Yue Wu, Yongshu Xie, Qiong Zhang, He Tian, Weihong Zhu, and Alexander D. Q. Li, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 2090. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309915 Using one ray of light to encode another ray ...
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Wolff Rearrangement
General Characteristics The rearrangement of the carbenes formed by elimination of nitrogen from diazoketones giving ketenes is known as the Wolff rearrangement. The ketenes are trapped by ...
A Mitochondria-Targetable Fluorescent Probe for Dual-Channel NO Imaging Assisted by Intracellular Cysteine and Glutathione
Y, Sun.; J, Liu.; H, Zhang.; Y, Huo.; X, Lv.; Y, Shi.; W, Guo.; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, ASAP DOI: 10.1021/ja504156a A mitochondria-specific fluorescent probe for NO (1) was synthesized by the ...
Mukaiyama Redox Condensation
General Characteristics The quinone-phosphine redox system can be used to activate alcohols towards esterification, etherification, and other SN2 reactions with various nucleophiles. The reaction is ...
Modulating Short Wavelength Fluorescence with Long Wavelength Light
G, Copley.; J, Gillmore.; J, Crisman.; G, Kodis.; C, Gray.;B, Cherry.; B, Sherman.; P, Liddell.; M, Paquette.; L, Kelbauskas.; N, Frank.; A, Moore.; T, Moore.; D, Gust. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, ASAP ...
Fischer Indole Synthesis
General Characteristics Upon heating under acidic conditions, aryl hydrazones synthesized from aldehydes/ketones and aryl hydrazines undergo sigmatropic rearrangement and aromatization to give ...
Pfitzner-Moffatt Oxidation
General Characteristics The oxidation of alcohols using the combination of DCC+Brønsted acid+DMSO is known as the Pfitzner-Moffatt oxidation. The active species of this reaction is bulkier than those ...
Reversible Photochromic System Based on Rhodamine B Salicylaldehyde Hydrazone Metal Complex
K, Li.; Y, Xiang.; X, Wang.; J, Li.; R, Hu.; A, Tong.; B, Tang. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 1643–1649. DOI: 10.1021/ja411689w ABSTRACT: Photochromic molecules are widely applied in chemistry, ...
Energy Transfer on Demand: Photoswitch-Directed Behavior of Metal–Porphyrin
D, Williams.; J, Rietman.; J, Maier.; Rui Tan.; A, Greytak.; M, Smith.; J, Krause.; N, Shustova. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2114, ASAP DOI: 10.1021/ja505589d ABSTRACT: In this paper, a photochromic ...
Persistent Antimony- and Bismuth-Centered Radicals in Solution
Ishida, S.; Hirakawa, F.; Frukawa, K.; Yoza, K.; Iwamoto, T. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2014. Early View. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201405509 Stibinyl and bismuthinyl radicals are recognized as representative ...