Although tremendous progress has been achieved in the field of hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs), the low stability, small/none pores, and difficult functionality severely obstruct their development. Herein, a novel robust mesoporous HOF (HOF-FAFU-1) decorated with a high density of free hydroxy moieties has been designed and readily synthesized in the de novo synthesis. In HOF-FAFU-1, the planar building blocks are connected to each other by typical intermolecular carboxylate dimers to form two-dimensional (2D) layers with sql topology, which are further connected to their adjacent layers by face-to-face π−π interactions to obtain a three-dimensional (3D) open mesoporous framework. Owing to the high density of intermolecular hydrogen bonding and strong π−π interactions, HOF-FAFU-1 is very stable, allowing it to retain its structure in aqueous solutions with a pH range of 1−9. Benefiting from the decorated hydroxy moieties, HOF-FAFU-1 was exploited as a fluorescent sensor for hypochlorite detection in water media by a turn-off mode, which cannot be realized by its nonhydroxy groups anchoring counterpart (HOF-TCBP). The proposed sensing system is highly efficient, validated by a very broad linear range (0−0.45 mM), fast response (15 s), and small limit of detection (LOD) (1.32 μM). The fluorescent quenching of HOF-FAFU-1 toward hypochlorite was also investigated, mainly being ascribed to the transformation of building blocks from the fluorescent reduced state to the nonfluorescent oxidative state. This work not only demonstrates that HOFs integrated with high stability and large pores as well as high density of functional groups can be simultaneously realized by judicious design of building blocks but also conceptually elucidates that such HOFs can effectively extend the application fields of HOFs.
The heteropoly compound [(V(V)O(4))Mo(VI)(12)O(36)(V(IV)O)(6)][(OH)(9)].11H(2)O (1), synthesized by hydrothermal method under weak basic conditions, represents the first mixed Mo/V six-capped Keggin structural derivative with a spherical skeleton, and the first transition metal polyoxocation. The successful synthesis of 1 demonstrates that basic hydrothermal synthesis might be a power synthetic route to the isolation of more new polycationic metal-oxo clusters.
The hydrothermal reaction of NaVO(3).H(2)O, barbituric acid, NH(2)NH(2).2HCl, H(3)PO(4), and H(2)O gave a novel heteropolyoxovanadate Na(6)[(P(V)O(4))V(V)(6)V(IV)(12)O(39)](2).H(3)PO(4).31H(2)O (1) and an unexpected phase Na(2)[C(12)H(6)N(6)O(9)].7H(2)O (2). The basic building blocks in 1 are the six-capped sphere-shaped heteropoly anion [(P(V)O(4))V(V)(6)V(IV)(12)O(39)](3-) with framework similar to that of the reported polyoxovanadates possessing [V(18)O(42)] clusters encapsulating VO(4) or other ions. These heterpoly anionic units are linked via V[bond]O[bond]V bridges into an interesting 3D straight-channel structure. The structure of 2 consists of novel organic anions ([C(12)H(6)N(6)O(9)](2-), 5,5-bis(2',4',6'-trioxopyrimidyl)barbital, representing the first oxidized barbituric acid trimer) linked via sodium ions into 1D hollow tubes with diameter of 4.49 x 6.86 A and further connected into a three-dimensional framework via hydrogen bonds.
A series of 3-(substituted aroyl)-4-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrrole derivatives were synthesized and determined for their anticancer activity against eleven cancer cell lines and two normal tissue cell lines using MTT assay. Among the synthesized compounds, compound 3f was the most potent compound against A375, CT-26, HeLa, MGC80-3, NCI-H460 and SGC-7901 cells (IC = 8.2 - 31.7 μm); 3g, 3n and 3a were the most potent compounds against CHO (IC = 8.2 μm), HCT-15 (IC = 21 μm) and MCF-7 cells (IC = 18.7 μm), respectively. Importantly, all the target compounds showed no cytotoxicity towards the normal tissue cell (IC > 100 μm). Thus, these compounds with the potent anticancer activity and low toxicity have potential for the development of new anticancer chemotherapy agents.
A new series of 3‐substituted 4‐(4‐methyloxy phenyl)‐1H‐pyrrole derivatives were synthesized and biologically evaluated for potential anticancer activity. Fifteen targeted compounds showed high selectivity toward normal cells and cancer cells: that is, all targeted compounds had no obvious cytotoxicity toward normal human cells (HUVEC and NIH/3T3), but some compounds exhibited broad‐spectrum proliferation inhibitory activity against the screened cancer cell lines. Among these pyrrole derivatives, compounds 3b and 3o showed potent anticancer activity against the MG‐63 cell line, with IC50
values of 14.9 and 12.7 μM, respectively. Other pyrrole derivatives also showed promising proliferation inhibitory activity, including compound 3d against A375 (IC50
= 18.6 μM), compound 3f and 3j against MGC80‐3 (IC50
= 19.9 μM), and compound 3o against MGC80‐3 (IC50
= 11.9 μM). Because the developed pyrrole derivatives showed strong anticancer activity and high selectivity, this new series of pyrrole derivatives could be considered as promising lead compounds for further development of potent and safe anticancer agents.
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