The title compound congestiflorone, C(28)H(32)O(4), which was isolated from the stem bark of Mesua congestiflora, consists of a benzophenone skeleton with two attached pyran rings to which a cyclo-hexane ring and a C6 side chain are bonded. The benzene ring is significantly distorted from planarity (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0007 Å) due to the constraints imposed by junctions with the two pyran ring...

A series of naphthopyran derivatives 3a-f were prepared. Reaction of 2-amino-4-(p-chlorophenyl)-7-methoxy-4H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyran-3-carbonitrile (3b) with Ac2O afforded two products, 2-acetylamino-7-methoxy-4-(p-chlorophenyl)-4H-naphtho-[2,1-b]pyran-3-carbonitrile (4) and 10,11-dihydro-3-methoxy-9-methyl-12-(p-chloro-phenyl)-12H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyran[2,3-d]pyrimidine-11-one (5) and treatment of 3b...

Novel, diverse pyrido [2,3-d] pyrimidine and pyrimido [4,5-d] pyrimidine analogs were synthesized by the reaction of 1,3-substituted-5-cyano uracil derivatives with appropriate nucleophile under mild conditions. Utilising 5-cyano uracil with various substitutions as a substrate leads to rapid synthesis of annulated uracils with diverse biological properties.

A high performance three-dimensional (3D) thiophene-annulated perylene dye, namely tetra-PBI-S, was designed and synthesized. The appropriate LUMO level, balanced carrier mobilities and favourable phase separation make tetra-PBI-S based solar cells show a much higher power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.2% than tetra-PBI based solar cells with a PCE of 3.6%.

The UV-induced photocyclization of a dithienylethene-annulated N-heterocyclic carbene precatalyst enabled photoswitchable ring-opening polymerizations of ε-caprolactone and δ-valerolactone. The polymerizations proceeded efficiently in ambient light, however UV irradiation attenuated the reaction rate (k(amb)/k(UV) = 59). Subsequent visible light exposure reversed the photocyclization and restor...

NHC ligands annulated to free-base porphyrins can be reversibly switched between electron-poor and electron-rich states upon protonation and deprotonation of the inner nitrogen atoms of the porphyrin. Metallation of the macrocycle with nickel(II) locks the peripheral NHC ligand in its electron-rich state.

Metal-free, operationally simple, and highly efficient one-pot aerobic process for the synthesis of functionalized/annulated quinolines is devised from easily available 2-aminobenzyl alcohol/2-aminobenzophenones and alkyl/aryl alcohols for the first time. The process involves two sequential reactions, namely in situ aerial oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes/ketones followed by...

Organic nanodots of a cation radical salt of amphiphilic bis-TTF annulated macrocycle derivative were fabricated on mica surface by cast technique. The nanodots, whose diameter and height of nanodots depended on the surface positions, were arranged on mica surface during the solvent evaporation process.

Annulated benzothiazoloquinazolines have been synthesized by a diversity oriented simple and convenient synthesis involving one-pot three-component reaction of substituted 2-aminobenzothiazoles with α-tetralone and aromatic/heteroaromatic aldehydes in ethanol in the presence of catalytic amount of triethylamine. The synthesized compounds have been characterized by their elemental analyses and s...

Highly condensed oxepins have been prepared in good yields from their corresponding diols by etherification using p-toluenesulfonic acid. Their intriguing twisted structures were unambiguously determined by X-ray crystallography. Substitution effects of a novel highly aromatic naphthalene annulated oxepin indicate that structural and conjugative effects have an influence on the optoelectronic p...