scholarly journals Electrophotocatalytic diamination of vicinal C–H bonds

Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 371 (6529) ◽  
pp. 620-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Shen ◽  
Tristan H. Lambert

The conversion of unactivated carbon-hydrogen (C–H) bonds to carbon–nitrogen (C–N) bonds is a highly valued transformation. Existing strategies typically accomplish such reactions at only a single C–H site because the first derivatization diminishes the reactivity of surrounding C–H bonds. Here, we show that alkylated arenes can undergo vicinal C–H diamination reactions to form 1,2-diamine derivatives through an electrophotocatalytic strategy, using acetonitrile as both solvent and nitrogen source. The reaction is catalyzed by a trisaminocyclopropenium (TAC) ion, which undergoes anodic oxidation to furnish a stable radical dication while the cathodic reaction reduces protons to molecular hydrogen. Irradiation of the TAC radical dication (wavelength of maximum absorption of 450 to 550 nanometers) with a white-light compact fluorescent light generates a strongly oxidizing photoexcited intermediate. Depending on the electrolyte used, either 3,4-dihydroimidazole or aziridine products are obtained.

1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Pohl ◽  
H. Wagner

When Euglena gracilis was grown under white (fluorescent) light in media containing high concentrations of ammonium chloride (more than 0.005%), the main lipids synthesized were monogalactosyl diglyceride, digalactosyl diglyceride, phosphatidyl glycerol, sulfolipid and the all cis △7,10-16:2, △7,10,13-16:3, △4,7,10,13-16:4, △9,12-18:2 and △9,12,15-18:3 fatty acids. At low levels of ammonium (less than 0.002%) these compounds were produced only in small amounts, while neutral lipids, phosphatidyl choline, phosphatidyl ethanolamine and the 14:0, 16:0 and 16:1 fatty acids predominated.When Euglena gracilis was grown in white light in the presence of dichlorophenyldimethylurea (DCMU) or in the dark, fatty acid and lipid biosyntheses followed the same pattern as in white light at low levels of ammonium. Similar results were obtained when nitrate served as the only nitrogen source in the light and in the dark.The results indicate that in Euglena gracilis there are a light independent and a light and ammonium dependent pathway of fatty acid biosynthesis. Both pathways seem to be in association with specific lipids.


2012 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Jerzy ◽  
Piotr Zakrzewski ◽  
Anita Schroeter-Zakrzewska

The pot cultivar of <i>Chrysanthemum</i> × <i>grandiflorum</i> 'Leticia Time Yellow' was cultivated and stored in a growth room under fluorescent light of white, blue, green, yellow and red colour. Quantum irradiance was 30 μmol · m<sup>-2</sup> × s<sup>-1</sup>. The colour of light exerted a significant influence on the opening of closed inflorescence buds and on post-harvest longevity of pot chrysanthemums grown earlier in an unheated plastic tunnel. Under florescent lamps emitting blue light at a wavelength of 400-580 nm, inflorescence buds opened and coloured the earliest. The number of developed flower heads was the greatest under blue and white light. Flower heads developing in blue light were bigger than flower heads developing in white and green light. In red light at a wavelength of 600-700 nm, plants flowered latest and they produced the smallest flower heads. Post-harvest longevity was preserved longest in chrysanthemums kept under blue, white and green light. In red and yellow light, the flowers were overblown earliest.


Weed Science ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. W. Stoller ◽  
Joseph T. Woolley

Investigations were conducted to determine whether light, temperature, or their interaction stimulated primary basal-bulb formation on underground stems of yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentusL.) seedlings grown from tubers. Basal-bulb formation results when internodes shorten and leaves lengthen. When seedlings were grown without medium around the underground shoots, a temperature alternation of 10C stimulated basal-bulb formation; light did not affect the process. When seedlings were grown with medium around the underground shoots, either light or alternating temperature stimulated basal-bulb formation. Nine colors of light gave the same stimulus as white (fluorescent) light. Phytochrome did not appear to be the photoreceptor for the stimulus, as both red and far-red light responses were identical to that of white light.


1986 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M Landers ◽  
James A Olson

Abstract Purified solutions of all-trans retinyl palmitate, retinol, and retinaldehyde in chloroform, methylene chloride, or hexane were exposed to white light or gold fluorescent light or were kept in the dark, and the resulting isomer distributions were determined by LC (liquid chromatography). No significant isomerization of any of the retinoids occurred either in the dark or on exposure to gold light in any of the solvents tested. However, a large amount of the 9-cis isomer and only much smaller amounts of other cis isomers were produced when retinol or retinyl palmitate in chloroform or methylene chloride solution was exposed to white light. The isomerization pattern of retinyl palmitate in chloroform was not altered by the addition of free-radical scavengers, addition of an organic base, or substitution of deuterochloroform for chloroform as solvent. Use of other polar solvents such as tetrahydrofuran, acetone, or methanol produced isomer distributions similar to those obtained in chloroform solution. Retinol and retinyl palmitate in hexane solution, on exposure to white light, were isomerized much less extensively than in chloroform or methylene chloride and produced a significant amount of the 13-cis, as well as the 9-cis, isomer. Isomerization of retinaldehyde in chloroform or in methylene chloride solution under white light yielded 13-cis, 11-cis, 9-cis, and 7-cis isomers, in order of decreasing amount, whereas in hexane solution, only the 13-cis and 9-cis isomers were produced in significant quantity


1990 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 414-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Doughty

Suspensions of Stentor coeruleus were illuminated with a white light (tungsten) source after prior adaptation to cool-white fluorescent light. The cells, with such overall illumination, exhibited a marked step-up response characterized by periodic interruptions of the forward left spiral swimming motion pattern. The interrupted motion type was persistent and the result of a light-dependent reversal of the membranellar ciliary system of the cell. The overall frequency of responses and the duration of the responses increased (from threshold effects at 14 W/m2) as a function of fluence rate (tested up to 158 W/m2; 300–1100 nm). The response frequency changed from 5 to 8 responses/s, while the overall response duration increased from 0.81 to 2.9 s. Key words: Stentor coeruleus, photosensory response, ciliate.


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