Yingtong Zong

Photo-induced Tungsten-catalyzed Cascade Synthesis of Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-1,3-dicarboxylate and its Reaction Mechanism Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline core structure is prevailed in marine and natural products. Herein is described a tungsten catalysed [3+2]-cycloaddition aromatization and its mechanistic studies. This photochemical reaction tolerates a panel of functional groups such as ester, cyano, ketone, bromide and alkene.

The successful preparation of supramolecular block copolymers (SBCPs) by living supramolecular assembly technology requires two kinetic systems in which both the seed (nucleus) and heterogenous monomer providers are in non-equilibrium. However, employing simple monomers to construct the SBCPs via this technology is almost impossible because the low spontaneous nucleation barrier of simple molecules prevents the formation of kinetic states.