A practical Buchwald-Hartwig amination of [2.2]paracyclophanyl bromides with benzhydrylideneamine is developed. The method provides a facile route to a variety of imino and amino [2.2]paracyclophanes that are otherwise not readily synthesized.

A new planar and centrally chiral bicyclic 1,2,4-triazolium salt has been synthesized from [2.2]paracyclophane and phenylglycinol. The N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) copper(I) complex generated in situ by the reaction of the triazolium salt and Cu(2)O was an efficient catalyst for the asymmetric β-boration of acyclic enones, producing β-boryl ketones in high yields and enantioselectivities.

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PS-co-AADGEBA was synthesized and used to fabricate superhydrophobic surfaces. It was then grafted onto amino-functionalized hollow silica nanospheres to generate a nanocomposite superhydrophobic surface.

An efficient copper-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate boration has been achieved by exploiting a new planar and central chiral bicyclic triazolium ligand. This protocol was highly efficient and gave a variety of chiral secondary alkylboronates in 97-99% ee. A preliminary mechanistic study supports the bifunctional nature of the catalyst.

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