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Combining a three-coordinated boron (BMes2) moiety with a four-coordinated photochromic organoboron unit leads to a series of new diboron compounds that undergo four-state reversible color switching in response to stimuli of light, heat, and fluoride ions. Thus, these hybrid diboron systems allow both convenient color tuning/switching of such photochromic systems, as well as visual fluoride sensing by color or fluorescent emission color change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A S-O bond insertion reaction of sulfoxides with arynes is reported. This reaction represents a rare instance of semipolar single bond insertion in aryne chemistry. The study of mechanism indicates that a sulfur ylide triggered by aryne is the key intermediate, which further transfers its methylene group to carbonyl compounds to give epoxides and thioethers through a sequential process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A series of n-type hexaazatriphenylene derivatives were synthesized by condensation coupling of 1,2-diamines and 1,2-diketones. The study of their photophysical and electrochemical properties showed that their lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels could be effectively tuned from −3.54 to −4.02 eV simply by increasing the number of pyrazine units in their molecular structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two unsymmetrical squaraines, where the electron-rich 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene or bithiophene conjugated fragment was used to link unconventionally the squaraine core and the hexyloxyphenyl amino group, were applied for DSCs. The corresponding photovoltaic devices exhibit an attractively panchromatic response and also convert a portion of the near-infrared photons into electricity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Furans, pyrroles, and thiophenes are efficiently prepared by gold-catalyzed dehydrative cyclizations of readily available, heteroatom-substituted propargylic alcohols. The reactions are rapid, high-yielding, and procedurally simple, giving essentially pure aromatic heterocycles in minutes under open-flask conditions with catalyst loadings as low as 0.05 mol %. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The gold-catalyzed cyclization of monopropargylic triols to form olefin-containing spiroketals is reported. The reactions are rapid and high yielding when 2 mol % of the catalyst generated in situ from Au[P(t-Bu)2(o-biphenyl)]Cl and AgOTf is employed in THF at 0 °C. A range of differentially substituted triols leading to substituted 5- and 6-membered ring spiroketals were prepared and function well in the reaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]