A series of dendritic 8-hydroxyquinoline (8-HQ) and 5-dialkyl(aryl)aminomethyl-8-HQ derivatives were synthesized and their fluoroionophoric properties toward representative alkali, alkaline earth, group IIIA and transition metal ions were investigated. Among the selected ions, Zn(II) enhanced the fluorescence of N-di-(methoxycarbonylethyl)aminoethyl-3-[4-(8-hydroxyquinolin-5-ylmethyl)piperazin-...

Title of Dissertation: DEVELOPMENT OF ARYL SILOXANE CROSSCOUPLING TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE SYNTHESIS OF COLCHICINE AND ALLOCOLCHICINE DERIVATIVES William Michael Seganish, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation directed by: Professor Philip DeShong Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry One of the most versatile methods for the formation of aryl-aryl bonds is the palladium-catal...

Mukaiyama Michael addition of silyl enol ethers 13 to the 1,2-quinone-4-carboxylate 6 (formed in situ by oxidation of the catechol ester 8) afforded the 2-subsituted 7-hydroxybenzofuran-4-carboxylates 14 in fair to good yields. Alkyl and aryl systems work well, but highly electron-rich silyl enol ethers could not be used because of competing oxidation.

A series of synthesized new 8-[5-aryl-4-octyl-2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrazol-3-yl]-octanoic acid ethyl esters 1 were evaluated in vitro for their antibacterial and antifungal activity against different organisms. The compounds were tested for their antioxidant activity and their reducing power ability. The structure-activity relationship of the compounds was described.

Aldehyde phenyl hydrazones 2a-i undergo oxidative dehydrogenation with Chloramine-T to give nitrile imines, which are trapped in situ by ethyl oleate 1 to afford 8-(5-Aryl-4-octyl-2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2Hpyrazol-3-yl)-octanoic acid ethyl esters 3a-i in good yield. The structures of the cycloadducts were confirmed by spectral studies and elemental analysis.

In the title compound, C(31)H(28)N(2)O, the dihedral angles formed by the imidazole ring with the three aryl substituents are 18.52 (8) and 85.56 (7) and 85.57 (7)°, respectively. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by O-H⋯N and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into chains parallel to the a axis.

The mechanism of the previously developed cross-coupling reaction of aryl Grignard reagents with aryl halides was explored in more detail. Single electron transfer from an aryl Grignard reagent to an aryl halide initiates a radical chain by giving an anion radical of the aryl halide. The following propagation cycle consists entirely of anion radical intermediates.

A new T-grafting photosensitizer of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) has been developed by aligning Donor-Acceptor (D-A) group in an axially chiral BODIPY. Synthesis the dye was conducted over a linear approach involving one-pot, non-oxidative synthesis 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-8-(o-methoxyphenyl)BODIPY, bromination, and finally C2/C6 ethyl acrylate Pd-Heck coupling to produce 65% 2-ethylacrylic-1,3...

We report the Pd-catalyzed α-arylation of α,α-difluoroketones with aryl and heteroaryl bromides and chlorides catalyzed by an air- and moisture-stable palladacyclic complex containing P(t-Bu)Cy2 as ligand. The combination of this Pd-catalyzed arylation and base-induced cleavage of the acyl-aryl C-C bond within the α-aryl-α,α-difluoroketone constitutes a one-pot, two-step procedure to synthesize...