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Introduction of Benzo[h]quinoline and 1,10-Phenanthroline Subunits by Friedländer Methodology.

An improved preparation of 8-amino-7-quinolinecarbaldehyde has been developed. The methyl group of 7-methyl-8-nitroquinoline may be oxidized to an aldehyde by treatment first with dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal followed by sodium periodate. Reduction with iron provides the amino aldehyde. An analogous sequence affords 1-amino-2-naphthalenecarbaldehyde. Friedländer condensation of the quinoline derivative with a series of acetylaromatics provides the corresponding 2-aryl-1,10-phenanthrolines. Condensation of either amino aldehyde with 1,3-diacetylbenzene or 2,6-diacetylpyridine provides the expected Friedländer product. Similar chemistry is described for reactions of the amino aldehydes with 1,4-diacetylbenzene, 4,4'-diacetylbiphenyl, 1,5-diacetylanthracene, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroacridine-1,8-dione, and tetracyclo[6.3.0.0.(4,11)0(5,9)]undecane-2,7-dione (TCU-2,7-dione).

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Occurrence and Minimization of Cysteine Racemization during Stepwise Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis(1)(,)(2).

Contrary to the conventional wisdom of the peptide synthesis field, N,S-protected derivatives of cysteine can undergo substantial levels of racemization with widely-used reagents and protocols for stepwise incorporation. A systematic study of this problem has been carried out as a function of coupling conditions and beta-thiol protecting groups, i.e., S-acetamidomethyl (Acm), S-triphenylmethyl (trityl or Trt), S-2,4,6-trimethoxybenzyl (Tmob), and S-9H-xanthen-9-yl (Xan), taking advantage of a convenient and quantitative model system assay involving HPLC resolution of H-Gly-L-Cys-Phe-NH(2) from H-Gly-D-Cys-Phe-NH(2). For example, standard protocols for couplings mediated by phosphonium and aminium salts, e.g., (benzotriazolyloxy)tris(dimethylamino)phosphonium hexafluorophosphate (BOP), N-[(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl)(dimethylamino)methylene]-N-methylmethanaminium hexafluorophosphate N-oxide (HBTU), N-[[(dimethylamino)-1H-1,2,3-triazolo[4,5-b]pyridin-1-yl]methylene]-N-methylmethanaminium hexafluorophosphate N-oxide (HATU), and (7-azabenzotriazol-1-yloxy)tris(pyrrolidino)phosphonium hexafluorophosphate (PyAOP), typically involve 5-min preactivation times and are conducted in the presence of suitable additives such as 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) or 7-aza-1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOAt) plus a tertiary amine base such as N,N-diisopropylethylamine (DIEA) or N-methylmorpholine (NMM). Under such conditions, the levels of racemization in the model peptide, expressed as the ratio of D:L peptide formed, were in the entirely unacceptable range of 5-33%. However, these levels were in general reduced by a factor of 6- or 7-fold by avoiding the preactivation step. Additional strategies to reduce racemization involved change to a weaker base, with 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine (TMP, collidine) being substantially better than DIEA or NMM; 2-fold reduction in the amount of base; and change in solvent from neat N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) to the less polar CH(2)Cl(2)-DMF (1:1). Coupling methods for the safe incorporation of cysteine with minimal racemization (<1% per step) in 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) solid-phase peptide synthesis include BOP (or HBTU or HATU)/HOBt (or HOAt)/TMP (4:4:4) without preactivation in CH(2)Cl(2)-DMF (1:1), DIPCDI/HOBt (or HOAt) (4:4) with 5-min preactivation, and preformed pentafluorophenyl (Pfp) esters in CH(2)Cl(2)-DMF (1:1).

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Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of (Alkoxymethylene)dimethylammonium Chloride.

The use of imidate esters as potential replacements for diethyl azodicarboxylate and triphenylphosphine in the Mitsunobu reaction is described. A series of secondary alcohols were allowed to react with (chloromethylene)dimethylammonium chloride, generated from dimethylformamide (DMF) and oxalyl chloride, to give imidate esters. Reaction of these salts with potassium benzoate or potassium phthalimide gave the products of S(N)2 substitution in excellent yields with clean inversion of stereochemistry. Optimization of reaction conditions is discussed as a means to increase the atom economy of the process by minimizing the quantity of nucleophile required.

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A Novel, One-Pot Reductive Alkylation of Amines by S-Ethyl Thioesters Mediated by Triethylsilane and Sodium Triacetoxyborohydride in the Presence of Palladium on Carbon.

The reductive alkylation of primary amines with aldehydes or ketones is an important tool in the synthesis of wide variety of amines. We described here a novel, one-pot reductive alkylation method using multifunctional S-ethyl thioesters as a source for in situ generation of aldehydes to alkylate a range of multifunctional primary amines. The corresponding multifunctional secondary amines were obtained in good to excellent yields (mostly >90%). This one-pot reductive alkylation included the treatment of a mixture of protected S-ethyl thioester, primary amine, 10% Pd/C, and sodium triacetoxyborohydride in N,N-dimethylformamide with triethylsilane for 30 min at temperature lower than 20 degrees C. This method has special merit when the aldehyde is not stable enough to allow isolation and therefore does not lend itself to a stepwise strategy of reductive alkylation. This was the case with tert-butyl 1(S)-[(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)amino]-4-oxobutyrate (10) which could not be obtained from the alpha-tert-butyl gamma-S-ethyl (S)-N-(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl) thioglutamate (9). However, by our one-pot reductive alkylating method, treatment of 9-fluorenemethyl phenylalaninate (6a) with 9 afforded tert-butyl 2(S)-[(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)amino]-4-[[3-phenyl-1(S)-(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)propyl]amino]butyrate (11) in 76% yield. Furthermore, the acid labile tert-butyloxycarbonyl, and the hydogenation labile benzyloxycarbonyl and benzyl protecting groups, were stable in the one-pot reductive alkylation reaction. While the conjugated double bond is stable in these reaction conditions, the monosubstituted C-C double bond, as in the allyl protecting group in alpha-allyl beta-cyclohexyl aspartate, was reduced to the corresponding propyl ester.

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Synthesis of Phthalideisoquinoline and Protoberberine Alkaloids and Indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines in a Divergent Route Involving Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Carbonylation(1).

6,7,3',4'-Alkoxy-substituted 1-(2'-bromobenzoyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline methiodides 17 were treated with sodium borohydride in methanol or acetic acid to give erythro-1-(2'-bromo-alpha-hydroxybenzyl)-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines 19. Treatment of 17 with lithium aluminum hydride in tetrahydrofuran gave the threo-isomer 20 in preference to the erythro 19. On the basis of studies on palladium(0)-catalyzed carbonylation of 2-bromo-3,4-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol to 6,7-dimethoxyphthalide, amino alcohol 19 or 20 was treated with a catalytic amount of palladium(II) acetate and triphenylphosphine in an atmosphere of carbon monoxide in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane and potassium carbonate in boiling toluene to give the corresponding erythro- or threo-types of phthalideisoquinoline alkaloids 1 or 2, respectively. One-pot cyclization of the erythro-amino alcohols 19 was achieved by heating in N,N-dimethylformamide containing potassium carbonate to give 2,3,8,9- or 2,3,9,10-alkoxy-substituted 5,6-dihydroindolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines 3, which have a unique tetracyclic skeleton characteristic of dibenzopyrrocoline alkaloids. Similarly, palladium(0)-catalyzed carbonylation of 1-(2'-bromobenzyl)tetrahydroisoquinolines 21 in the presence of excess potassium carbonate was found to give 8-oxoberbines 22, which on reduction with lithium aluminum hydride can be converted to protoberberine alkaloids 4.

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Ortho-Directed Lithiation of omega-Phenoxy Alcohols.

omega-Phenoxy alcohols, PhO(CH(2))(n)()OH (n = 2-7), have been subjected to metalation with 2 equiv of n-butyllithium in tetrahydrofuran/methylcyclohexane solvent. Reaction of the resulting lithiated compounds with carbon dioxide (n = 2-7), benzaldehyde (n = 2-6), benzophenone (n = 2, 3), dimethylformamide (n = 2), ethyl formate (n = 2), and chlorodiphenylphosphine (n = 3) afforded the corresponding ortho-substituted hydroxyalkoxybenzenes in yields ranging from 45 to 83%. The synthesis is also reported of five new bis[o-(omega-hydroxyalkoxy)phenyl]mercury compounds (n = 2-6), four crystal structures of which have been determined.

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Porphyrazinehexamines and Dinitroporphyrazines: Synthesis, Characterization, and Complementary Electrochemistry.

Unsymmetrical porphyrazines, M[pz(H)(2)(R)(6)], with three substituted pyrroles (substituents, R = -NMe(2), propyl, or 4-tert-butylphenyl) at the periphery and one unsubstituted pyrrole have been synthesized from inexpensive and readily available materials. Linstead crossover macrocyclization of 8 with 9, 11, and 12 gave pigments 1, 3, and 5, respectively. Subsequent demetalation by treatment with TFA gave free-base porphyrazines 2, 4, and 6. Generally, pyrrolines 11 and 12 are better co-cyclization partners and give higher yields for the desired unsymmetrical porphyrazines compared to maleonitriles 9 and 10 when co-cyclized with 8. Nickel porphyrazine 7 was obtained by reaction of 6 with Ni(OAc)(2) in chlorobenzene and dimethylformamide. Both free-base and nickel porphyrazines (6 and 7) were readily nitrated by nitrogen dioxide in CH(2)Cl(2), yielding dinitroporphyrazines 18 and 19, respectively. Electrochemical studies have shown that porphyrazinehexamine 2 is easy to oxidize, having the first oxidation at E(1/2) = - 0.18 V, which is 0.91 and 1.04 V lower than that of 4 and 6, respectively. Dinitroporphyrazine 18, however, displays a 0.6 V of cathodic shift for the two reversible reduction waves compared to those observed for the parent porphyrazine 6.

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Quantitative monitoring of solid phase organic reactions by high-resolution magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy

Three possible high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR MAS) NMR experiments to quantitatively monitor a solid phase supported Horner-Emmons reaction are presented. In the first experiment we follow the solid phase reaction in deuterated solvent directly in the NMR rotor. The second quantification is done by reconditioning of a few milligrams of resin from an undefined reaction vessel by washing, drying, and reswelling in deuterated solvent, and the evaluation of the amount of resin bound structures by comparing to an external standard. The third experiment represents the first analytical quantification of resin-bound structures without any sample preparation, except the transfer of resin-solvent suspension (large excess of reagents in protonated dimethylformamide) from the reaction vessel to the NMR rotor.

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Sticky dissociative electron transfer to polychloroacetamides. In-cage ion-dipole interaction control through the dipole moment and intramolecular hydrogen bond.

The reductive cleavage of chloro- and polychloroacetamides in N,N-dimethylformamide gives new insights into the nature of the in-cage ion radical cluster formed upon dissociative electron transfer. Within the family of compounds investigated, the electrochemical reduction leads to the successive expulsion of chloride ions. At each stage the electron transfer is concerted with the breaking of the C-Cl bond and acts as the rate-determining step. The reduction further leads to the formation of the corresponding carbanion with the injection of a second electron, which is in turn protonated by a weak acid added to the solution. From the joint use of cyclic voltammetric data, the sticky dissociative electron-transfer model and quantum ab initio calculations, the interaction energies within the cluster fragments (*R, Cl-) resulting from the first electron transfer to the parent RCl molecule are obtained. It is shown that the stability of these adducts, which should be viewed as an essentially electrostatic radical-ion pair, is mainly controlled by the intensity of the dipole moment of the remaining radical part and may eventually be strengthened by the formation of an intramolecular hydrogen bond, as is the case with 2-chloroacetamide.

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Solubility of Mo6S4.5I4.5 nanowires in common solvents: a sedimentation study.

Due to their ease of fabrication and monodisperse, metallic nature, molybdenum-sulfur-iodine nanowires are an interesting alternative to carbon nanotubes for some applications. However very little is known about the solubility of these materials. In this work we have investigated the solubility of Mo(6)S(4.5)I(4.5) nanowire soot in a range of common solvents by performing sedimentation studies and microscopic and spectroscopic characterization. A sedimentation equation was derived showing that the concentration of any insoluble dispersed phase decreases exponentially with time. We find that in all solvents, Mo(6)S(4.5)I(4.5) nanowire soot contains three phases, two of which are insoluble with one stable phase. Microscopy and spectroscopy show that the first insoluble phase is associated mainly with spherical impurities and sediments rapidly out of solution resulting in purification. The second phase appears to consist of insoluble nanowire bundles and sediments more slowly, eventually leaving a stable dispersion of nanowire bundles. The stably dispersed bundles tend to be smaller than their insoluble counterparts. The best solvents studied were 2-propanol and dimethylformamide. Microscopy studies showed that, in the case of 2-propanol, sonication significantly reduced the bundle size relative to the unsonicated bulk. However, during sedimentation, large quantities of bundles were observed to reaggregate to form larger bundles which subsequently sedimented out of solution. In general, the sedimentation properties of the various phases did not vary significantly with concentration indicating that the insoluble nanowires are intrinsically insoluble. However, the diameter of the stably dispersed bundles decreased with concentration, until very small bundles consisting of only two or three nanowires were observed at concentrations below 0.003 mg/mL. In addition, stable composite dispersions were produced by mixing the nanowires with poly(vinylpyrrolidone) in 2-propanol opening the way for the formation of polymer/inorganic nanowire composites.

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NMR relaxation study of the protonated form of 1,8-Bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene in isotropic solution: anisotropic motion outside of extreme narrowing and ultrafast proton transfer.

The protonated form of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene (DMANH(+)) consists of a rigid, aromatic framework, substituted by two amino groups that are connected by a strong, symmetric (on the NMR time-scale) hydrogen bond bridge. The reorientational motion of the molecule in dimethylformamide-d7 solution was characterized by T(1) and NOE measurements for aromatic (13)C nuclei. Treating the reorientation of DMANH(+) as anisotropic rotational diffusion of a rigid body, the diffusion tensor was determined with good accuracy. Measurements and interpretation of (15)N T(1) and NOE indicate that the proton transfer between potential minima in the hydrogen bond bridge is faster than the molecular reorientation.

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Size control of semimetal bismuth nanoparticles and the UV-visible and IR absorption spectra.

We introduced a simple chemical method to synthesize semimetal bismuth nanoparticles in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) by reducing Bi(3+) with sodium borohydride (NaBH(4)) in the presence of poly(vinylpyrroldone) (PVP) at room temperature. The size and dispersibility of Bi nanoparticles can be easily controlled by changing the synthetic conditions such as the molar ratio of PVP to BiCl(3) and the concentration of BiCl(3). The UV-visible absorption spectra of Bi nanoparticles of different diameters are systematically studied. The surface plasmon peaks broaden with the increasing molar ratio of PVP to BiCl(3) as the size of bismuth nanoparticles decreases. Infrared (IR) spectra of the complexes with different molar ratios of PVP/BiCl(3) show a strong interaction between the carboxyl oxygen (C=O) of PVP and Bi(3+) ion and a weak interaction between the carboxyl oxygen (C=O) of PVP and the Bi atom in nanoparticles. This indicates that PVP serves as an effective capping ligand, which prevents the nanoparticles from aggregation.

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Tripling of the unit cell volume of the non-centrosymmetric AlPO4-SOD after dehydration: a structural study of a reversible process.

The structure of AlPO4-SOD, a microporous aluminophosphate synthesized in a quasi-nonaqueous system using dimethylformamide as template and solvent, was previously reported. Then, various solid state nuclear magnetic resonance techniques applied on the dehydrated compound at 200 degrees C were performed and suggested a rearrangement of one-third of the template molecules inside the sodalite cages and a tripling of the unit cell parameter c. We present here the structure determined from molecular modeling and Rietveld analysis on synchrotron data of AlPO4-SOD dehydrated under vacuum at 100 degrees C together with some solid state NMR experiments of the rehydrated product.

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Photoinduced charge separation and charge recombination in [60]fullerene-ethylcarbazole and [60]fullerene-triphenylamines in polar solvents.

Molecules of C60 covalently connected with N-ethylcarbazole (EtCz) and triphenylamine (TPA) have been synthesized. Photoinduced electron transfer in C60-EtCz and C60-TPA has been studied in polar and nonpolar solvents using time-resolved transient absorption and fluorescence measurements. From the fluorescence lifetimes, the excited singlet state of the C60 moiety (1C60) of C60-TPA generates predominantly C60*--TPA*+, which decays quickly to the ground state within 6 ns even in polar solvents. In the case of C60-EtCz, on the other hand, about half of the 1C60 moiety generates short-lived C60*--EtCz*+, while the other half of the 1C60 moiety is transferred to the 3C60 moiety via intersystem crossing in dimethylformamide, in which the energy level of C60*--EtCz*+ is lower than that of 3C60. Thus, the charge separation takes place via 3C60 generating C60*--EtCz*+, having a lifetime as long as 300 ns, probably because of the triplet spin character of C60*--EtCz*+. A special property of the EtCz moiety to stabilize the hole in the charge-separated state was revealed.

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Solvent control on the selective, nonselective, and absent response of a partially substituted lower rim calix(4)arene derivative for soft metal cations (mercury(II) and silver(I)). Structural and thermodynamic studies.

The solvent control on the ability of a partially substituted lower rim calix(4)arene derivative 5,11,17,23,tetra-tert-butyl[25,27-bis(hydroxy)-26,28-bis(ethylthioethoxy)]-calix(4)arene, 1 to host soft metal cations (Hg(II) and Ag(I)) is demonstrated through 1H NMR, electrochemical (conductance measurements), and thermodynamic characterization of the complexation process in a wide variety of solvents. Solvent-ligand interactions were assessed from 1H NMR measurements involving 1 and various solvents in CDCl3. Thus, the formation of a 1:1 1-CH3CN adduct is reported. As far as metal cations are concerned, depending on the medium their complexation with 1 was only observed for Hg(II) and Ag(I). Thus, in acetonitrile, 1 is more selective for Hg(II) relative to Ag(I) by a factor of 2.2 x 10(3). In methanol the selectivity is reversed to an extent that the affinity of 1 for Ag(I) is 1.4 x 10(3) higher than that for Hg(II). However, 1 is unable to recognize selectively these cations in N,N-dimethylformamide while in propylene carbonate the ability of 1 to interact with these cations is lost. An outstanding feature of thermodynamics emerges when an assessment is made of the ligand effect on the complexation of these cations and analogues calix(4)arene derivatives. Thus, in acetonitrile the thermodynamics of cation complexation by the hydrophilic cavity of a calix(4)arene containing mixed pendant groups is built up from thermodynamic data for the same process involving derivatives with common functionalities at the narrow rim. This is a unique example of the additive contribution of pendant arms in the field of thermodynamics of calixarene chemistry.

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Study of the effects of ion pairing and activity coefficients on the separation in standard potentials for two-step reduction of dinitroaromatics.

The electrochemical reduction of 9,10-dinitroanthracene, 1, and 3,6-dinitrodurene, 2, occurs with potential inversion. That is, the standard potential for formation of the anion radical is shifted in the negative direction from the standard potential for the anion radical/dianion couple. This behavior has been attributed to significant structural changes accompanying the reduction steps. In this work, an assessment was made of the magnitude of the effects of activity coefficients and ion pairing, two effects which contribute to potential inversion. 1,4-Dinitrobenzene, 3, and 2,5-dimethyl-1,4-dinitrobenzene, 4, were studied in acetonitrile and N,N-dimethylformamide with R(4)N(+) salts as electrolytes (R = CH(3)-, CH(3)CH(2)-, CH(3)(CH(2))(3)-, and CH(3)(CH(2))(7)-) at concentrations from 0.010 to 0.100 M. Significant ion pairing between the dianion, A(2-), and R(4)N(+) was found for (CH(3))(4)N(+) with both 3 and 4 while the effects of the other electrolytes were smaller. The data were successfully interpreted without recourse to other ion pairs, e.g., ion pairing between the anion radical and the electrolyte cation. Ion pair formation constants are reported along with the infinite-dilution values of the difference in the two standard potentials. The effects of activity coefficients and ion pairing at 0.10 M electrolyte do not exceed 100 mV for (CH(3)N(+)) and are only 20 to 60 mV for (CH(3))(4)N(+), a cation commonly used in studies of potential inversion. It is concluded that structural changes accompanying the reduction, rather than activity and ion pairing effects, are the dominant factors underlying potential inversion.

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Investigation of Pd leaching from supported Pd catalysts during the Heck reaction.

Palladium supported on amorphous silica, mercapto-functionalized silica, amine functionalized silica, and zeolite Y has been studied as a catalyst in the Heck reaction of iodobenzene with butyl acrylate in the presence of triethylamine base and dimethylformamide solvent. Trapping of soluble Pd with poly(4-vinylpyridine), hot filtration tests during the batchwise Heck reaction, and reaction tests of effluents from a fixed bed continuous reactor support the conclusion that leached Pd is the active phase in the Heck reaction for all of the catalysts tested. Two different paths of Pd leaching that depend on the chemical state of the Pd were elucidated in this study. Oxidative addition of aryl halide to reduced Pd caused leaching of samples containing metallic particles. However, for a zeolite Y sample containing unreduced cationic Pd, the presence of triethylamine base was required to leach Pd into solution. These two paths of Pd leaching are consistent with the generally accepted mechanism of the Heck reaction.

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Synthesis and photophysical properties of silicon phthalocyanines with axial siloxy ligands bearing alkylamine termini.

Eleven silicon phthalocyanines which can be grouped into two homologous series [SiPc[OSi(CH3)2(CH2)(n)N(CH3)2]2, n = 1-6 (series 1), and SiPc[OSi(CH3)2(CH2)3N((CH2)(n)H)2]2, n = 1-6 (series 2)] as well as an analogous phthalocyanine, SiPc[OSi(CH3)2(CH2)3NH2]2, were synthesized. The ground state absorption spectra, the triplet state dynamics, and singlet oxygen quantum yields of 10 of these phthalocyanines were measured. All compounds displayed similar ground state absorption spectral properties in dimethylformamide solution with single Q band maxima at 668 +/- 2 nm and B band maxima at 352 +/- 1 nm. Photoexcitation of all compounds in the B bands generated the optical absorptions of the triplet states which decayed with lifetimes in the hundreds of microseconds region. Oxygen quenching bimolecular rate constants near 2 x 10(9) M(-1) s(-1) were measured, indicating that energy transfer to oxygen was exergonic. Singlet oxygen quantum yields, phi(delta), were measured, and those phthalocyanines in which the axial ligands are terminated by dimethylamine residues at the end of alkyl chains having four or more methylene links exhibited yields near > or = 0.35. Others gave singlet oxygen quantum yields near 0.2, and still others showed singlet oxygen yields of <0.1. The reduced singlet oxygen yields are probably caused by a charge transfer quenching of the 1pi,pi* state of the phthalocyanine by interaction with the lone pair electrons on the nitrogen atoms of the amine termini. In some cases, these can approach and interact with the electronically excited pi-framework, owing to diffusive motions of the flexible oligo-methylene tether.

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