Automatic repair: a polymer with pendent dibenzo[24]crown-8 units (purple in picture) was cross-linked by two bisammonium salts (green) to form two supramolecular gels based on host-guest interactions. These two gels are stimuli-responsive materials that respond to changes of the pH value and are also self-healing materials, as can be seen by eye and as evidenced by rheological data.

A practical, rapid, and highly regioselective Cu-catalyzed radiofluorination of (mesityl)(aryl)iodonium salts is described. This protocol utilizes [(18)F]KF to access (18)F-labeled electron-rich, -neutral, and -deficient aryl fluorides under a single set of mild conditions. This methodology is applied to the synthesis of protected versions of two important radiotracers: 4-[(18)F]fluorophenylala...

Triarylpyrylium salts were employed as single electron photooxidants to catalyze a cyclization-endoperoxidation cascade of dienes. The transformation is presumed to proceed via the intermediacy of diene cation radicals. The nature of the diene component was investigated in this context to determine the structural requirements necessary for successful reactivity. Several unique endoperoxide stru...

Pyridine derivatives based on the addition of trinitromethyl functional groups were synthesized by the reaction of N₂O₄ with the corresponding pyridinecarboxaldoximes, then they were converted into dinitromethylide hydrazinium salts. These energetic compounds were fully characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and X-ray crystallograp...

Novel palladium-catalyzed reactions of arenediazonium tetrafluoroborates with N,N-diprotected allylamines are presented. The reaction of arenediazonium tetrafluoroborates with N,N-(Boc)(2) allylamine allows for an easy approach to cinnamylamines whereas using 2-alkynyl-N-(allyl)trifluoroacetanilides and 2-iodo-N-(allyl)trifluoroacetanilide the reaction provides a useful tool for appending indol...

The free base of 1,4-dineopentyl-2,5-diphenylpiperazine takes a chair conformation in CDCl3, while the conformation of its diammonium salts changes depending upon the counter anion.

2,6-Disubstituted anilines are readily prepared from the direct reaction between amides and diaryliodonium salts. As demonstrated for 24 different examples, the reaction is of unusually broad scope with respect to the sterically congested arene and the nitrogen source, occurs without the requirement for any additional promoter, and proceeds through a direct reductive elimination at the iodine(I...

Polymethinium salts based on substituted malondialdehyde have been prepared; the salt with PEG substitution showed high selectivity for sulfate anions and heparin in aqueous medium at physiological condition; intracellular imaging of heparin-rich subcellular compartments was achieved with our polymethinium novel receptor for cancer cell lines.

The Ge(IV) chlorometallate complexes, [EMIM]2 [GeCl6 ], [EDMIM]2 [GeCl6 ] and [PYRR]2 [GeCl6 ] (EMIM=1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium; EDMIM=2,3-dimethyl-1-ethylimidazolium; PYRR=N-butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium) have been synthesised and fully characterised; the first two also by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The imidazolium chlorometallates exhibited significant CH⋅⋅⋅Cl hydrogen bonds, resulting...

An environmentally friendly Matsuda-Heck reaction with arenediazonium tosylates has been developed for the first time. A range of alkenes was arylated in good to quantitative yields in water. The reaction is significantly accelerated when carried out under microwave heating. The arylation of haloalkylacrylates with diazonium salts has been implemented for the first time.