INFLUENCE OF BACKBONE RIGIDITY ON THE LIQUID CRYSTALLINITY OF MESOGEN-CONTAINING POLYACETYLENES

Two acetylene polymers containing cyanobiphenyl-based mesogens, poly{10-[((4'-cyano-4-biphenylyl)oxy)carbonyl]-1-decyne} (PA8CN), which has a relatively flexible polyalkyne backbone, and poly {[4-(((12-((4'-cyano-4-biphenylyl)oxy)dodecyl)oxy) carbonyl) phenyl]-acetylene} (PB12CN), which has a fairly rigid poly(phenylacetylene) backbone, were synthesized using respectively WCl6 and [Rh(nbd)Cl](2) as the catalysts. PA8CN exhibits enantiotropic interdigitated smectic A phase (S-Ad) over a temperature range as wide as ca. 100 degrees C, whereas PB12CN is non-mesomorphic, demonstrating that the backbone rigidity plays an important role in determining the liquid crystallinity of the polyacetylenes.

Electronic Structure of Doped Trans-Polyacetylene

The behavior of electronic structures of doped trans-polyacetylene is revealed by a simple method. (C24H26)+n is used to simulate p-type doped trans-polyacetylene at various doping concentrations. The electronic structure is calculated, by CNDO/2 method. These calculations show that at low doping level, the decrease of electronic energy compensates the increase of elastic energy, thus the bond alternation exists, and the charge carriers are solitons. When doping level is high, the increase of elastic energy is larger than the decrease, of electronic energy, the bond alternation disappears, solitons no longer exist, and polyacetylene is in a metalic state.

A new polyacetylene glycoside from the rhizomes of Atractylodes lancea

A new polyacetylene glycoside,（1,3Z,11E）-tridecatriene-7,9-diyne-5-hydroxyl-6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside,was isolated from the rhizomes of Atractylodes lancea（Thunb.） DC.Its structure was elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis.

STUDY ON THE CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF BIDENS BIPINNATA A NEW POLYACETYLENE GLYCOSIDE

A new naturally occurring compound 1-polyacetylene glycoside has been isolated form the n- butanol soluble fraction of the leaves of Bidens bipinnata. The chemical structure of 1 was shown to be 3E, 11E—Diethenylene 5. 7. 9—triacetylene, 1, 13—tridecanglycol-2-O-β-D-glycoside named bipinnatpolyacetyloside according to spectral analyses of UV. IR. FDMS, ~1H-NMR, ~H-~H COSY, ^(13)C-NMR and DEPT.

SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF POLYACETYLENES CONTAINING CARBAZOLE AND AMINO ACID MOIETIES

Novel 9-proparylcarbazole monomers containing amino acid moieties,2-N(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-L-alanine- 9-proparylcarbazole ester(1),2-N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-L-O-cyclohexyl-L-glutamic acid-9-proparylcarbazole ester(2) and 2-N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-L-phenylalanine-9-proparylcarbazole ester(3) were synthesized and polymerized with (nbd)Rh^+[η~6-C_6H_5B^-(C_6H_5)_3]to give the corresponding polymers with number-average molecular weights ranging from 7050 to 10500 in 70%-86%yields.The polymers were completely so...

POLYMER DIODES MADE OF ION IMPLANTED POLYACETYLENE FILMS

Polyacetylene films were doped with FeCl3 and implanted with 30 k’eV K+ ions. Physical changes to the films were examined by a series of measurements, which include the four-probe test, infrared ray absorption and 2 MeV He+ particle elastic recoil dettection and Rutherford backscattering. The chemical dopants (Fe+++ and Cl-) were redistributed after the implantation and the different species (K+. Fe+++ and Cl-ions) formed p - n junctions at the implantation depths. The implanted films exhibited desirable Ⅰ-Ⅴ characteristics, with current densities as high as 600 mA/cm- at 3V and back - to - forward ratio of current over 300. The polymer diodes kept their behavior for over 60 days. Discussions on the results were given in detail.

PREPARATION OF SOLUBLE SUBSTITUTED POLYACETYLENE OPTICAL LIMITING MATERIAL

Two novel polyacetylenes bearing nonlinear optical chromophoric group poly（3-（4-[4-（n-butyloxy） phenylazophenyl]carbonyl）oxy-1-propyne） （poly（1a）） and poly（3-（4-[4-（n-heptyloxy）phenylazophenyl]carbonyl）-oxy-l- propyne） （poly（lb）） were synthesized with [Rh（nbd）Cl]2-EtaN as catalysts. These polyacetylenes are soluble by using an alkyl spacer and an alkyloxyl group as a substituent. They were characterized by FTIR, NMR, GPC and UV-Vis and their optical limiting and nonlinear optical properties were investigated using 8 ns pulse at 532 nm wavenumber. The results show that these soluble functional polyacetylenes possess optical limiting properties and large nonlinear optical properties and poly（1b） possesses better optical limiting and nonlinear optical properties than poly（ 1 a）.

Preparation and property of a novel soluble oxadiazole-containing functional polyacetylene

A novel high molecular weight functional polyacetylene bearing oxadiazole group as a pendant, poly{4-[2-（4-octoxyphenyl）-1,3,4-oxadiazolyl]-benzenyloxypropynylene}, was synthesized by [Rh（nbd）Cl]2-Et3N catalyst. The polymer was soluble in common organic solvents such as CHCl3 and THE The structures and properties of monomer and polymer were characterized and evaluated with FTIR, NMR, UV, TGA, GPC, and CV, respectively. The results show that the polymer possesses high thermal stability and well electron-injection property.

Effects of Various Dopants on Solitons in Polyacetylene

The effects of various dopants on solitons in polyacetylene were studied by using CNDO/2 level semiempirical quantum chemical method. The width of solitons is reduced when dopant is present, and the charge density wave(CDW) is further gathered on the carbon atom in soliton center. The effects of p-type of dopants are greater than those of n-type of ones. The charge transfer in doped polyacetylene can be achieved by the propagation of CDW along the chain. The conductivity of doped polyacetylene is proportional to the quantity of charge transfer between dopant and polyacetylene chain.

Accurate theoretical evaluation of strain energy of all-carboatomic ring(cyclo[2n]carbon),boron nitride ring,and cyclic polyacetylene

Cyclocarbon fully consists of sp-hybridized carbon atoms,which shows quite unusual electronic and geometric structures compared to common molecules.In this work,we systematically studied strain energy(SE)of cyclocarbons of different sizes using regression analysis method based on electronic energies evaluated at the very accurate DLPNO-CCSD(T)/ccp VTZ theoretical level.In addition,ring strain of two systems closely related to cyclocarbon,boron nitride(BN)ring,and cyclic polyacetylene(c-PA),is also explored.Very ideal relationships between SE and number of repeat units(n)are built for cyclo[2n]carbon,B_(n)N_(n),and[2n]c-PA as SE=555.0·n^(-1),145.1·n^(-1),and 629.8·n^(-1)kcal·mol^(-1),respectively,and the underlying reasons of the difference and similarity in their SEs are discussed from electronic structure perspective.In addition,force constant of harmonic potential of C-C-C angles in cyclocarbon is derived based on SE values,the result is found to be 56.23 kcal·mol^(-1)·rad^(-2).The possibility of constructing homodesmotic reactions to calculate SEs of cyclocarbons is also explored in this work,although this method is far less rigorous than the regression analysis method,its result is qualitatively correct and has the advantage of much lower computational cost.In addition,comparisons show thatωB97XD/def2-TZVP is a good inexpensive alternative to the DLPNO-CCSD(T)/cc-p VTZ for evaluating energies used in deriving SE,while the popular and very cheap B3LYP/6-31G(d)level should be used with caution for systems with global electron conjugation such as c-PA.

PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY STUDY OF NEW POLYACETYLENE DERIVATIVES WITH DIFFERENT SUBSTITUENTS

The photoconductivities of a series of novel polyacetylene derivatives （PAs） serving as charge generation materials in the single-layered photoreceptors were investigated using photoinduced xerographic discharge technique. It was found that the substitution can improve the photosensitivity of PAs by increasing the conjugation of π electrons. When the substituent is itself photoconductive, the photoconductivity becomes even higher. It can be concluded from cyclic voltammetry that when the HOMO level of the polymer is closer to that of the charge transport material, the photoconduction performance will be better.

MECHANICAL PERTURBATION INDUCED MOLECULAR ALIGNMENTS IN A SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYACETYLENE, POLY{10-[4-(4'-METHOXYPHENOXY-CARBOML)PHENOXYCARBONYL]-1-DECYNE}

A new liquid crystalline polyacetylene containing a phenyl benzoate mesogen (5) is synthesized,whose mesomorphic properties are found to be easily 'tunab1e' by simple mechanical perturbation. Thepolymerization of 10- [ 4 - (4' -methoxyphenoxycarbonyl )phenoxycarbonyl] - 1 -decyne (4 ) in itiated by theWCl_6-Ph_4Sn/dioxane complex yields polymer 5 with a M_w of 28400. The molecular structure of 5 ischaracterized by NMR, IR, and UV spectroscopy and its liquid crystalline behavior is investigated by DSC,POM, and XRD analysis. Upon mechanical perturbation, 5 exhibits unusual agitation-induced high-strengthdisclinations, shear-induced inversion walls, and solidification-induced banded textures. Such phenomenahave been observed in the main-chain liquid crystalline polymers with rigid backbones, but have seldom beenreported for the side-chain liquid crystalline polymers with flexible backbones, suggesting that the rigidpolyacetylene backbone of 5 plays a constructive role in inducing the novel molecular alignments.

A Viscidane Diterpene and Polyacetylenes from Cultures of Hypsizygus marmoreus

Investigation on the cultures of Hypsizygus marmoreus resulted in the isolation of a new viscidane diterpene,8-oxoviscida-3,11(18)-diene-13,14,15,19-tetraol(1)and two new polyacetylenes,(E)-10-(1,1-dimethyl-2-propenyloxy)-2-decene-4,6,8-triyn-1-ol(2)and 10-(1,1-dimethyl-2-propenyloxy)deca-4,6,8-triyn-1-ol(3),together with two known polyacetylenes,(E)-2-decen-4,6,8-triyn-1-ol(4)and 4,6,8-decatriyn-1-ol(5).Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic studies.Compound 1 is the first finding of viscidane diterpene in mushrooms.Compounds 1,3 and 5 were tested for cytotoxicity against human tumor cell lines HL-60,SMMC-7721,A-549,MCF-7 and SW-480.None of the compounds showed cytotoxic activity(IC50[40 lM).

Preparation and Nonlinear Optical Property of Azobenzene Substituted Polyacetylene

Two new functional polyacetylenes bearing different azobenzene group, -{ HC=C[azo-N （CH3）CH2CH2OH] } n-, [poly（EHAB）; azo = 4,4＇-azobenzene] and - { HC=C[azo-N（CH3）CH2CH2O COC3H7]},-, [poly（EEAB）]} were prepared by [Rh（nbd）Cl]2-Et3N catalysts. Poly（EHAB） has poor solubility while poly（EEAB） can be dissolved in common solvent. The polymers were characterized by FHR, ^1H NMR, UV and GPC. The nonlinear optical property of the soluble poly（EEAB） was investigated with 8 ns width pulse at 532 nm by Z-scan technique. The results show that poly（EEAB） is endowed with the larger third-order nonlinear optical property.

Effects of substitution and terminal groups for liquid-crystallinity enhanced luminescence of disubstituted polyacetylenes carrying chromophoric terphenyl pendants

Liquid-crystalline and light-emitting poly(2-alkyne)s containing terphenyl cores with hexamethyleneoxy spacers,and cyano or n-propoxy tails -[CH3C=C(CH2)6O-terphenyl-R]n-,where R=CN,CH3PA6CN,R=OCH2CH2CH3,CH3PA6OPr,were synthesized.The effects of the substitution and terminal groups on the properties,especially the mesomorphic and optical properties of the polymers,were investigated.The disubstituted acetylene monomers (CH3A6CN,CH3A6OPr) were pre- pared through multistep reaction routes and were polymerized by WCl6-Ph4Sn in good yields (up to 82%).All the monomers and CH3PA6CN exhibited the enantiotropic SmA phase with a monolayer arrangement at elevated temperatures,whereas CH3PA6OPr formed a bilayer SmAd packing arrangement.Upon excitation at 330 nm,strong UV and blue emission peaks at 362 and 411 nm were observed in CH3PA6OPr and CH3PA6CN,respectively.The luminescent properties of CH3PA6CN and CH3PA6OPr have been improved by introducing the methyl substituted group,and the quantum yield of the polymer with cyano tail CH3PA6CN (φ= 74%) was found to be higher than that of CH3PA6OPr (φ= 60%).Compared to polyacety- lene parents,both CH3PA6OPr and CH3PA6CN showed a narrower energy gap.This demonstrated that the electrical con- ductivities of polyacetylenes could be enhanced by attaching appropriate pendants to the conjugated polyene backbones.

Preparation and properties of two new soluble carbazole-containing functional polyacetylenes

Two new functional polyacetylenes bearing carbazole group as pendant, poly { 3-[（4-ethynylstyryl）-N-butyl] carbazole } （P1 ） and poly{3-14-（prop-2-ynyloxy）phenyl-N-butyl]carbazole}（P2）, were prepared using [Rb（nbd）Cl]2-Et3N as catalyst. The polymers were soluble in common organic solvents such as CHCl3 and THF. Their structures and properties were characterized and evaluated with FTIR, lit NMR, UV, TGA, GPC, and CV, respectively. The results show that the polymers possess high thermal stability and well hole-injection property.

Antidiabetic Properties of Bidens pilosa and Its Polyacetylenic Compounds for Management of Diabetes: Systematic Review

Bidens pilosa is a member of the Asteraceae family that is widely distributed across the tropics. It has been utilized by different communities both as food and medicinal herb. This plant and its polyacetylenic compounds hold potential as a natural antidiabetic intervention that can be used to combat this global public health problem. Bioactive compounds found in this plant constitute promising interventions for combating obesity which is a major risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes. These phytocompounds can work independently or synergistically to modulate appetite, lipase activity, adipogenesis and adipocyte apoptosis. However, the efficacy, mode of action and scope of management of diabetes by these compounds remains elusive. The current review aims to summarize data on efficacy in the management of diabetes, an antidiabetic candidate polyacetylenic compound and possible biological activities as an antidiabetic agent from the available literature. Much emphasis has been directed to cytopiloyne as a representative of polyacetylenic compounds extracted from Bidens pilosa and its activity on diabetic animal models. The majority of the studies conducted on animal models described antidiabetic mechanisms that range from hypoglycemic to secretagogue activity of cytopiloyne in a dose-dependent manner. A clinical trial pilot indicated improved glycemic control of Bidens pilosa formulation among diabetic patients in the study. Bidens pilosa and its compounds are highly potent antidiabetic agent(s) that should be graduated to an intervention for management of diabetes through pre-clinical and clinical trials to elucidate its efficacy and safety.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE 3d ORBITS OF SULFUR ATOMS ON THE ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF POLYACETYLENE SULFIDE

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTIONA problem needing urgent resolution in the world at present is the study of the polyacetylene (PA) conductive material which is stable in the air. We produce the polyacetylene-like sulfide (SLPA) which is stable in the air from polyvinyl chloride, and characterize its structure and property, and make studies on the influence of sulfidation on PA’s electronic property by means of the quantum method.

Synthesis, Chiroptical Properties of a Helical Polyacetylene Derivative Carrying Urea Moieties

A novel phenylacetylene derivative containing urea groups was synthesized and polymerized with a Rh catalyst to give the corresponding polymer, poly（1） with moderate number-average molecular weights. The poly（1） was soluble in toluene, CHCI3, CH2C12, THF, DMF, and DMSO, but insoluble in hexane, diethyl ether and MeOH. The specific rotation and circular dichroism （CD） spectroscopic studies revealed that poly（1） took predominantly one-handed helical structures. The presence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding was confirmed by liquid-state IR spectroscopy. The helicity of poly（1） could be tuned by temperature and anion. The helical conformation of the polymer was stable against Br but susceptible to F.

From n-alkane to polyacetylene on Cu(110):Linkage modulation in chain growth

Direct coupling or transformation of inert alkanes based on the selective C-H activation is of great importance for both chemistry and chemical engineering.Here,we report the coupling of polyenes that are transformed from n-dotriacontane(n-C_(22)H_(66))through on-surface cascade dehydrogenation on Cu(110)surface,leading to the formation of polyacetylene(PA).Three distinct linkages have been resolved by scanning tunneling microscope(STM)and noncontact atomic force microscope(nc-AFM).Apart from the α-type linkage which is the stemless coupling of the terminal C-C double bond in trans-configuration,β-and γ-type linkages appear as knots or defects which are,in fact,the C-C couplings in cis-configurations.Interestingly,the“defects”can be effectively suppressed by adjusting the surface coverage,thus making it of general interest for uniform structure modulation.