorption spectra was measured. The second-order polarizabilities at zero energy and the dispersion of second-order polarizabilities were measured by solvatochromic method. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

电致发光金属配合物和有机小分子的合成与性能

本文以调控发光颜色、提高发光效率为目的，通过改变配体、中心金属离子、取代基等进行颜色调节；通过引入电子或空穴传输单元，实现发光分子的功能化进而改善载流子传输提高发光效率。文中主要以有机小分子和金属配合物为研究对象，它们本身都具有良好的发光性质。工作集中围绕以下几个问题展开：1、PPV齐聚物是一类高效发光的分子体系，如果在其中嵌入8一取代的哇琳单元对发光会有什么影响？2、使用含噁二唑（具有电子传输功能）的配体得到的金属配合物是否能同时拥有双重功能，即高效发光（金属配合物的特点）和优良的电子传输？3、由N2O-双齿配体转变成N，N-双齿配体，配合物的发光又会如何？4、稀土配合物具有高的光致发光效率，但电致发光效率非常低，能否通过咔哇或呛二吟功能化来改善载流子传输，提高电致发光效率？主要工作及取得的结果概述如下：1、经由Knoevenagel缩合反应合成了一系列共骊的2，21-（1，4-芳二乙烯基）双-8-取代喹啉。单晶X-射线衍射研究表明固态下存在分子间，π…π堆积相互作用，这对于载流子传输是比较有利的。喹啉8-位于的取代基的变化对发光影响不大，表明刚性共扼骨架对发光起主要贡献。改变中心的芳核，明显可以调控发光颜色。当存在分子内电荷转移时，与不存在的相比，发光显著红移。电致发光性质表明这些含双喳琳的PPV齐聚物是良好的发光和电子传输材料。2、存在分子内氢键的化合物2-（2-羟基苯基）-5-苯基-1，3，4-噁二唑（HOXD），具有激发态分子内质子转移（ESIPT）特性。在室温下，用365脚的紫外灯照射时表现强的兰色荧光。室温和低温（77K）下的磷光光谱表明它在固态下具有较强的磷光发射，与理论预测完全一致。多层电致发光器件ITO加PB／HOXD／BCP／Alq3／Mg：Ag最大亮度达到656cd／m2，电流效率为0．37cd／A。当把HoxD掺在cBP中时，亮度和效率都有一定程度的提高，达到870cd／m2和0.82cd／A。3、合成了含有德二哩配体（HOXD）的碱金属配合物MOxD（M=Li，Na，K）。我们发现配合物的发光颜色取决于中心金属离子，LiOXD是一个优良的蓝光材料，半峰宽是65nm，发射峰位在478nm，它也可以作为界面材料使用，起到和LIF相同的作用，即改善电子注入。同时作者首次报道了钠和钾的配合物可以用作发光材料。电致发光性质表明这些配合物是优良的蓝／绿色发光和电子注入／传输材料。4、使用从N双齿配体代替N，O-双齿配体（比如8-羟基喹啉），合成了含有2－（2-羟基喹啉）苯并咪唑的锌、铍和硼配合物。用硼配合物作为发光层的三层器件ITO/NPB/boron-complex／Alq3／LiF／A1所得到的光谱覆盖了从400到750nm的区域，表明获得了一个很好的白色发光。白光分别源于激子和激基复合物发光，由三种成分构成：来自于硼配合物的兰色发光（490nm）；来自于Alq3的发光（535nln）；NPB和BPh2（Pybm）界面形成的激基复合物发光（610nm）。器件最大亮度是110cd／m2最大效率是0.8cd／A。5、设计、合成了咔唑、噁二唑功能化的稀土馆配合物，期望通过改善空穴和电子传输来提高发光效率。含咔哇的配合物的双层器件发光光谱较宽，包括三价铺的特征发射和一个宽峰，可能是咔唑的发光。当使用TPD做空穴传输层时，噁二唑铺配合物的电致发光器件得到纯正明亮的红色发光，器件结构为ITO／TPD（40nm）／（OXD-PyBM）Eu（DBM）3（SOnm）／LiF（Inm）／Al（200m），启动电压为7.8V，在21v时达到最大亮度322cd／m2。亮度为57cd／m2和13．sv时电流效率最大，为1.9cd／A，对应外量子效率是1.7％。高的效率表明通过引入噁二唑基团，配合物的电子传输能力得到明显改善。6、初步研究了三线态发光的铱的金属有机配合物，得到了高亮度、高效率的绿色发光；对8-羟基喹啉锌配合物的高分子化也做了初步探讨。

氮杂环化合物的绿色合成研究

氮杂环化合物大多数都是具有生理活性的物质，例如喹喔啉化合物与苯二氮卓类化合物，因此研究氮杂环化合物骨架的构建方法具有一定意义。绿色化学的迅速发展迫切要求化学家发展清洁、经济和环境较友好条件下的有机合成方法。其中，水相反应与绿色固体酸催化剂的使用都是实现绿色有机合成的重要途径，它们非常具有潜力，近些年受到了广泛关注。本论文的主要工作是围绕水相及固体酸催化条件下两类具有生物活性的含氮杂环小分子的合成方法而开展的，具体包括以下内容： 1. 研究和探索出了两类绿色固体酸催化剂蒙脱土（Mont. K-10）和杂多酸(H4SiW12O40), 在水相条件下成功合成出喹喔啉化合物的有效方法。两个催化体系都以无毒无公害的水作反应溶剂，实验条件温和，操作安全简便，反应速度快，底物普适性强，产率高，且产物易分离收集。两类固体酸催化剂，对设备腐蚀性小，可回收循环使用，对环境无公害; 蒙脱土催化大部分底物能得到当量产率的产物，硅钨酸催化催化剂负载量小。 2. 实现了无溶剂条件下，以杂多酸（H3PW12O40）作催化剂，高效合成1,5-苯二氮卓衍生物的合成方法。该催化体系具有以下一些优势：实验条件温和，反应速度较快，底物普适性良好，产物易分离收集，反应过程中没有加入其它有机溶剂，绿色环保。 ‘Green Chemistry’ is currently a major issue of modern chemistry. It is widely acknowledged that there is a growing need for more environmentally acceptable processes in the chemical industry. New green catalysts and green reaction media are the important and efficient strategies in green chemistry. New green catalysts include solid acid catalysts, solid base catalysts, metal catalysts not only possess higher activity and selectivity, but also are easily separated from reaction system. Green reaction media include water, supercritical fluids and ionic liquids can not only substitute traditional toxic and harmed organic solvents, but also improve reaction activity and selectivity. Meanwhile water is a promising green reaction medium for use in modern chemistry because it has a number of advantages such as the cheapest solvent available on earth, being non-hazardous and non-toxic to the environment. Solid acids had also attracted much attention for realizing green chemistry due to their unique acidity, high activity and efficiency as organic catalysts. Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds of different ring sizes such as quinoxaline and benzodiazepine are the important pharmacologically active compounds. Due to the wide biological significance of these compounds, the synthesis of these types of compounds have received a great deal of attention. Despite the large availability of methods to construct nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds, there is still a strong need to further explore green methods to efficiently and safely synthesize these compounds. Thus, we aim at developing efficient and green methodology for the synthesis of quinoxaline and benzodiazepine carried out under water condition with solid acid catalysts. The contents of this dissertation are listed as the following: 1. We have developed two catalytic systems for the synthesis quinoxaline via the condensation of an aryl 1,2-diamine with a 1,2-diketone compound in the presence of Mont. K-10 or H4SiW12O40 as a catalyst in water solvent. Both of these two methods can be applied to wide range of substrates, tolerating aryl 1,2-diamine/1,2-diketone with the electron donating/drawing substituent. Operational simplicity, the ambient conditions, use of an economically convenient catalyst, use of water as a desirable solvent, high yields and short reaction times are the key features of these two protocols. 2. We developed a convenient and efficient protocol for the synthesis of a variety of 1,5-benzodiazepines in high yields via condensation of aryl o-phenylenediamine derivatives with a variety of ketones using H3PW12O40 as a green recyclable and heterogeneous catalyst under solvent-free condition. The simple experiment procedure combined with ease of recovery and reuse of this catalyst make this procedure quite simple, more convenient and environmentally benign.

N-arylamides from selenium-catalyzed reactions of nitroaromatics and amides in the presence of carbon monoxide and mixed organic bases

N-Arylamides were exclusively obtained in moderate to good yields from selenium-catalyzed reactions of nitroaromatics with amides in the presence of CO and mixed organic bases Et3N and DBU.

A simple preparation of stationary phase of alkylamide reversed-phase liquid chromatograph for the separation of basic substances

A simple preparation process of alkylamide phase for reversed-phase HPLC (RP-HPLC) is described. The process includes aminopropyltrimethoxysilane firstly reacted with octanoyl chloride, then the intermediate was coupled onto porous silica. The resultant bonded silica has a reproducible ligand surface concentration and homogenous bonded ligand distribution on the porous silica. Characterization of prepared packing was carried out with elemental analysis, solid-state C-13 NMR and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). Chromatographic evaluations were carried out by using a mixture of organic compounds including acidic, basic and neutral analytes under methanol/water as binary mobile phase. The results showed that the stationary phase have excellent chromatographic properties and can be efficiently used for the separation of basic compounds.

The Early Diagenetic Formation of Organic Sulfur in the Sediments of Mangrove Lake, Bermuda

Due to a low mineral content, the sapropelic sediments depositing in Mangrove Lake, Bermuda, provide an excellent opportunity to explore for possible additions of sulfur to organic matter during the early stages of diagenesis. We evaluated early diagenetic organic sulfur transformations by monitoring the concentrations and stable isotopic compositions of a number of inorganic and organic sulfur pools, thereby accounting for all of the sulfur in the sediments. We have identified and quantified the following sulfur pools: porewater sulfate, porewater sulfide, elemental sulfur, pyrite sulfur, hydrolyzable organic sulfur (HYOS), chromium-reducible organic sulfur (CROS), and nonchromium-reducible organic sulfur (Non-CROS). Of the organic sulfur pools, the Non-CROS pool is by far the largest, followed by CROS, and finally HYOS. By 60 cm depth these pools contribute, respectively, to 85, 7.9, and 3.6% of the total solid phase sulfur. The HYOS pool is probably of biological origin and shows no interaction with the sulfur compounds produced during diagenesis. By contrast, CROS is produced, most likely, from the diagenetic addition of polysulfides to functionalized lipids in the upper, H2S-poor, elemental sulfur-rich, region of the sediment. A portion of this sulfur pool is unstable and decomposes on contact with the H2S-rich porewaters. The portion of CROS that remains in the sulfidic waters appears to readily exchange sulfur isotopes with H2S. While some of the Non-CROS pool is of biological origin, some is also formed by the diagenetic addition of sulfur to organic compounds in the upper H2S-poor region of the sediment. By contrast with CROS, Non-CROS is not diagenetically active in the H2S-rich porewaters. Overall, somewhere between 27 and 53 % of the organic sulfur buried in Mangrove Lake sediments is of diagenetic origin, with the remaining organic sulfur derived from biosynthesis. We extrapolate our Mangrove Lake results and calculate that in typical coastal marine sediments between 11 and 29 μmol g−1 of organic sulfur will form during early diagenesis, of which 2–5 μmol g−1 will be chromium reducible.

Toward high-performance polymer solar cells: The importance of morphology control

Polymer solar cells have the potential to become a major electrical power generating tool in the 21st century. R&D endeavors are focusing on continuous roll-to-roll printing of polymeric or organic compounds from solution-like newspapers-to produce flexible and lightweight devices at low cost. It is recognized, though, that besides the functional properties of the compounds the organization of structures on the nanometer level-forced and controlled mainly by the processing conditions applied-determines the performance of state-of-the-art polymer solar cells. In such devices the photoactive layer is composed of at least two functional materials that form nanoscale interpenetrating phases with specific functionalities, a so-called bulk heterojunction. In this perspective article, our current knowledge on the main factors determining the morphology formation and evolution is introduced, and gaps of our understanding on nanoscale structure-property relations in the field of high-performance polymer solar cells are addressed. Finally, promising routes toward formation of tailored morphologies are presented.

On characterization of organic structures - A highly discriminating molecular topological index

A new molecular topological index, EATI is proposed based on the extended adjacency matrix, It has a hitherto unheard of power of discrimination and can be applied to discriminate various kinds of organic compounds, such as structures containing heteroatoms, etc.. Thus EATI might be possibly used as supplementary reference for CAS Registry Numbers for structure documentation.

PRINCIPLES FOR STRUCTURE GENERATION OF ORGANIC ISOMERS FROM MOLECULAR FORMULA

An expert system for the elucidation of the structure of organic compounds (ESESOC) has been developed. The heart of the ESESOC is formed by the structure generator as an integral part, which receives the specific type of information (molecular formula, s

Estimation of soil organic partition coefficients: from retention factors measured by soil column chromatography with water as eluent

The retention factors (k) of 104 hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOCs) were measured in soil column chromatography (SCC) over columns filled with three naturally occurring reference soils and eluted with Milli-Q water. A novel method for the estimation of soil organic partition coefficient (K-oc) was developed based on correlations with k in soil/water systems. Strong log K-oc versus log k correlations (r>0.96) were found. The estimated K-oc values were in accordance with the literature values with a maximum deviation of less than 0.4 log units. All estimated K-oc values from three soils were consistent with each other. The SCC approach is promising for fast screening of a large number of chemicals in their environmental applications. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Probing polarization and dielectric function of molecules with higher order harmonics in scattering-near-field scanning optical microscopy

The idealized system of an atomically flat metallic surface [highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG)] and an organic monolayer (porphyrin) was used to determine whether the dielectric function and associated properties of thin films can be accessed with scanning-near-field scanning optical microscopy (s-NSOM). Here, we demonstrate the use of harmonics up to fourth order and the polarization dependence of incident light to probe dielectric properties on idealized samples of monolayers of organic molecules on atomically smooth substrates. An analytical treatment of light/sample interaction using the s-NSOM tip was developed in order to quantify the dielectric properties. The theoretical analysis and numerical modeling, as well as experimental data, demonstrate that higher order harmonic scattering can be used to extract the dielectric properties of materials with tens of nanometer spatial resolution. To date, the third harmonic provides the best lateral resolution (∼50 nm) and dielectric constant contrast for a porphyrin film on HOPG. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.

Total synthesis of cyanolide A and confirmation of its absolute configuration.

The tandem allylic oxidation/oxa-Michael reaction promoted by the gem-disubstituent effect and the 2-methyl-6-nitrobenzoic anhydride (MNBA)-mediated dimerization were explored for the efficient and facile synthesis of cyanolide A.

Organic nitrogen in PM2.5 aerosol at a forest site in the Southeast US

There is growing evidence that organo-nitrogen compounds may constitute a significant fraction of the aerosol nitrogen (N) budget. However, very little is known about the abundance and origin of this aerosol fraction. In this study, the concentration of organic nitrogen (ON) and major inorganic ions in PM2.5 aerosol were measured at the Duke Forest Research Facility near Chapel Hill, NC, during January and June of 2007. A novel on-line instrument was used, which is based on the Steam Jet Aerosol Collector (SJAC) coupled to an on-line total carbon/total nitrogen analyzer and two on-line ion chromatographs. The concentration of ON was determined by tracking the difference in concentrations of total nitrogen and of inorganic nitrogen (determined as the sum of N-ammonium and N-nitrate). The time resolution of the instrument was 30 min with a detection limit for major aerosol components of ∼0.1 mu;gm-3. Nitrogen in organic compounds contributed ∼33% on average to the total nitrogen concentration in PM2.5, illustrating the importance of this aerosol component. Absolute concentrations of ON, however, were relatively low (lt;1.0 mu;gm-3) with an average of 0.16 mu;gm-3. The absolute and relative contribution of ON to the total aerosol nitrogen budget was practically the same in January and June. In January, the concentration of ON tended to be higher during the night and early morning, while in June it tended to be higher during the late afternoon and evening. Back-trajectories and correlation with wind direction indicate that higher concentrations of ON occur in air masses originating over the continental US, while marine air masses are characterized by lower ON concentrations. The data presented in this study suggests that ON has a variety of sources, which are very difficult to quantify without information on chemical composition of this important aerosol fraction.