TY  - JOUR
A1  - Foster, Jonathan A.
A1  - Edkins, Robert M.
A1  - Cameron, Gary J.
A1  - Colgin, Neil
A1  - Fucke, Katharina
A1  - Ridgeway, Sam
A1  - Crawford, Andrew G.
A1  - Marder, Todd B.
A1  - Beeby, Andrew
A1  - Cobb, Steven L.
A1  - Steed, Jonathan W.
T1  - Blending Gelators to Tune Gel Structure and Probe Anion-Induced Disassembly
JF  - Chemistry : A European Journal
N2  - Blending different low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) provides a convenient route to tune the properties of a gel and incorporate functionalities such as fluorescence. Blending a series of gelators having a common bis-urea motif, and functionalised with different amino acid-derived end-groups and differing length alkylene spacers is reported. Fluorescent gelators incorporating 1- and 2-pyrenyl moieties provide a probe of the mixed systems alongside structural and morphological data from powder diffraction and electron microscopy. Characterisation of the individual gelators reveals that although the expected α-urea tape motif is preserved, there is considerable variation in the gelation properties, molecular packing, fibre morphology and rheological behaviour. Mixing of the gelators revealed examples in which: 1) the gels formed separate, orthogonal networks maintaining their own packing and morphology, 2) the gels blended together into a single network, either adopting the packing and morphology of one gelator, or 3) a new structure not seen for either of the gelators individually was created. The strong binding of the urea functionalities to anions was exploited as a means of breaking down the gel structure, and the use of fluorescent gel blends provides new insights into anion-mediated gel dissolution.
KW  - blend
KW  - co-gels
KW  - fluorescence
KW  - orthogonal self-assembly
KW  - supramolecular chemistry
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-121141
VL  - 20
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ji, Lei
A1  - Griesbeck, Stefanie
A1  - Marder, Todd B.
T1  - Recent developments in and perspectives on three-coordinate boron materials: a bright future
JF  - Chemical Science
N2  - The empty p\(_z\)-orbital of a three-coordinate organoboron compound leads to its electron-deficient properties, which make it an excellent π-acceptor in conjugated organic chromophores. The empty p-orbital in such Lewis acids can be attacked by nucleophiles, so bulky groups are often employed to provide air-stable materials. However, many of these can still bind fluoride and cyanide anions leading to applications as anion-selective sensors. One electron reduction generates radical anions. The π-acceptor strength can be easily tuned by varying the organic substituents. Many of these compounds show strong two-photon absorption (TPA) and two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) behaviour, which can be applied for e.g. biological imaging. Furthermore, these chromophores can be used as emitters and electron transporters in OLEDs, and examples have recently been found to exhibit efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). The three-coordinate organoboron unit can also be incorporated into polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Such boron-doped compounds exhibit very interesting properties, distinct from their all-carbon analogues. Significant developments have been made in all of these areas in recent years and new applications are rapidly emerging for this class of boron compounds.
KW  - anorganic chemistry
KW  - boron
KW  - 3-coordinate boron
KW  - Lewis acids
KW  - OLED
KW  - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
KW  - chromophore
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-171912
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
ER  - 
TY  - INPR
A1  - Stennett, Tom E.
A1  - Bissinger, Philipp
A1  - Griesbeck, Stefanie
A1  - Ullrich, Stefan
A1  - Krummenacher, Ivo
A1  - Auth, Michael
A1  - Sperlich, Andreas
A1  - Stolte, Matthias
A1  - Radacki, Krzysztof
A1  - Yao, Chang-Jiang
A1  - Würthner, Frank
A1  - Steffen, Andreas
A1  - Marder, Todd B.
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - Near-Infrared Quadrupolar Chromophores Combining Three-Coordinate Boron-Based Superdonor and Superacceptor Units
T2  - Angewandte Chemie, International Edition
N2  - In this work, two new quadrupolar A-π-D-π-A chromophores have been prepared featuring a strongly electron- donating diborene core and strongly electron-accepting dimesitylboryl F(BMes2) and bis(2,4,6-tris(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)boryl (BMes2) end groups. Analysis of the compounds by NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, cyclic voltammetry and UV-vis-NIR absorption and emission spectroscopy indicated that the compounds possess extended conjugated π-systems spanning their B4C8 cores. The combination of exceptionally potent π-donor (diborene) and π- acceptor (diarylboryl) groups, both based on trigonal boron, leads to very small HOMO-LUMO gaps, resulting in strong absorption in the near-IR region with maxima in THF at 840 and 1092 nm, respectively, and very high extinction coefficients of ca. 120,000 M-1cm-1. Both molecules also display weak near-IR fluorescence with small Stokes shifts.
KW  - boron
KW  - near-IR chromophores
KW  - conjugation
KW  - low-valent compounds
KW  - synthesis
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-180391
N1  - This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: T. E. Stennett, P. Bissinger, S. Griesbeck, S. Ullrich, I. Krummenacher, M. Auth, A. Sperlich, M. Stolte, K. Radacki, C.-J. Yao, F. Wuerthner, A. Steffen, T. B. Marder, H. Braunschweig, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 6449. , which has been published in final form at  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201900889. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - He, Jiang
A1  - Rauch, Florian
A1  - Friedrich, Alexandra
A1  - Sieh, Daniel
A1  - Ribbeck, Tatjana
A1  - Krummenacher, Ivo
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
A1  - Finze, Maik
A1  - Marder, Todd  B.
T1  - N-Heterocyclic Olefins as Electron Donors in Combination with Triarylborane Acceptors: Synthesis, Optical and Electronic Properties of D-π-A Compounds
JF  - Chemistry - A European Journal
N2  - N‐heterocyclic olefins (NHOs), relatives of N‐heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), exhibit high nucleophilicity and soft Lewis basic character. To investigate their π‐electron donating ability, NHOs were attached to triarylborane π‐acceptors (A) giving donor (D)–π–A compounds 1–3. In addition, an enamine π‐donor analogue (4) was synthesized for comparison. UV–visible absorption studies show a larger red shift for the NHO‐containing boranes than for the enamine analogue, a relative of cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbenes (CAACs). Solvent‐dependent emission studies indicate that 1–4 have moderate intramolecular charge‐transfer (ICT) behavior. Electrochemical investigations reveal that the NHO‐containing boranes have extremely low reversible oxidation potentials (e.g., for 3, \(E^{ox}_{1/2}\) =−0.40 V vs. ferrocene/ferrocenium, Fc/Fc\(^+\), in THF). Time‐dependent (TD) DFT calculations show that the HOMOs of 1–3 are much more destabilized than that of the enamine‐containing 4, which confirms the stronger donating ability of NHOs.
KW  - donor-acceptor systems
KW  - electrochemistry
KW  - photophysical prosperties
KW  - N-heterocyclic olefins
KW  - triarylboranes
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-204690
VL  - 25
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Griesbeck, Stefanie
A1  - Michail, Evripidis
A1  - Rauch, Florian
A1  - Ogasawara, Hiroaki
A1  - Wang, Chenguang
A1  - Sato, Yoshikatsu
A1  - Edkins, Robert M.
A1  - Zhang, Zuolun
A1  - Taki, Masayasu
A1  - Lambert, Christoph
A1  - Yamaguchi, Shigehiro
A1  - Marder, Todd B.
T1  - The Effect of Branching on the One‐ and Two‐Photon Absorption, Cell Viability, and Localization of Cationic Triarylborane Chromophores with Dipolar versus Octupolar Charge Distributions for Cellular Imaging
JF  - Chemistry – A European Journal
N2  - Two different chromophores, namely a dipolar and an octupolar system, were prepared and their linear and nonlinear optical properties as well as their bioimaging capabilities were compared. Both contain triphenylamine as the donor and a triarylborane as the acceptor, the latter modified with cationic trimethylammonio groups to provide solubility in aqueous media. The octupolar system exhibits a much higher two‐photon brightness, and also better cell viability and enhanced selectivity for lysosomes compared with the dipolar chromophore. Furthermore, both dyes were applied in two‐photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) live‐cell imaging.
KW  - boranes
KW  - cell imaging
KW  - fluorescence
KW  - lysosome
KW  - two-photon excited fluorescence
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-212887
VL  - 25
IS  - 57
SP  - 13164
EP  - 13175
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Liu, Xiaocui
A1  - Ming, Wenbo
A1  - Zhang, Yixiao
A1  - Friedrich, Alexandra
A1  - Marder, Todd  B.
T1  - Copper-Catalyzed Triboration: Straightforward, Atom-Economical Synthesis of 1,1,1-Triborylalkanes from Terminal Alkynes and HBpin
JF  - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
N2  - A convenient and efficient one‐step synthesis of 1,1,1‐triborylalkanes was achieved via sequential dehydrogenative borylation and double hydroborations of terminal alkynes with HBpin (HBpin=pinacolborane) catalyzed by inexpensive and readily available Cu(OAc)\(_2\). This process proceeds under mild conditions, furnishing 1,1,1‐tris(boronates) with wide substrate scope, excellent selectivity, and good functional‐group tolerance, and is applicable to gram‐scale synthesis without loss of yield. The 1,1,1‐triborylalkanes can be used in the preparation of α‐vinylboronates and borylated cyclic compounds, which are valuable but previously rare compounds. Different alkyl groups can be introduced stepwise via base‐mediated deborylative alkylation to produce racemic tertiary alkyl boronates, which can be readily transformed into useful tertiary alcohols.
KW  - boronic acid
KW  - cross-coupling
KW  - dehydrogenaticve borylation
KW  - gem-bisboronates
KW  - hydroboration
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-206185
VL  - 58
IS  - 52
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mueller, Stefan
A1  - Lüttig, Julian
A1  - Malý, Pavel
A1  - Ji, Lei
A1  - Han, Jie
A1  - Moos, Michael
A1  - Marder, Todd B.
A1  - Bunz, Uwe H. F.
A1  - Dreuw, Andreas
A1  - Lambert, Christoph
A1  - Brixner, Tobias
T1  - Rapid multiple-quantum three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy disentangles quantum pathways
JF  - Nature Communications
N2  - Coherent two-dimensional spectroscopy is a powerful tool for probing ultrafast quantum dynamics in complex systems. Several variants offer different types of information but typically require distinct beam geometries. Here we introduce population-based three-dimensional (3D) electronic spectroscopy and demonstrate the extraction of all fourth- and multiple sixth-order nonlinear signal contributions by employing 125-fold (1⨯5⨯5⨯5) phase cycling of a four-pulse sequence. Utilizing fluorescence detection and shot-to-shot pulse shaping in single-beam geometry, we obtain various 3D spectra of the dianion of TIPS-tetraazapentacene, a fluorophore with limited stability at ambient conditions. From this, we recover previously unknown characteristics of its electronic two-photon state. Rephasing and nonrephasing sixth-order contributions are measured without additional phasing that hampered previous attempts using noncollinear geometries. We systematically resolve all nonlinear signals from the same dataset that can be acquired in 8 min. The approach is generalizable to other incoherent observables such as external photoelectrons, photocurrents, or photoions.
KW  - Atomic and molecular interactions with photons
KW  - Optical spectroscopy
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-202529
VL  - 10
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Liu, Xiaocui
A1  - Ming, Wenbo
A1  - Zhang, Yixiao
A1  - Friedrich, Alexandra
A1  - Marder, Todd B.
T1  - Kupferkatalysierte Triborierung: Einfache, atomökonomische Synthese von 1,1,1‐Triborylalkanen aus terminalen Alkinen und HBpin
JF  - Angewandte Chemie
N2  - Eine effiziente, einstufige Synthese von 1,1,1‐Trialkylalkanen durch die sequenzielle, dehydrierende Borylierung und zweifache Hydroborierung von terminalen Alkinen mit Pinakolboran (HBpin) wurde unter Verwendung des kostengünstigen und einfach zugänglichen Kupfersalzes Cu(OAc)2 als Katalysator realisiert. Das Verfahren zeichnet sich durch ein breites Substratspektrum, eine außerordentliche Selektivität und eine hohe Toleranz gegenüber funktionellen Gruppen aus. Zudem kann die Reaktion ohne Ausbeuteverlust im Gramm‐Maßstab durchgeführt werden. Die somit erhaltenen 1,1,1‐Trialkylalkane können Anwendungen in der Herstellung von synthetisch wertvollen und bislang schwer zugänglichen α‐Vinylboronaten und zyklischen Boryl‐Verbindungen finden. Verschiedene Alkylgruppen können stufenweise über eine basenvermittelte deborylierende Alkylierung eingeführt werden, um racemische, tertiäre Alkylboronate herzustellen, die einfach in nützliche tertiäre Alkohole umgewandelt werden können.
KW  - Boronsäure
KW  - Dehydrierende Borylierung
KW  - Geminaler Bisboronat
KW  - Hydroborierung
KW  - Kreuzkupplung
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-212189
VL  - 131
IS  - 52
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Griesbeck, Stefanie
A1  - Michail, Evripidis
A1  - Rauch, Florian
A1  - Ogasawara, Hiroaki
A1  - Wang, Chenguang
A1  - Sato, Yoshikatsu
A1  - Edkins, Robert M.
A1  - Zhang, Zuolun
A1  - Taki, Masayasu
A1  - Lambert, Christoph
A1  - Yamaguchi, Shigehiro
A1  - Marder, Todd  B.
T1  - The Effect of Branching on One- and Two-Photon Absorption, Cell Viability and Localization of Cationic Triarylborane Chromophores with Dipolar versus Octupolar Charge Distributions for Cellular Imaging
JF  - Chemistry - A European Journal
N2  - Two different chromophores, namely a dipolar and an octupolar system, were prepared and their linear and nonlinear optical properties as well as their bioimaging capabilities were compared. Both contain triphenylamine as the donor and a triarylborane as the acceptor, the latter modified with cationic trimethylammonio groups to provide solubility in aqueous media. The octupolar system exhibits a much higher two‐photon brightness, and also better cell viability and enhanced selectivity for lysosomes compared with the dipolar chromophore. Furthermore, both dyes were applied in two‐photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) live‐cell imaging.
KW  - boranes
KW  - cell imaging
KW  - fluerescence
KW  - lysosome
KW  - two-photon excited fluorescence
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-204829
VL  - 25
IS  - 57
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Budiman, Yudha  P.
A1  - Friedrich, Alexandra
A1  - Radius, Udo
A1  - Marder, Todd  B.
T1  - Copper-catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of highly fluorinated aryl boronate esters with aryl iodides and bromides and fluoroarene-arene π-stacking interactions in the products
JF  - ChemCatChem
N2  - A combination of copper iodide and phenanthroline as the ligand is an efficient catalyst for Suzuki‐Miyaura cross‐coupling of highly fluorinated boronate esters (aryl−Bpin) with aryl iodides and bromides to generate fluorinated biaryls in good to excellent yields. This method represents a nice alternative to traditional cross‐coupling methods which require palladium catalysts and stoichiometric amounts of silver oxide. We note that π⋅⋅⋅π stacking interactions dominate the molecular packing in the partly fluorinated biaryl crystals investigated herein. They are present either between the arene and perfluoroarene, or solely between arenes or perfluoroarenes, respectively.
KW  - homogeneous catalysis
KW  - boron
KW  - boronate
KW  - fluorine
KW  - fluoroarene
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-204839
VL  - 11
IS  - 21
ER  -