The quadrupolar and octupolar cyano triphenylamines shows symmetry broken dipolar charge transfer state, however, its stability can be controlled by the rotation of N-C bond of amino and phenylene moiety.

Novel triphenylamine-based star-like molecules 11 were synthesized and characterized using FT-IR, 1 H, 13 C, and DEPT-135 NMR spectroscopy, and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The absorption and emission spectra of star-like molecules were studied in different solvents. The effect of solvent polarity and aggregation studies on the absorption and emission spectra has also been studied. The new starlike molecules are found to exhibit broad absorption and emission band along with intramolecular charge transfer character. The fluorescence spectra of triphenylamine derivatives shift from blue to green wavelength on increasing the extended conjugation of the molecule. The experimental results indicate that there is cooperative enhancement originating from the inter-branch coupling and an increase in the light-harvesting ability upon increasing the conjugated molecule size.

New types of bis-quaternary ammonium bromide as chiral multisite phase transfer catalysts derived from cinchona alkaloids have been developed and evaluated for the enantioselective epoxidation of chalcones in the presence of lower concentrations of various oxidants, bases and ultrasonic irradiation conditions.

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We have recently disclosed 5-phenyl-N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-2-(pyrimidin-5-yl)quinazolin-4-amine 1 as a potent I current blocker with selectivity versus hERG, Na and Ca channels, and an acceptable preclinical PK profile. Upon further characterization in vivo, compound 1 demonstrated an unacceptable level of brain penetration. In an effort to reduce the level of brain penetration while maintaining the overall profile, SAR was developed at the C2' position for a series of close analogues by employing hydrogen bond donors. As a result, 5-[5-phenyl-4-(pyridin-2-ylmethylamino)quinazolin-2-yl]pyridine-3-sulfonamide (25) was identified as the lead compound in this series. Compound 25 showed robust effects in rabbit and canine pharmacodynamic models and an acceptable cross-species pharmacokinetic profile and was advanced as the clinical candidate. Further optimization of 25 to mitigate pH-dependent absorption resulted in identification of the corresponding phosphoramide prodrug (29) with an improved solubility and pharmacokinetic profile.

We reported the synthesis of a new series of azobiphenyl based urea derivatives 7 and their stimulus-responsive supramolecular structures in the form of sheet like self-assembled formations. The self-assembled nanostructural formations of azo derivatives 7 are strongly dependent on the nature of the solvent present in the systems. Further, we found that the amide hydrogen played a crucial role in hydrogen bonding interactions to form a sheet like morphology upon stimulus responsive self-assembly. This was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy.

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