Withdrawing Substituents Research Articles

Substituent Effects on the Solubility and Electronic Properties of the Cyanine Dye Cy5: Density Functional and Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations.

The aggregation ability and exciton dynamics of dyes are largely affected by properties of the dye monomers. To facilitate aggregation and improve excitonic function, dyes can be engineered with substituents to exhibit optimal key properties, such as hydrophobicity, static dipole moment differences, and transition dipole moments. To determine how electron donating (D) and electron withdrawing (W) substituents impact the solvation, static dipole moments, and transition dipole moments of the pentamethine indocyanine dye Cy5, density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent (TD-) DFT calculations were performed. The inclusion of substituents had large effects on the solvation energy of Cy5, with pairs of withdrawing substituents (W-W pairs) exhibiting the most negative solvation energies, suggesting dyes with W-W pairs are more soluble than others. With respect to pristine Cy5, the transition dipole moment was relatively unaffected upon substitution while numerous W-W pairs and pairs of donating and withdrawing substituents (D-W pairs) enhanced the static dipole difference. The increase in static dipole difference was correlated with an increase in the magnitude of the sum of the Hammett constants of the substituents on the dye. The results of this study provide insight into how specific substituents affect Cy5 monomers and which pairs can be used to engineer dyes with desired properties.

Molecular structural aspects of organic corrosion inhibitors: Experimental and computational insights

The design and development of efficient corrosion inhibitors require inputs from a wide variety of synthetic protocols, which is usually a time consuming and tedious process. The conventionally used experimental methods often turn out to be inadequate in the satisfactory effect of inhibitor structure on adsorption and corrosion inhibition. In recent years, the computational methods of density functional theory (DFT), Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, and the molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have shown that the structure and electronic properties play a major role in the inhibition performance. The inhibition efficiency can be governed by a number of factors, such as the presence of electronegative heteroatoms, size of the aromatic ring, hydrocarbon chain length, the presence of double bond, π-conjugation, and electron-donating/ withdrawing substituent groups. Sound knowledge of the relationship between the molecular structure of the organic corrosion inhibitors and their inhibition potential can facilitate the design and synthesis of highly effective corrosion inhibitors. This review article outlines a correlation between some of the molecular structural aspects of corrosion inhibitors with inhibitor performance.

Substituents Have a Large Effect on Photochemical Generation of Benzyl Cations and DNA Cross-Linking.

Photoactivated DNA interstrand cross-linking agents have a wide range of biological applications. Recently, several aryl boronates have been reported to induce DNA interstrand cross-link (ICL) formation via carbocations upon photoirradiation. Herein, we synthesized a series of new bifunctional phenyl compounds to test the generality of such a mechanism, and to understand how the chemical structure influences carbocation formation and the DNA cross-linking process. These compounds efficiently form DNA ICLs via generated benzyl cations upon 350 nm irradiation. The DNA cross-linking efficiency and the pathway for carbocation generation depend on both the aromatic substituents and the leaving groups. Bromine as a leaving group facilitates the DNA cross-linking process in comparison with trimethyl ammonium salt. Both electron-donating and -withdrawing substituents induce bathochromic shifts, which favor photoinduced DNA ICL formation. For the bromides, the benzyl cation intermediates were generated through oxidation of the corresponding benzyl radicals. However, for the ammonia salts, the benzyl cations were formed through two pathways: either through oxidation of the benzyl radicals or by direct heterolysis of the C-N bond. Photoinduced C-N homolysis to form benzyl radicals occurred with compounds having donating substituents, whereas direct heterolysis of the C-N bond occurred with those bearing withdrawing substituents. The adducts formed between 1 a and four natural nucleosides were characterized, indicating that the alkylation sites for the photogenerated benzyl cations are dG, dA, and dC.

A Surface Grafting of Carbon Allotropes with in‐situ Generated 3‐aryl Diazonium Chlorides: Electrochemical Kinetic Studies

AbstractIn this work three different carbon allotropes: multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), graphene and carbon nanohorns (CNH) were covalently bound with in‐situ generated 3‐diazonium aryl chlorides. These species were attached to the carbon surface using an electrochemically‐initiated radical coupling, similar to the Gomberg‐Bachman type reaction. An electrochemical grafting of the extended π‐systems at the carbon surface was performed in aqueous media in a simple 3‐electrode system and its kinetics was investigated by a modified Butler‐Volmer approach. The analysis of Hammett constants demonstrated a strong influence of the type of electron donating‐/withdrawing substituents on the reduction potential peak position and the peak current. Moderately or strong electron withdrawing groups like ‐carboxy or ‐nitro tend to shift reduction potential towards more positive values, which facilitates an electron uptake. The deposition time varies for different carbon allotropes and depends on the carbon graphitization and the surface area. The best surface coverage was obtained at 90–150 sec of the deposition. Although, the surface functionalities are less conductive than the carbon, the electrodes showed a low internal resistance and thus a high rate of electron transfer (high exchange current density and the electron transfer rate constant), with the most promising observed for carbon nanohorns. The best performing carbon revealed also superior mass transport of the redox active species toward the electrode surface, owing to their unique particle shapes and its very porous structure. The Tafel analysis complemented by an impedance spectroscopy allowed selecting the best carbon substrate for the functionalization with a 3‐aminobenzoic acid.

Tunable electron acceptors based on cyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylenes

A series of substituted cyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylene derivatives with electron donating (NH2, OCH3), neutral (H), and electron withdrawing (COOH, CF3, CN, NO2) substituents were prepared. A room-temperature Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction between 2,7-dibromocyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylene and an appropriately functionalized phenylene ethynylene precursor was utilized to access the materials that were characterized by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and UV–Vis spectroscopy. The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) were systematically varied when proceeding from electron donating to electron withdrawing substituents. The optical band gap was significantly altered for the most electron donating species, while little change was observed between different electron withdrawing substituents. This study demonstrates the ability to control the frontier orbital energies of this class of cyclopenta-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon materials through selective substitution.

ChemInform Abstract: Sulfonyl Chloride as a Disposable Electron Withdrawing Substituent in Halex Fluorinations.

Abstract Syntheses of 1,3-difluorobenzene and 2,6-difluorotoluene are described via chlorosulfonation, catalytic Halex-fluorination, and desulfination of 1,3-dichlorobenzene and 2,6-dichlorotoluene.

Synthese substituierter 1,4-Divinylbenzole durch doppelte Heck-Reaktion mit Ethen unter Druck

Substituted 1,4-divinylbenzenes 3a–i were synthesized by twofold Heck coupling from the corresponding 1,4-dibromo) (electron withdrawing substituents) or 1,4-di-iododialkoxybenzenes 1a–i and ethene. Oligomerizations could be suppressed by increasing the pressure of ethene to 30 bar, simultaneously improving the yields of the title compounds.

ChemInform Abstract: Electrolytic Partial Fluorination of Organic Compounds. Part 17. Regiospecific Anodic Fluorination of Sulfides Bearing Electron‐ Withdrawing Substituents at the Position α to the Sulfur Atom.

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IR spectroscopic studies on substituted pyridine N-oxide complexes of tin(IV) chloride in acetonitrile

Complexes of eleven substituted pyridine N-oxide donors with stannic chloride in acetonitrile solution were investigated ultizing IR spectroscopy. Two distinct types of behaviour were noted: (1) Pyridine N-oxide donors containing electron releasing substituents generally form strong complexes with SnCl 4 and exhibit maxima in continuous variation plots at a 2:1 ligand-to-metal ratio. Little or no free ligand is detected in these solutions until this ratio is exceeded. Ligands exhibiting this behaviour include the 2-methyl-, 3-methyl-, 4-methyl-, 4-methoxy- and 4-phenylpyridine N-oxides. (2) Pyridine N-oxide donors containing electron neutral to electron with-drawing substituents generally form weaker complexes with SnCl 4 aM exhibit maxima in continuous variation plots at a 1:1 ligand-to-metal ratio. Free ligand is evident in these solutions even at ligand-to-metal ratios as low as 1:3. Formation plots for these complexes indicate the possibility that 1: 2 and 1:1 ligand to metal complexes exist in the concentration ranges studied. Ligands exhibiting this behaviour include the 4-chloro-, 4-nitro-, 3 and 4-acetyl-pyridine N-oxides and 2-pyridine methanol N-oxide. The complex of 2,6-1utidine N-oxide with SnCl 4 exhibits behaviour characteristic of the 1:1 complexes even though the substituents are electron releasing. This ligand contains the most sterically crowded N-O group in the series, however, and steric factors are invoked to explain this behavior. These results are rationalized in terms of an equilibrium model which includes the postulated existence of oxygen bridged dimers comprising a dominant species in solutions containing the 1:1 complexes. Some supporting 1H NMR and polarographic data are also presented and discussed.