Silver(Ⅰ) trifluorometanesulfonate

Covalent triazine-based frameworks (CTFs) with a graphene-like layered morphology have been controllably synthesized by the trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-catalyzed nitrile trimerization reactions at room temperature via selecting different monomers. Platinum nanoparticles are well dispersed in CTF-T1, which is ascribed to the synergistic effects of the coordination of triazine moieties and the nanoscale confinement effect of CTFs. CTF-T1 exhibits excellent photocatalytic activity and stability for H2 evolution in the presence of platinum under visible light irradiation (λ ≥ 420 nm). The activity and stability of CTF-T1 are comparable to those of g-C3 N4 . Importantly, as a result of the tailorable electronic and spatial structures of CTFs that can be achieved through the judicial selection of monomers, CTFs not only show great potential as organic semiconductor for photocatalysis but also may provide a molecular-level understanding of the inherent heterogeneous photocatalysis.

A series of pyrene/phenanthrene-fused furan derivatives (1-8) were synthesized by a simple condensation reaction between pyrene-4,5-diketone/phenanthrenequinone and substituted phenol/naphthol in the presence of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid in 1,2-dichlorobenzene heated at reflux. The formed compounds can emit strong blue light in organic solvents. Additionally, the self-assembly behaviors of two of the compounds (3 and 5) were studied through re-precipitation method and the resulting nanostructures were characterized by UV/Vis, fluorescence spectra, and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The findings showed that the shape and size of compounds 3 and 5 could be tuned by the ratio of THF and hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) solution in water.

We used a proteomic analysis to identify cell wall proteins that had been released from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum hyphae and sclerotia cell walls with a trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TFMS) digestion. Cell walls from hyphae grown in Vogel's glucose medium (a synthetic medium lacking plant materials), from hyphae grown in potato dextrose broth, and sclerotia produced on potato dextrose agar were used in the analysis. Under the conditions used, TFMS digests the glycosidic linkages in the cell walls to release intact cell wall proteins. The analysis identified 24 GPI-anchored cell wall proteins and 30 non-GPI-anchored cell wall proteins. We found that the cell walls contained an array of cell wall biosynthetic enzymes similar to those found in the cell walls of other fungi. Our results comparing the proteins in hyphae cell walls grown in potato dextrose broth with hyphae cell walls grown in the absence of plant material indicated that a core group of cell wall biosynthetic proteins and some proteins associated with pathogenicity (secreted cellulases, pectin lyases, glucosidases, and proteases) were expressed in both types of hyphae.

A Hg(OTf)2 catalyzed intramolecular arene 1,4-addition reaction of N-benzyl donor-acceptor cyclopropenecarboxamides was developed to synthesize a series of [3.2.2]nonatriene derivatives. This novel reaction is also observed with silver(I) catalysts known to form metal carbene intermediates in competition with the Buchner reaction.