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Selected Papers from the Scientific Days of the French Chemical Society (SCF)–Western Section (BPL)

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2019) | Viewed by 9280

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Interests: biphotonic absorbers; redox-switchable NLO-phores; redox-driven molecular switches; molecular spectroscopy; molecular photonics and electronics; catalysis

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Under the auspices of the Western Section (Brittany-Pays de la Loire) of the Chemical Society of France (SCF), the Rennes chemists are organizing a congress on 1–3 April, 2019 in Trégastel (Côtes d'Armor). This congress is held every two years, its organization being entrusted by rotation to one of the universities that make up this West Section (universities of Rennes, Brest, Vannes-Lorient, Nantes, Angers, Le Mans).

It usually brings together a hundred participants, mostly academic researchers and students from both Western Section regions, thus making it possible to strengthen and develop important links between the various laboratories, a necessary condition for the implementation of joint projects, common training, common research structures. Another objective of this event is to make researchers aware of the value of their research. It is particularly open to young researchers, doctoral students, and post-doctoral researchers from laboratories in the Greater West, who will find here the opportunity to compare their results and experiences and present their works orally.

In order to encourage interactions between all participants, the congress is organized in a full-residential mode at the Belambra vvf center of Trégastel, an exceptional location along the Brittany coast. It will present seven guest lectures, about forty oral communications, and two poster sessions.

Topics of this year include organic synthesis and catalysis, physical chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, stellar and prebiotic chemistry, solid and materials chemistry.

Dr. Frédéric Paul
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Total synthesis
  • Catalysis
  • Physical chemistry
  • Supramolecular chemistry
  • Stellar chemistry
  • Prebiotic chemistry
  • Material chemistry
  • Molecular electronics
  • Luminescence
  • Spectroelectrofluorochromism

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Phthalocyanine-Cored Fluorophores with Fluorene-Containing Peripheral Two-Photon Antennae as Photosensitizers for Singlet Oxygen Generation
by Seifallah Abid, Sarra Ben Hassine, Nicolas Richy, Franck Camerel, Bassem Jamoussi, Mireille Blanchard-Desce, Olivier Mongin, Frédéric Paul and Christine O. Paul-Roth
Molecules 2020, 25(2), 239; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020239 - 07 Jan 2020
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A series of free base and Zn(II) phthalocyanines featuring fluorenyl antennae linked by methoxy or oxo bridges to the phthalocyanine core (Pc) were synthesized and characterized. Selected linear and nonlinear (two-photon absorption) optical properties of these new compounds were subsequently studied. As previously [...] Read more.
A series of free base and Zn(II) phthalocyanines featuring fluorenyl antennae linked by methoxy or oxo bridges to the phthalocyanine core (Pc) were synthesized and characterized. Selected linear and nonlinear (two-photon absorption) optical properties of these new compounds were subsequently studied. As previously observed for related porphyrin dendrimers bearing 2-fluorenyl peripheral dendrons, an efficient energy transfer occurs from the peripheral antennae to the central phthalocyanine core following excitation in the fluorenyl-based π–π* absorption band of these chromophores. Once excited, these compounds relax to the ground state, mostly by emitting intense red light or by undergoing intersystem crossing. As a result, the tetrafunctionalized Zn(II) phthalocyanines are fluorescent, but can also efficiently photosensitize molecular oxygen in tetrahydrofurane (THF), forming singlet oxygen with nearly comparable yields to bare Zn(II) phthalocyanine (ZnPc). In comparison with the latter complex, the positive role of the fluorenyl-containing antennae on one- and two-photon brightness (2PA) is presently demonstrated when appended in peripheral (β) position to the phthalocyanine core. Furthermore, when compared to known porphyrin analogues, the interest in replacing the porphyrin by a phthalocyanine as the central core to obtain more fluorescent two-photon oxygen photosensitizers is clearly established. As such, this contribution paves the way for the future development of innovative biphotonic photosensitizers usable in theranostics. Full article
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Carbazole- and Triphenylamine-Substituted Pyrimidines: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties
by Sylvain Achelle, Julián Rodríguez-López, Massinissa Larbani, Rodrigo Plaza-Pedroche and Françoise Robin-le Guen
Molecules 2019, 24(9), 1742; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24091742 - 05 May 2019
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A series of pyrimidine derivatives bearing one, two or three triphenylamine/9-ethylcarbazole substituents has been synthesized by Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. All compounds showed absorption bands in the UV region and the emission of violet-blue light upon irradiation. Protonation led to quenching of the fluorescence, [...] Read more.
A series of pyrimidine derivatives bearing one, two or three triphenylamine/9-ethylcarbazole substituents has been synthesized by Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. All compounds showed absorption bands in the UV region and the emission of violet-blue light upon irradiation. Protonation led to quenching of the fluorescence, although some derivatives remained luminescent with the appearance of a new red-shifted band in the spectra. Accurate control of the amount of acid enabled white photoluminescence to be obtained both in solution and in solid state. Full article
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