The organic charge-transfer (CT) complex nanostructures of CuTCPQ (copper tetracyanopentacenequinodimethane) were first successfully fabricated by organic solid phase reaction. The morphologies of CuTCPQ nanosrods can be prepared by controlling the reaction temperature. The electron field-emission properties on these nanostructures were investigated. The current density and turn-on field are 3....

The primary amine MeNH(2), when bonded to Pt(II), is converted into a methylamide bridge upon coordination of a second, different metal ion (Pd(II)), thereby making the N atom chiral.

An easy one-pot tandem reaction catalyzed by a chiral secondary amine for the synthesis of optically active oxazine derivatives has been performed and the corresponding substituted benzo[d]pyrido[2,1-b][1,3]oxazine derivatives were afforded in generally high yields (up to 99%) and excellent enantioselectivities (up to >99%).

The B(C6F5)3-catalyzed silylative reduction of conjugated nitriles has been developed to afford synthetically valuable β-silyl amines. The reaction is chemoselective and proceeds under mild conditions. Mechanistic elucidation indicates that it proceeds by rapid double hydrosilylation of the conjugated nitrile to an enamine intermediate which is subsequently reduced to the β-silyl amine, thus fo...

In the structure of title compound, [Cs(2)(C(7)H(5)N(2)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)(2)](n), the asymmetric unit contains two independent Cs atoms comprising different coordination polyhedra. One is nine-coordinate, the other seven-coordinate, both having irregular configurations. The CsO(9) coordination polyhedron comprises O-atom donors from three bridging water mol-ecules, one of which is doubly bridging,...

We demonstrated that stepwise seed-mediated growth could be extended in non-aqueous solution (solvothermal synthesis) and improved as an effective method for controlling the uniform size of palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) in a wide range. The monodisperse Pd NPs with the size of about 5 nm were synthesized by simply reducing Pd(acac)2 with formaldehyde in different organic amine solvents. By a...

The synthesis of diversely functionalized thioimidazoles through a modern variant of the Marckwald reaction is presented. This new protocol utilizes unprotected carbohydrates as well as simple amine salts as sustainable and biorenewable starting materials. Importantly it was discovered that a bifurcated reaction pathway results from using aldoses and ketoses respectively, yielding distinct reac...

A range of secondary and tertiary phenylacetamides undergo oxidative homodimerization to afford biaryls. The reaction proceeds under palladium catalysis in the presence of a copper cocatalyst and oxygen and is most effective for electron-rich substrates.