Art Winter

Art Winter

@arthurhwinter.bsky.social

Morrill Professor of Chemistry at Iowa State

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Art Winter
@arthurhwinter.bsky.social

We have a postdoc position available to study photoreaction mechanisms using femtosecond and nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy: isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob... #chempostdocs #chemistryjobs #chemjobs

isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comPostdoc Research Associate - PhotochemistryPosition Title: Postdoc Research Associate - Photochemistry Appointment Type: Post Doc/Trainee Job Description: Summary of Duties and Responsibilities: The Winter laboratory in the Department of Chemi...
Art Winter
@arthurhwinter.bsky.social

Check out this @jacs.acspublications.org paper from colleague Klaus Ruedenberg, who at 105 years old is publishing like he's not a day more than 100 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

pubs.acs.orgAtoms and Bonds as Synergisms of Interacting Electrons and Nuclei. The Origin of Chemical Bonds in Polyatomic MoleculesIn quantum mechanical elucidations, the molecular energy of formation from the free atoms is an aggregate of cooperativities (synergisms) of orbital interactions. Frequently, such synergisms are deduc...
Art Winter
@arthurhwinter.bsky.social

Fun collaboration with ‪@wachtveitl-lab.bsky.social‬ on two-photon BODIPY photocaging using short-wave IR light! Congrats to Yagmur and Alexandra! @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

pubs.acs.orgBreaking Bonds with Short-Wave Infrared Light: BODIPY Photocages for Two-Photon Activation in the 900–1500 nm NIR-II WindowPhotocages enable light-triggered cargo release in biological systems, but their excitation is often restricted to UV/visible wavelengths, where tissue penetration is limited. Two-photon excitation (2PE) offers a solution by allowing near-infrared (NIR) or short-wave infrared (SWIR) activation within biological windows of maximal tissue transparency. While photocaging in the first biological window (650–950 nm) has been demonstrated, applications in the second biological window (1000–1350 nm) remain unexplored. Here, we investigate the two-photon absorption (2PA) properties of 11 BODIPY photocages featuring single-photon absorption spanning 450–750 nm, focusing on 3- and 5-position substitutions to identify key motifs that enhance 2PA in the 900–1500 nm range. We find that strong charge transfer character and increased vibrational freedom can relax symmetry-related selection rules, significantly enhancing 2PA. Cross sections (δ) exceeded 4000 GM at 900 nm for a bis(styryl)-BODIPY with carbazole units and reached 1110 GM at 1240 nm for its monostyryl analog. Two additional B-methylated molecules with improved uncaging quantum yields were synthesized, yielding uncaging action cross sections (δΦu) up to 5.8 GM at 900 nm and around 1 GM at 1300–1400 nm. Notably, these modifications preserve the core photophysical properties of BODIPY, making them ideal for molecular engineering. These findings highlight key design principles for efficient 2P-activatable photoactuators operating in the NIR-II biological window and show that heterolytic C–O bond cleavage can be triggered by two SWIR photons carrying as little as 20 kcal/mol each.
Art Winter
@arthurhwinter.bsky.social

Forget in silico, in situ, etc. welcome in spodoptera

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Ken Itami@kenitami.bsky.social

Our in-insect nanocarbon synthesis is now out in @ScienceMagazine. Enjoy our crazy campaign feeding molecules to insects densely packed with diverse enzymes and let them produce new functional compounds! Many thanks and huge congrats to all involved!! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Art Winter
@arthurhwinter.bsky.social

Neat paper from Perrin lab. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

pubs.acs.orgAutomerization of an Enediyne via a Symmetrical p-Benzyne Diradical IntermediateAutomerization is defined as a rearrangement reaction that yields a degenerate form of the starting material. We now report that cyclohexeno[3,4]cyclodeca-1,5-diyne-3-ene rearranges to its automer, via a D2h-symmetric p-benzyne intermediate. The NMR evidence is that when the enediyne is heated to 75 °C in DMSO with either LiI or NaNO3 as possible nucleophile, the enediyne is consumed only in the presence of LiI, whereas it remains “unchanged” in the presence of NaNO3.

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