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Engineering Clock Transitions in Molecular Lanthanide Complexes J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Robert Stewart, Angelos B. Canaj, Shuanglong Liu, Emma Regincós Martí, Anna Celmina, Gary Nichol, Hai-Ping Cheng, Mark Murrie, Stephen Hill
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Photoinduced One-Electron Chloride Oxidation in Water Using a Pentacationic Ir(III) Photosensitizer J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Milan Vander Wee-Léonard, Benjamin Elias, Ludovic Troian-Gautier
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Late-Stage Saturation of Drug Molecules J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 De-Hai Liu, Philipp M. Pflüger, Andrew Outlaw, Lukas Lückemeier, Fuhao Zhang, Clinton Regan, Hamid Rashidi Nodeh, Tim Cernak, Jiajia Ma, Frank Glorius
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Photoswitchable Cascades for Allosteric and Bidirectional Control over Covalent Bonds and Assemblies J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Hanwei Lu, Hebo Ye, Lei You
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Molecular Insights into Sequence-Specific Protein Hydrolysis by a Soluble Zirconium-Oxo Cluster Catalyst J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Kilian Declerck, Nada D. Savić, Mhamad Aly Moussawi, Carlotta Seno, Rohan Pokratath, Jonathan De Roo, Tatjana N. Parac-Vogt
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Selective Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenyl Fluorides Enabled by Nickel-Catalyzed Hydrogen Atoms and Group Transfer: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Study J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Fan Chen, Qianwei Zhang, Yingying Li, Zhi-Xiang Yu, Lingling Chu
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Chemotactic Interactions Drive Migration of Membraneless Active Droplets J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Mirco Dindo, Alessandro Bevilacqua, Giovanni Soligo, Vincenzo Calabrese, Alessandro Monti, Amy Q. Shen, Marco Edoardo Rosti, Paola Laurino
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Vibrational Motions in Ultrafast Electronic Relaxation of Pyrazine J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Shutaro Karashima, Alexander Humeniuk, Toshinori Suzuki
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Mechanisms of Biological Effects of Ionic Liquids: From Single Cells to Multicellular Organisms Chem. Rev. (IF 62.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Ksenia S. Egorova, Alexey V. Kibardin, Alexandra V. Posvyatenko, Valentine P. Ananikov
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Four Generations of Volcano Plots for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction: Beyond Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Steps? Acc. Chem. Res. (IF 18.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Kai S. Exner
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Donor Preactivation-Based Glycan Assembly: from Manual to Automated Synthesis Acc. Chem. Res. (IF 18.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Wenlong Yao, Xin-Shan Ye
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Bridging the gap between academic research and industrial development in advanced all-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries Chem. Soc. Rev. (IF 46.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jieun Lee, Chen Zhao, Changhong Wang, Anna Chen, Xueliang Sun, Khalil Amine, Gui-Liang Xu
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Contact-electro-catalysis (CEC) Chem. Soc. Rev. (IF 46.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Ziming Wang, Xuanli Dong, Wei Tang, Zhong Lin Wang
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Exploring Mitochondrial Targeting: Innovative Fluorescent Probe Reveals Nernstian Potential and Partitioning Combination Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Javier Ordóñez-Hernández, Daniela Ceballos-Ávila, Fernando H. Real, Luis B. Tovar-y-Romo, Arturo Jimenez-Sanchez
This study introduces a paradigm-shifting approach to optimize mitochondrial targeting. Employing a new fluorescent probe strategy, we unravel a combined influence of both Nernst potential (Ψ) and partitioning (P) contributions. Through the synthesis of new benz[e]indolinium-derived probes, our findings redefine the landscape of mitochondrial localization by optimizing the efficacy of mitochondrial
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Synthesis of an azulene-containing graphene nanoribbon Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Pierre Mathey, Quentin Sobczak, Ali Darvish, Jean-François Morin
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Accessing pyrrolo[1,2-a]indole derivatives via visible-light-induced dearomatizative cyclization of indoles Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Zhaosheng Liu, Xiaochen Ji, Lilan Duan, Guo-Jun Deng, Huawen Huang
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Photocatalytic aerobic α-oxygenation of amides to imides using a highly durable decatungstate tetraphenylphosphonium salt Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Chen Gu, Takafumi Yatabe, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Kosuke Suzuki
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High Hydrogen Storage in Trigonal Prismatic Monomer-based Highly Porous Aromatic Frameworks Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Dae Won Kim, Yu Chen, Hyunlim Kim, Namju Kim, Young Hoon Lee, Hyunchul Oh, Yongchul G. Chung, Chang Seop Hong
Hydrogen storage is crucial in the shift toward a carbon-neutral society, where hydrogen serves as a pivotal renewable energy source. Utilizing porous materials can provide an efficient hydrogen storage solution, reducing tank pressures to manageable levels and circumventing the energy-intensive and costly current technological infrastructure. Herein, we report two highly porous aromatic frameworks
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Synergizing Fe2O3 nanoparticles on single atom Fe-N-C for nitrate reduction to ammonia at industrial current densities Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Eamonn Murphy, Baiyu Sun, Martina Rüscher, Yuanchao Liu, Wenjie Zang, Shengyuan Guo, Yu-Han Chen, Uta Hejral, Ying Huang, Alvin Ly, Iryna V. Zenyuk, Xiaoqing Pan, Janis Timoshenko, Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, Erik D. Spoerke, Plamen Atanassov
The electrochemical reduction of oxidized nitrogen species enables a pathway for the carbon neutral synthesis of ammonia (NH3). The most oxidized form of nitrogen, nitrate (NO3−) can be reduced to NH3 via the electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR), which has been demonstrated at high selectivity. However, to make NH3 synthesis cost-competitive with current technologies, high NH3 partial
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Sulfur-Tuned Main-Group Sb−N−C Catalysts for Selective 2-Electron and 4-Electron Oxygen Reduction Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-14 Minmin Yan, Hao Yang, Zhichao Gong, Jiarui Zhu, Christopher Allen, Tao Cheng, Huilong Fei
The selective oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is important for various energy conversion processes such as the fuel cells and metal-air batteries for the 4e− pathway and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) electrosynthesis for the 2e− pathway. However, it remains a challenge to tune the ORR selectivity of a catalyst in a controllable manner. Herein, we report an efficient strategy for introducing sulfur dopants
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The Impact of Local Strain Fields in Non-Collinear Antiferromagnetic Films Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Freya Johnson, Frederic Rendell-Bhatti, Bryan D. Esser, Aisling Hussey, David W. McComb, Jan Zemen, David Boldrin, Lesley Cohen
Antiferromagnets hosting structural or magnetic order that breaks time reversal symmetry are of increasing interest for “beyond von Neumann” computing applications because the topology of their band structure allows for intrinsic physical properties, exploitable in integrated memory and logic function. One such group are the non-collinear antiferromagnets. Essential for domain manipulation is the existence
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Li Promoting Long Afterglow Organic Light-Emitting Transistor for Memory Optocoupler Module Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Yusheng Chen, Hanlin Wang, Hu Chen, Weimin Zhang, Michael Pätzel, Bin Han, Kexin Wang, Shunqi Xu, Verónica Montes-García, Iain McCulloch, Stefan Hecht, Paolo Samorì
Artificial brain is conceived as advanced intelligence technology, capable to emulate in-memory processes occurring in the human brain by integrating synaptic devices. Within this context, improving the functionality of synaptic transistors to increase information processing density in neuromorphic chips is a major challenge in this field. In this article, we present Li-ion migration promoting long
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Deeply Lithiated Carbonaceous Materials for Great Lithium Metal Protection in all-solid-state Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Libo Song, Ruhong Li, Haotian Zhu, Zhendong Li, Gaozhan Liu, Zhe Peng, Xiulin Fan, Xiayin Yao
Protection of lithium (Li) metal electrode is a core challenge for all-solid-state Li metal batteries (ASSLMBs). Carbon materials with variant structures have shown great effect of Li protection in liquid electrolytes, however, can accelerate the solid-state electrolyte (SE) decomposition owing to the high electronic conductivity, seriously limiting their application in ASSLMBs. Here, a novel strategy
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Decoding Excimer Formation in Covalent Organic Frameworks Induced by Morphology and Ring Torsion Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jeet Chakraborty, Amrita Chatterjee, Korneel Molkens, Ipsita Nath, Daniel Arenas Esteban, Laurens Bourda, Geert Watson, Chunhui Liu, Dries van Thourhout, Sara Bals, Pieter Geiregat, Pascal Van der Voort
A thorough and quantitative understanding of the fate of excitons in Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) after photoexcitation is essential for their augmented optoelectronic and photocatalytic applications via precise structure tuning. We herein report the synthesis of a library of COFs having identical chemical backbone with impeded conjugation, but varied morphology and surface topography to study
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Temperature Dependence of Relativistic Valence Band Splitting Induced by an Altermagnetic Phase Transition Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Mahdi Hajlaoui, Sunil Wilfred D'Souza, Libor Šmejkal, Dominik Kriegner, Gauthier Krizman, Tetiana Zakusylo, Natalia Olszowska, Ondřej Caha, Jan Michalička, Jaime Sánchez-Barriga, Alberto Marmodoro, Karel Výborný, Arthur Ernst, Mirko Cinchetti, Jan Minar, Tomas Jungwirth, Gunther Springholz
Altermagnetic (AM) materials exhibit non-relativistic, momentum-dependent spin-split states, ushering in new opportunities for spin electronic devices. While the characteristics of spin-splitting are documented within the framework of the non-relativistic spin group symmetry, there is limited exploration of the inclusion of relativistic symmetry and its impact on the emergence of a novel spin-splitting
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Particle-based Photoelectrodes for PEC Water Splitting: Concepts and Perspectives Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Deyu Liu, Yongbo Kuang
This comprehensive review delves into the intricacies of the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting process, specifically focusing on the design, fabrication, and optimization of particle-based photoelectrodes for efficient green hydrogen production. These photoelectrodes, composed of semiconductor materials, potentially harness light energy and generate charge carriers, driving water oxidation
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Mn-Based Mullites for Environmental and Energy Applications Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Huan Li, Wanying Wang, Jinchao Xu, Ansheng Wang, Xiang Wan, Liyuan Yang, Haojun Zhao, Qingyu Shan, Chunning Zhao, Shuhui Sun, Weichao Wang
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Atom-Level Tandem Catalysis in Lithium Metal Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jian Wang, Jing Zhang, Yongzheng Zhang, Huihua Li, Peng Chen, Caiyin You, Meinan Liu, Hongzhen Lin, Stefano Passerini
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Tuning Electron Delocalization of Redox-Active Porous Aromatic Framework for Low-Temperature Aqueous Zn–K Hybrid Batteries with Air Self-Chargeability Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Junhao Wang, Xupeng Zhang, Zhaoli Liu, Jie Yu, Heng-Guo Wang, Xing-Long Wu, Fengchao Cui, Guangshan Zhu
Air self-charging aqueous batteries promise to integrate energy harvesting technology and battery systems, potentially overcoming a heavy reliance on energy and the spatiotemporal environment. However, the exploitation of multifunctional air self-charging battery systems using promising cathode materials and suitable charge carriers remains challenging. Herein, for the first time, we developed low-temperature
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Molecular Symmetry and Art: Visualizing the Near-Symmetry of Molecules in Piet Mondrian’s De Stijl Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Christopher J. Kingsbury, Mathias O. Senge
Symmetry and shape are essential aspects of molecular structure and how we interpret molecules and their properties. We, as chemists, are comfortable with pictorial representations of structure, in which some nuance is lost – investigating molecular shape numerically by looking at how closely it fits a reference, such as a plane, or a set of vectors or coordinates, is informative, though far from engaging
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Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Late-Stage Incorporation of N-Aryl Triazoles and Tetrazoles with Sulfonium Salts via C–H Activation Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Hendrik Simon, Agnese Zangarelli, Tristan Bauch, Lutz Ackermann
The late-stage functionalization of active pharmaceutical ingredients is a key challenge in medicinal chemistry. Furthermore, N-aryl triazoles and tetrazoles are important structural motifs with the potential to boost the activity of diverse drug molecules. Using easily accessible dibenzothiophenium salts for the ruthenium-catalyzed C–H arylation, these scaffolds were introduced into a variety of bioactive
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Unveiling the Pivotal Role of dx2-y2 Electronic States in Nickel-based Hydroxide Electrocatalysts for Methanol Oxidation Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Junhua Li, Chao Wu, Zhen Wang, Haoyan Meng, Qi Zhang, Ying Tang, Anqi Zou, Yiming Zhang, Haoyin Zhong, Shibo Xi, Junmin Xue, Xiaopeng Wang, Jiagang Wu
The anodic methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) plays a crucial role in coupling with the cathodic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and enables the sustainable production of the high-valued formate. Nickel-based hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) as MOR electrocatalyst has attracted enormous attention. However, the key factor determining the intrinsic catalytic activity remains unknown, which significantly hinders
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An n-Type Open-Shell Conjugated Polymer with High-Spin Ground-State and High Intrinsic Electrical Conductivity Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Houji Cai, Haoran Tang, Tianzuo Wang, Chenhui Xu, Juxuan Xie, Muyi Fu, Xi Luo, Zhengwei Hu, Yi Zhang, Yunfeng Deng, Guangwu Li, Chunchen Liu, Fei Huang, Yong Cao
Open-shell conjugated polymers with a high intrinsic conductivity and high-spin ground state hold considerable promise for applications in organic electronics and spintronics. Herein, two novel acceptor-acceptor (A-A) conjugated polymers based on a highly electron-deficient quinoidal benzodifurandione unit have been developed, namely DPP-BFDO-Th and DPP-BFDO. The incorporation of the quinoidal moiety
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Palladium-Catalyzed Inward Isomerization Hydroaminocarbonylation of Alkenes Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Xian-Jin Zou, Zhao-Xing Jin, Hui-Yi Yang, Fei Wu, Zhi-Hui Ren, Zheng-Hui Guan
In contrast to the kinetically favored outward isomerization-hydrocarbonylation of alkenes, the disfavored inward isomerization-hydrocarbonylation of alkenes remains an important challenge. Herein, we have developed a novel and effective palladium-catalyzed inward isomerization-hydroaminocarbonylation of unactivated alkenes and aniline hydrochlorides for the formation of synthetically valuable α-aryl
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An Expedient Radical Approach for the Decarboxylative Synthesis of Stereodefined All-Carbon Tetrasubstituted Olefins Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Qian Zeng, Nirwan Yamini, Jordi Benet-Buchholz, Arjan Willem Kleij
We report a user-friendly approach for the decarboxylative formation of stereodefined and complex tri- and tetra-substituted olefins from vinyl cyclic carbonates and amines as radical precursors. The protocol relies on easy photo-initiated α-amino-radical formation followed by addition onto the double bond of the substrate resulting in a sequence involving carbonate ring-opening, double bond relay
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One-pot Synthesis of High-capacity Sulfur Cathodes via In-situ Polymerization of a Porous Imine-based Polymer Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Guiping Li, Ye Liu, Thorsten Schultz, Moritz Exner, Ruslan Muydinov, Hui Wang, Kerstin Scheurell, Jieyang Huang, Norbert Koch, Paulina Szymoniak, Nicola Pinna, Philipp Adelhlem, Michael Janus Bojdys
Lithium-ion batteries, essential for electronics and electric vehicles, predominantly use cathodes made from critical materials like cobalt. Sulfur-based cathodes, offering a high theoretical capacity of 1675 mAh g–1 and environmental advantages due to sulfur's abundance and lower toxicity, present a more sustainable alternative. However, state-of-the-art sulfur-based electrodes do not reach the theoretical
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Unprecedented POSS-linked 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks with scu or sqc Topology Regulated by Porphyrin Center for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Ying Gao, Senzhi Li, Lei Gong, Jing Li, Dongdong Qi, Liu Naifang, Yongzhong Bian, Jianzhuang Jiang
The synthesis and characterization of porphyrin center regulated three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks with 2-fold interpenetrated scu or sqc topology have been investigated. These COFs exhibit unique structural features and properties, making them promising candidates for photocatalytic applications in CO2 reduction and artemisinin synthesis. The porphyrin center serves as an anchor for metal
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Detergent Chemistry Modulates the Transgression of Planetary Boundaries including Antimicrobial Resistance and Drug Discovery Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Marc Seewald, Lena Nielinger, Katharina Alker, Jan-Simon Behnke, Virginia Wycisk, Leonhard Hagen Urner
Detergent chemistry enables applications in the world today while harming safe operating spaces that humanity needs for survival. Aim of this review is to support a holistic thought process in the design of detergent chemistry. We harness the planetary boundary concept as a framework for literature survey to identify progresses and knowledge gaps in context with detergent chemistry and five planetary
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Divalent Titanium via Reductive N-C Coupling of a TiIV Nitrido with π-Acids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Mrinal Bhunia, Christian Sandoval-Pauker, Dominik Fehn, Lauren Grant, Shuruthi Senthil, Michael Gau, Andrew Ozarowski, Jurek Krzystek, Joshua Telser, Balazs Pinter, Karsten Meyer, Daniel J. Mindiola
The nitrido-ate complex [(PN)2Ti(N){μ2-K(OEt2)}]2 (1) reductively couples CO and isocyanides in the presence of DME or cryptand, to form rare, five-coordinate TiII complexes having a linear cumulene motif, [K(L)][(PN)2Ti(NCE)] (E = O, L = Kryptofix222, (2); E = NAd, L = 3 DME, (3); E = NtBu, L = 3 DME, (4); E = NAd, L = Kryptofix222, (5)). Oxidation of 2-5 with [Fc][OTf] afforded an isostructural TiIII
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Unified Approach to Deamination and Deoxygenation Through Isonitrile Hydrodecyanation: A Combined Experimental and Computational Investigation Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Ziqi Jiao, Kyle T. Jaunich, Thomas Tao, Olivia Gottschall, Maxwell M. Hughes, Aneta Turlik, Alexander Schuppe
Herein, we describe a general hydrodefunctionalization protocol of alcohols and amines through a common isonitrile intermediate. To cleave the relatively inert C–NC bond, we leveraged dual hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and photoredox catalysis to generate a nucleophilic boryl radical, which readily forms an imidoyl radical intermediate from the isonitrile. Rapid β-scission then accomplishes defunctionalization
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Total Synthesis of the Diterpenes (+)-Randainin D and (+)-Barekoxide via Photoredox-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Allylation J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Oleksandr Vyhivskyi, Olivier Baudoin
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Chemoselective Diazine Dearomatization: The Catalytic Enantioselective Dearomatization of Pyrazine J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Devin R. Ketelboeter, Mukesh Pappoppula, Aaron Aponick
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Syngas Production from CO2 and H2O via Solid-Oxide Electrolyzer Cells: Fundamentals, Materials, Degradation, Operating Conditions, and Applications Chem. Rev. (IF 62.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Xiangjun Hou, Yao Jiang, Keyan Wei, Cairong Jiang, Tien-Chien Jen, Yali Yao, Xinying Liu, Jianjun Ma, John T. S. Irvine
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Manipulating chiral spin transport with ferroelectric polarization Nat. Mater. (IF 41.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Xiaoxi Huang, Xianzhe Chen, Yuhang Li, John Mangeri, Hongrui Zhang, Maya Ramesh, Hossein Taghinejad, Peter Meisenheimer, Lucas Caretta, Sandhya Susarla, Rakshit Jain, Christoph Klewe, Tianye Wang, Rui Chen, Cheng-Hsiang Hsu, Isaac Harris, Sajid Husain, Hao Pan, Jia Yin, Padraic Shafer, Ziqiang Qiu, Davi R. Rodrigues, Olle Heinonen, Dilip Vasudevan, Jorge Íñiguez, Darrell G. Schlom, Sayeef Salahuddin
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Acid test: why the chemistry of this unique crater lake matters Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15
Hanik Humaida monitors the activity of Indonesia’s volcanoes to help protect the public.
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Lethal dust storms blanket Asia every spring — now AI could help predict them Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15
As the annual phenomenon once again strikes East Asia, scientists are hard at work to better predict how they will affect people.
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How a young physicist’s job move helped Argentina join the ATLAS collaboration Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15
A stint at CERN exposed María Teresa Dova to longstanding collaborators and mentors, culminating in a successful bid to join a landmark project.
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Are women in research being led up the garden path? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15
A moving memoir of botany and motherhood explores the historical pressures on female scientists.
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A milestone map of mouse-brain connectivity reveals challenging new terrain for scientists Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15
A pioneering ‘connectomics’ collaboration has successfully reconstructed one cubic millimetre of brain tissue, but researchers are still just scratching the surface of the complexity it contains.
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‘Shrugging off failure is hard’: the $400-million grant setback that shaped the Smithsonian lead scientist’s career Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15
Planetary scientist Ellen Stofan thought about leaving research after a funding bid was rejected. But new opportunities emerged.
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Citizenship privilege harms science Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Mayank Chugh, Tiffany Joseph
Researchers from the global south face often-distressing immigration bureaucracy that most from the global north do not. Six steps can begin to counteract this inequity.
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Realization of an atomic quantum Hall system in four dimensions Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Jean-Baptiste Bouhiron, Aurélien Fabre, Qi Liu, Quentin Redon, Nehal Mittal, Tanish Satoor, Raphael Lopes, Sylvain Nascimbene
Modern condensed matter physics relies on the concept of topology to classify matter, from quantum Hall systems to topological insulators. Engineered systems, benefiting from synthetic dimensions, can potentially give access to topological states predicted in dimensions D > 3. We report the realization of an atomic quantum Hall system evolving in four dimensions (4D), with two spatial dimensions and
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Nanoelectrochemistry reveals how presynaptic neurons regulate vesicle release to sustain synaptic plasticity under repetitive stimuli Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Fu-Li Zhang, Xiao-Ke Yang, Yu-Ting Qi, Si-Yu Tian, Wei-Hua Huang
Synaptic plasticity is the ability of synapses to modulate synaptic strength in response to dynamic self and environment change. Although great attention has been paid on protein expression and receptor migration in different categories of synaptic plasticity, the contribution and impact of presynaptic vesicle release and neurotransmitter level towards plasticity still remain largely unclear. Herein
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Surface modified copper foam with cobalt phthalocyanine carbon nanotube hybrids for tuning CO2 reduction reaction products Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Javier O. Rivera-Reyes, Keith J. Billings, Carmen L. Metzler, Richard M. Lagle, Mebougna Drabo, Ratnakar Palai, John-Paul Jones, Dalice M. Piñero Cruz
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Vertically-stacked MXene/rGO composite membrane for highly efficient H2/CO2 separation Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Zhaorui Dong, Yiyi Fan, Xiuxia Meng, Yun Jin, Jian Song, Xiaobin Wang, Naitao Yang, Jaka Sunarso, Shaomin Liu
A vertically-stacked MXene/rGO composite membrane with ultrashort transport channels is reported here, which demonstrated outstanding molecular sieving, i.e., H2/CO2 selectivity of up to 83 together with high H2 permeance of 2.7·10-7 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 at 120 oC, highlighting its applicability for H2/CO2 separation in CO2 capture and sequestration.
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Development of Actin Dimerization Inducers Inspired by Actin-depolymerizing Macrolides Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Moeka Itakura, Didik Huswo Utomo, Masaki Kita
Several natural cytotoxic C2-symmetric bis-lactones, such as swinholide A and rhizopodin, sequester actin dimer from the actin network and potently inhibit actin dynamics. To develop new protein–protein interaction (PPI) modulators, we synthesized structurally simplified actin-binding side-chain dimers of antitumor macrolide aplyronine A. By fixing the two side-chains closer than those of rhizopodin
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Retraction: Aqueous aerobic oxidation of alkyl arenes and alcohols catalyzed by copper(II) phthalocyanine supported on three-dimensional nitrogen-doped graphene at room temperature Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Mojtaba Mahyari, Mohammad Sadegh Laeini, Ahmad Shaabani
Retraction of ‘Aqueous aerobic oxidation of alkyl arenes and alcohols catalyzed by copper(II) phthalocyanine supported on three-dimensional nitrogen-doped graphene at room temperature’ by Mojtaba Mahyari et al., Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 7855–7857, https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC01406E.
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Intercalating potassium-aqua complex cation into α-MoO3 layer without reducing molybdenum: a potential storage system Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Debu Jana, Shalini Sanjay Mishra, Samar K Das
We have demonstarted a green aqueous synthesis of rod-shaped MoO3 material, [MoVI3O9{K(H2O)4}(CH3COO)]∙H2O (2) intercalating potassium-aqua-complex acetate into its lamellar space, simply by ion-exchange of Co(II)-aqua-complex in compound [MoVI4O12(CH3COO)2{CoII(H2O)6}]∙2H2O (1) by {K(H2O)4}+ in an aqueous solution of 1 and KCl. Compound 2 acts as potential storage system of alkali metal ions.
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Electrospinning-Assisted Porous Skeleton Electrolytes for Semi-Solid Li-O2 Batteries Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jing Wu, Minghui Li, Shasha Gao, Yaying Dou, Kecheng Pan, Zhang Zhang, Zhen Zhou
Solid-state lithium-oxygen batteries offer great promise in meeting the practical demand for high-energy-density and safe energy storage. We have developed fibrous gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) using a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) matrix via electrospinning. The 3D structure of GPEs enhances electrolyte absorption, while the interconnected design promotes strong interactions between Li+ and polar groups
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Difunctionalization of gem-difluoroalkenes for amination and heteroarylation via metal-free photocatalysis Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Yuanchen Zhong, Zhen Zhuang, Xiaofei Zhang, Bin Xu, Chunhao Yang