Multifunctional self-healing eutectogels induced by supramolecular assembly for smart conductive materials, interface lubrication and dye adsorption

With the exponentially increase of dye pollutants, the purification of dye wastewater has been an urgent ecological problem. As a novel type of porous adsorbent, metal-organic frameworks still face challenges in recyclability, agglomeration, and environmentally unfriendly synthesis. Herein, MOF-525 was in-situ growth onto the surface of the chitosan (CS) beads to fabricate MOF-525@CS aerogel. CS was utilized as substrate to uniformly disperse MOF-525, thereby significantly mitigating agglomeration and improving recyclability of MOF-525. The characterization results shown that MOF-525@CS aerogel had a high specific surface area of 103.0 m2·g-1, and MOF-525 was uniformly distributed in the 3D porous structure of CS, and the presence of benzoic acid was detected. The MOF-525@CS aerogel had a remarkable adsorption capacity of 1947 mg·g-1 for Congo red, which is greater than the sum of its parts. MOF-525@CS aerogel also inherited the rapid adsorption ability of MOF-525, removing 80 % of Congo red within 600 min. Such excellent adsorption performance can be attributed to the benzoic acid trapped by CS via CN band to enhance the π-π stacking interactions. Additionally, the utilization of benzoic acid makes the synthesis process of MOF-525@CS aerogel more environmentally friendly. The high-efficient MOF-525@CS aerogel is a competitive candidate for dye pollution adsorption. 

High-efficient removal of anionic dye from aqueous solution using metal-organic frameworks@chitosan aerogel rich in benzene structure.

In silico Design of Photoresponsive Peptide-based Hydrogel with Controllable Structural and Rheological Properties

Nowadays, gels are formed by small molecules self-assembling under the influence of various non-covalent interactions. They can be easily perturbed, which allows for the careful tweaking of their properties. They are kinetically confined, and following production, they usually do not demonstrate time-variable changes in material properties. When exposed to external stimuli such as temperature, pH, light, enzymes, redox, and chemical analytes, such materials may become switchable, leading to the reconfiguration of the gel matrix into a different type of network. The transformations allow gel-to-gel transitions, while the changes in the molecular aggregation result in the alteration of the physical and chemical properties of the gel with time. Here, we discuss various methods used to achieve gel-to-gel transitions by modifying a pre-formed gel material through external perturbation. The dynamic modification of gels allows the construction of an array of gels with various properties from a single material, which eventually extends the limit of application of the gels.

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Gel scaffolds and emerging applications in biomedicine

Terpyridines are unique class of functional compounds that is extensively spotlighted in diverse fields like synthesis of supramolecular chemistry, nanomaterials, medicinal chemistry intermediates, drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients and so on. The key challenges for the production of terpyridine lie in the bulk scale synthesis of intermediates. The expansively used synthon for terpyridine synthesis is 4′-chloro-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine and their bulk scale synthesis under the ambient conditions using a Fe3O4@SiO2 magnetic nanomaterial catalyst is investigated in the present work. In the protocol stabilized, ethyl-2-pinacolate and acetone were reacted in the presence of NaH to obtain 1,5-bis(2-pyridinyl) pentane-1,3,5-trione. The enolate of acetone is difficult to generate even with NaH and we used Fe3O4@SiO2 to increase the rate of H2 gas evolution. The triketone is cyclized with CH3COONH4 to obtain 2,6-bis(2-pyridinyl)-4-pyridine. This reaction proceeds quantitatively and the off-white solid was easy to isolate from the reaction medium. The subsequent aromatization was observed with PCl5/POCl3 and acidic silica gel promoted the product yield to reach ~78%. The crux of the present protocol is that it does not involve any column purification and significant yield of 4′-chloro-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine can be conveniently attained. The Fe3O4@SiO2 aids in the stabilization of carbonyl on the solid support and abstraction of hydrogen from methyl group of acetone. The 40 nm sized Fe3O4@SiO2 favored the maximum yield attributed to the density of active sites to promote the reactions. Due to high value nature of 4′-chloro-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine, the nominal 30% yield improvement achieved at the bulk scale gauges significant at the industrial scale.

Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 magnetic nanoparticles for bulk scale synthesis of 4′-chloro-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine

A supramolecular gel made from an azobenzene-based phenylalanine derivative: synthesis, self-assembly, and dye adsorption

In this paper, 2,6-di(pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-4(1H)-one was synthesized from ethyl picolinate and acetone via Krohnke-type reaction. Initially, optimization of the reaction conditions for the synthesis of 1,5-bis(2 ′-bipyridyl)pentane-1,3,5-trione 2, such as the molar ratio of ethyl picolinate: acetone: sodium hydride and the reaction temperature, were researched. In the ring-forming step, the different nitrogen sources were also researched. At the end, the optimal reaction conditions obtained: the best reaction temperature of first step is 10°C, the molar ratio of ethyl picolinate: acetone is 2:1.1, and ethyl picolinate: sodium hydride is 2: 3, and the optimum nitrogen source is ammonium formate. Under the optimal reaction conditions, the total yield is obtained up to 66% (the yield is only 37% refer to the literatures).

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Study on the Synthesis of 2,6-di(pyridin-2-yl)pyridin- 4(1H)-one

In this paper, the derivative of phenylalanine-azobenzene was synthesized from p-nitrobenzoic acid and L-ethyl benzoate by condensation, ferric acid reduction and aromatic amine oxidation, and the key compounds were characterized by 1H-NMR and MS. At the same time, we optimized the synthetic route. And the optimized route increased the total yield of target molecule by 10.28%.

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Optimized Route for the Synthesis of Derivative of Phenylalanine-azobenzene

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A supramolecular gel made from an azobenzene-based phenylalanine derivative: synthesis, self-assembly, and dye adsorption

Study on the Synthesis of 2,6-di(pyridin-2-yl)pyridin- 4(1H)-one

Optimized Route for the Synthesis of Derivative of Phenylalanine-azobenzene