Helicenes: synthesis and applications

Y Shen, CF Chen - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Helicenes are polycyclic aromatic compounds with nonplanar screw-shaped skeletons
formed by ortho-fused benzene or other aromatic rings. 1, 2 The first helicenes 1 and 2 …

Synthesis of new 4-thiazolidinone-, pyrazoline-, and isatin-based conjugates with promising antitumor activity

D Havrylyuk, B Zimenkovsky, O Vasylenko… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The synthesis and antitumor activity screening of novel 3-[2-(3, 5-diaryl-4, 5-dihydropyrazol-
1-yl)-4-oxo-4, 5-dihydro-1, 3-thiazol-5-ylidene]-2, 3-dihydro-1 H-indol-2-ones 1–23 and 3-(3 …

Molecular origins of optoelectronic properties in coumarin dyes: toward designer solar cell and laser applications

X Liu, JM Cole, PG Waddell, TC Lin… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Coumarin derivatives are used in a wide range of applications, such as dye-sensitized solar
cells (DSCs) and dye lasers, and have therefore attracted considerable research interest. In …

Revealing non‐covalent interactions in molecular crystals through their experimental electron densities

G Saleh, C Gatti, L Lo Presti… - … –A European Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐covalent interactions (NCI) define the rules underlying crystallisation, self‐assembly
and drug–receptor docking processes. A novel NCI descriptor, based on the reduced …

Non-covalent interaction via the reduced density gradient: Independent atom model vs experimental multipolar electron densities

G Saleh, C Gatti, LL Presti - Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
The novel non-covalent interaction (NCI) descriptor proposed by Johnson et al.(J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6498–6506) and based on the reduced density gradient (RDG), is …

Stable alkanes containing very long carbon–carbon bonds

AA Fokin, LV Chernish, PA Gunchenko… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The metal-induced coupling of tertiary diamondoid bromides gave highly sterically
congested hydrocarbon (hetero) dimers with exceptionally long central C–C bonds of up to …

Nitrogen‐rich bis‐1, 2, 4‐triazoles—a comparative study of structural and energetic properties

AA Dippold, TM Klapötke - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In this contribution, the synthesis and full structural and spectroscopic characterization of five
bis‐1, 2, 4‐triazoles in combination with different energetic moieties like amino, nitro …

It takes more than an imine: the role of the central atom on the electron-accepting ability of benzotriazole and benzothiadiazole oligomers

DG Patel, F Feng, Y Ohnishi, KA Abboud… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report on the comparison of the electronic and photophysical properties of a series of
related donor–acceptor–donor oligomers incorporating the previously known 2 H-benzo …

An improved experimental databank of transferable multipolar atom models–ELMAM2. Construction details and applications

S Domagała, B Fournier, D Liebschner… - … A: Foundations of …, 2012 - journals.iucr.org
ELMAM2 is a generalized and improved library of experimentally derived multipolar atom
types. The previously published ELMAM database is restricted mostly to protein atoms. The …

Metal–ligand electron transfer in 4d and 5d group 9 transition metal complexes with pyridine, diimine ligands

D Sieh, M Schlimm, L Andernach… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Our recent results of the chemistry of group 9 Rh and Ir metal complexes bearing the
ubiquitous pyridine, diimine (PDI) terdentate nitrogen donor are reviewed. Examples …