A phenol-fused tetrathiafulvalene: modulation of hydrogen-bond patterns and electrical conductivity in the charge-transfer salt

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 566-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Ueda ◽  
Hatsumi Mori

Elimination of one hydroxy group from a tetrathiafulvalene derivative changed hydrogen-bond patterns in the charge-transfer salt, leading to improved conductivity.

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (39) ◽  
pp. 24217-24231
Author(s):  
Takashi Takeda ◽  
Yotaro Kasahara ◽  
Tomoyuki Akutagawa

A color-tunable anthraquinone library based on arylaminoanthraquinone was prepared through hydrogen-bond-assisted charge transfer interaction.


2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 357-368
Author(s):  
Kaiwen Zheng ◽  
Kai Guo ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Junlang Chen ◽  
...  

AbstractCatechin – a natural polyphenol substance – has excellent antioxidant properties for the treatment of diseases, especially for cholesterol lowering. Catechin can reduce cholesterol content in micelles by forming insoluble precipitation with cholesterol, thereby reducing the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine. In this study, to better understand the molecular mechanism of catechin and cholesterol, we studied the interaction between typical catechins and cholesterol by the density functional theory. Results show that the adsorption energies between the four catechins and cholesterol are obviously stronger than that of cholesterol themselves, indicating that catechin has an advantage in reducing cholesterol micelle formation. Moreover, it is found that the molecular interactions of the complexes are mainly due to charge transfer of the aromatic rings of the catechins as well as the hydrogen bond interactions. Unlike the intuitive understanding of a complex formed by hydrogen bond interaction, which is positively correlated with the number of hydrogen bonds, the most stable complexes (epicatechin–cholesterol or epigallocatechin–cholesterol) have only one but stronger hydrogen bond, due to charge transfer of the aromatic rings of catechins.


Author(s):  
Célia Fonseca Guerra ◽  
F. Matthias Bickelhaupt ◽  
Jaap G. Snijders ◽  
Evert Jan Baerends

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