A series of unsymmetrical π-conjugated small molecules have been constructed from meso-alkyl substituted porphyrins as the central unit and 3-ethylrhodanine as the terminal group. Using PC71BM as an acceptor, and these small molecules as electron donors in solution-processed bulk-heterojunction solar cells, a high power conversion efficiency of 6.49% has been achieved.

An efficient K3PO4-mediated synthesis of unsymmetrical diaryl ethers using the ionic liquid [Bmim]BF4 (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate) as solvent has been developed. The procedure involves consecutive deprotection of aryl methane-sulfonates and a nucleophilic aromatic substitution (S(N)Ar) with activated aryl halides.

An efficient and unprecedented domino reaction of methyleneindolinones and N-tosyloxycarbamates has been developed to afford structurally complex and diverse bispirooxindoles in excellent yields (up to 98%) and spiroaziridine oxindoles in moderate to good yields (55-91%). Moreover, this protocol could also provide the unsymmetrical bispirooxindoles and various fused spirocyclic pyrrolidines in ...

[structure: see text] Symmetrical and unsymmetrical 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein (DCF) derivatives have been synthesized by means of Mannich reactions and an aromatic Claisen rearrangement. NMR and fluorescence spectroscopic studies reveal the correlation between the conformations, the photoinduced electron transfer mechanism, and fluorescent intensities of these DCF derivatives. Two quenching nit...

Nickel (II) and copper (II) complexes of highly unsymmetrical tetradentate Schiff base have been synthesized by the template reaction of half-units N-(1-hydroxy-2-acetonaphtone)-1-amino-2-phenyleneimine (HL) and N-(2-hydroxyacetophenone)-1-amino-2-phenyleneimine (HL1) with the glyoxalphenylhydrazone. The complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses, conductance, IR, 1H NMR and UV spe...

The problem of dynamic adaptation prediction algorithms in chaotic environments based on identification the situations-analogs database retrospective observations is considered. Under conditions symmetrical and unsymmetrical dynamics, traditional computational schemes precedent turn out to be ineffective. In this regard, a analysis method evolutionary modeling proposed. Implementation scheme fo...