We have synthesized the complex [Ru(bpy(OH)(2))(3)](2+) (bpy(OH)(2) = 4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2'-bipyridine) containing ligands that can be readily deprotonated. Both experimental and computational techniques were utilized to perform a thorough analysis of the structural and electronic properties of the complex in both the protonated and deprotonated state. The complex [Ru(bpy(OMe)(2))(3)](2+) (bpy(OMe)(2) = 4,4'-dimethoxy-2,2'-bipyridine) was also synthesized and studied, because the bpy(OMe)(2) ligand has electron-donating properties like bpy(OH)(2), but does not contain deprotonatable groups. Cyclic voltammetry of [Ru(bpy(OH)(2))(3)](2+) yields a reversible Ru(III/II) wave that shifts 1.43 V to lower energy upon deprotonation of the complex. UV/Visible absorbance spectroscopy reveals several Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer (MLCT) transitions that shift to lower energy upon deprotonation of the complex. This observation is in contrast to mixed-ligand systems containing deprotonatable groups, such as [Ru(bpy)(2)(bpy(OH)(2))](2+) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) that demonstrate different types of electronic transitions assigned as mixed Metal-Ligand to Ligand Charge Transfer (MLLCT). The more symmetrical nature of the tris-bpy(OH)(2) complex most likely prevents the metal molecular orbitals from significantly mixing with the molecular orbitals of the deprotonated ligand. Luminescence studies were carried out on [Ru(bpy(OH)(2))(3)](2+) and reveal a shift to lower energy and quenching of the excited state upon deprotonation in accordance with the energy gap law.
The phytotoxin diplopyrone
is considered to be the main phytotoxin
in a fungus that is responsible for cork oak decline. A carbohydrate-based
synthesis of the enantiomer of the structure proposed for diplopyrone
has been developed from a commercially available derivative of d-galactose. Key steps in the synthesis are a highly stereoselective
pyranose chain-extension based on methyltitanium, preparation of a
vinyl glycoside via Isobe C-alkynylation-rearrangement/reduction,
and RCM-based pyranopyran construction. Crystallographic and NMR analysis
confirms an earlier report that the structure originally proposed
for diplopyrone may require revision. Structural analogues were prepared
for biological evaluation, the most promising being a pyranopyran
nitrile synthesized from tri-O-acetyl-d-galactal
by Ferrier cyanoglycosidation, Wittig chain extension, and lactonization.
Biological assays revealed potent antibacterial activity for the nitrile
analogue against common bacterial pathogens Edwardsiella ictaluri and Flavobacterium columnare that cause enteric
septicemia (ESC) and columnaris disease, respectively, in catfish.
The IC50 value of 0.002 against E. ictaluri indicates
approximately 100 times greater potency than the antibiotic florfenicol
used commercially for this disease. Phytotoxic activity for all three
target compounds against duckweed was also observed. The antibiotic
and phytotoxic activities of the new pyranopyrans synthesized in this
study demonstrate the potential of such compounds as antibiotics and
herbicides.
Dibenzofurans, a dibenzothiophene, and carbazoles, each substituted with a 2‐benzoxazolyl group as well as an ortho‐hydroxyl group, were synthesized to produce fluors with fluorescence due to excited‐state intramolecular proton‐transfer. The orientations for Friedel‐Crafts acylation of 3‐methoxydibenzothio‐phene and of the analogous carbazole were determined. The fluors displayed absorption peaks in the 330–385 nm region with molar extinction coefficients up to 57,000. Fluorescence quantum efficiencies of 0.17–0.44 were obtained at wavelengths that had peak values from 540–600 nm. The fluors are of potential use as wavelength shifters in scintillating polystyrene fibers.
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