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The manner of bonding between constituent atoms or molecules invariably influences the properties of materials. Perhaps no material family is more emblematic of this than porous frameworks, wherein the namesake modes of connectivity give rise to discrete subclasses with unique collections of properties. However, established framework classes often display offsetting advantages and disadvantages for a given application. Thus, there exists no universally applicable material, and the discovery of alternative modes of framework connectivity is highly desirable. Here we show that chalcogen bonding, a subclass of σ-hole bonding, is a viable mode of connectivity in low-density porous frameworks. Crystallization studies with the triptycene tris­(1,2,5-selenadiazole) molecular tecton reveal how chalcogen bonding can template high-energy lattice structures and how solvent conditions can be rationalized to obtain molecularly programmed porous chalcogen-bonded organic frameworks (ChOFs). These results provide the first evidence that σ-hole bonding can be used to advance the diversity of porous framework materials.

The synthesis, structural, and electronic properties of nine 1,3-diphenyl-6-alkyl/aryl substituted pentafulvenes were studied. Pyrene ring π-π interactions were revealed from analysis of the experimental crystal packing of 1,3-diphenyl-6-(1-pyrene)fulvene and supporting DFT calculations. Photophysical properties derived from UV-vis and fluorescence emission measurements demonstrated tunable and low HOMO-LUMO band gaps for the series. The presented results point to a model synthetic approach for incorporation of extended π systems and donor-π-acceptor groups for fulvene-based electronic materials.

A variety of titanium aryloxide reagents catalyze the cross coupling of two alkyne units with 1 equiv of olefin to produce the 1,3-cyclohexadiene nucleus. Catalysts include isolated titanacyclopentadiene or titanacyclopentane complexes. The reaction proceeds via attack of the olefin upon a titanacyclopentadiene compound initially formed by coupling of two alkyne units. The reaction is limited to bulky alkyne substrates that undergo slow catalytic cyclotrimerization via competing attack of a third alkyne upon the titanacyclopentadiene ring. The organic products isolated are typically the result of an isomerization within the initially produced 1,3-cyclohexadiene nucleus. Mechanistic studies show that these isomerization processes occur via sequential, metal-mediated 1,5-hydrogen shifts upon a single face of the six-membered ring, exclusively leading to a cis-stereochemistry within the final products. In the reactions of the diynes RC⋮C(CH2)4C⋮CR (R = Et, SiMe3), coupling with ethylene and α-olefins produces a variety of substituted hexalins. A combination of NMR spectroscopy, photochemistry, and molecular mechanics calculations has been applied to determine the stereochemistry and ground state conformations adopted by the product 1,3-cyclohexadienes and hexalins. The primary and secondary photoproducts obtained from some of these 1,3-cyclohexadiene compounds have been characterized.

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