A series of pyridyl (pyridinium) substituted benzoxazoles were studied by steady state absorption, fluorescence spectroscopy, time-resolved fs pulse absorption and polarization quantum–chemical calculations. The spectral kinetic parameters the fluorophores in MeCN EtOAc obtained experimentally calculated means DFT TDDFT methods. scheme including four transient excited states was proposed for in...

Poly(pyridinium phenylene) conjugated polymers are synthesized by a cross-coupling and cyclization sequence. These polyelectrolytes are freely soluble in water and display high degrees of electroactivity. When reduced (n-doped) these materials display in situ conductivities as high as 160 S/cm. The high conductivity is attributed to the planar structure that is enforced by the cyclic structures...

The first total synthesis of the natural cytotoxic agent sporiolide A has been accomplished from D-glucal in 16 steps with 6.1% overall yield. Carbohydrates were applied as the chiral templates to manipulate the absolute configuration during the synthesis. Pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC)-promoted transformation of the cyclic enol-ether to lactone, followed by Yamaguchi esterification and intram...

Recent electrochemical studies have reported aqueous CO2 reduction to formic acid, formaldehyde and methanol at potentials of ca. -600 mV versus SCE, when using a Pt working electrode in acidic pyridine solutions. In those experiments, pyridinium is thought to function as a one-electron shuttle for the underlying multielectron reduction of CO2. DFT studies proposed that the critical step of the...

BACKGROUND Whole cell patch clamp recording and intracellular Ca2+ imaging were carried out on rat cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurones to characterize the actions of crude extracts and purified samples from Red Sea soft corals. The aim of the project was to identify compounds that would alter the excitability of DRG neurones. RESULTS Crude extracts of Sarcophyton glaucum and Lobophyt...

The reaction of NiCl2, K2(i-mnt) (i-mnt2−= 2,2-dicyanoethylene-1,1-dithiolate) and 1-benzyl-4-amino-pyridinium bromide [BzPyNH2]Br affords a nickel complex, [BzPyNH2]2[Ni(i-mnt)2], molecular cata...