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Anion-coordination- and π-π-stacking-interaction-driven assembly of a complex Frank-Kasper structure Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-17 Zhu Zhuo, Zi-Ang Nan, Wen-Zheng Fu, Wei Wang, Guo-Ling Li, Ming-Yan Wu, Maochun Hong, You-Gui Huang
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Hydrogen-bond catalysis in biomass valorization Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-16 Yingchuan Zhang, George W. Huber, Zhengxiao Guo
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Switchable diversification of quaternary ammonium salts using photocatalysis Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-13 Takumi Kinoshita, Yota Sakakibara, Tomoko Hirano, Kei Murakami
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Quantity effect of heteroatom incorporation on the oxygen evolution mechanism in ruthenium oxide Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-13 Hyunwoo Jun, Eunseo Kang, Jinuk Moon, Hoyoung Kim, Sunghoon Han, Seokhyun Choung, Seongbeen Kim, Seung Yeop Yi, Eunae Kang, Chang Hyuck Choi, Jeong Woo Han, Jinwoo Lee
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In this issue Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-12
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Chemical education in digital chemistry Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Fun Man Fung, Magdalena Lederbauer, Yvonne S.L. Choo, Timo Gehring, Kevin Maik Jablonka, Kjell Jorner, Philippe Schwaller, Michael B. Sullivan, Andrea Volkamer, Matthew S. Sigman, Kuangbiao Liao, Charles Windle
In this digital age where machine learning has won the Nobel Prizes in both Physics and Chemistry, it is ever more important to give chemistry students an educational advantage that will enable them to use the tools of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance both their study experience and their future research. In this Voices article, chemistry education and research experts gather
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Reshaping quinolines by single-electron-transfer-triggered dearomatization Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Yun-Peng Chu, Jiajia Ma
In this issue of Chem, Prof. Shunsuke Chiba, Prof. Derek Pratt, and their colleagues report a groundbreaking study on the dearomative dimerization and skeletal rearrangement of quinolines under polysulfide anion photocatalysis. This work demonstrates a unique method for transforming quinolines into complex sp3-rich polyheterocycles and 4-(3-indolylmethyl)quinolines through a sequence of reactions initiated
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Transformative ligand effects in iron photocatalysis Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Luisa Zach, Jola Pospech
Iron photocatalysis has been constrained by a lack of tunable ligands for diverse substrate scopes. Ackerman-Biegasiewicz et al. demonstrate diethylenetriamine (DETA) as a transformative ligand in Fe-catalyzed Giese-type additions recently in Chem Catalysis. This platform enables effective coupling of substrates with free amines, alcohols, and boronic esters, highlighting iron’s potential as a sustainable
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Controlled carbon nanotube growth with hydrocarbon nanobelt templates Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Shengnan Gao, Andrew C.-H. Sue
The attainment of structurally uniform single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) remains a significant challenge in carbon materials science. Recently in Journal of the American Chemical Society, Huang, Guo, Hu, and co-workers reported the synthesis of a series of [2n]collarene macrocycles and demonstrated their utility as rigid templates for the controlled growth of SWCNTs with predefined diameters
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BINOLates as potent reducing photocatalysts for inert bond activation and reduction of unsaturated systems Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-11 Can Liu, Yan Zhang, Rui Shang
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Hybrid photoanodes based on surface-bound host-guest molecular assemblies Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-09 Jiaxuan Wang, Daokuan Li, Xiaona Li, Guoquan Liu, Yong Zhu, Licheng Sun, Fei Li
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Chemical space-property predictor model of perovskite materials by high-throughput synthesis and artificial neural networks Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-06 Md. Ataur Rahman, Md. Shahjahan, Yaqing Zhang, Rihan Wu, Elad Harel
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A sustainable cobalt separation with validation by techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-03 Boyang Zhang, Alexander B. Weberg, Andrew J. Ahn, Marta Guron, Leighton O. Jones, Michael R. Gau, George C. Schatz, Eric J. Schelter
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Ordered [2]catenanes in covalent organic frameworks: From molecules to materials Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-03 Ruozhou Huang, Yuping Wang
In a recent issue of Chem, an innovative approach for the synthesis of crystalline [2]catenane-containing covalent organic frameworks was developed. This breakthrough elucidates how the dynamics of microscopic, interlocked components influence material properties, thereby advancing the design of two-dimensional materials with sophisticated topological features.
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Amorphous CuSbOx composite-catalyzed electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO: CO2 demand-supply-regulated performance Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-12-02 Huai Qin Fu, Tingting Yu, Jessica White, Ji Wei Sun, Yuming Wu, Wen Jing Li, Nicholas M. Bedford, Yun Wang, Thomas E. Rufford, Cheng Lian, Porun Liu, Hua Gui Yang, Huijun Zhao
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A methodical strategy for achieving efficient electro-solar reduction, incorporating appropriate in situ techniques Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-29 Amol Uttam Pawar, Ramesh Poonchi Sivasankaran, Long Yang, Don Keun Lee, Young Soo Kang
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Out-of-equilibrium compartments: Thinking inside the box Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-26 James M. Gallagher, Joaquin Baixeras Buye, David A. Leigh
Biological cells sustain an out-of-equilibrium state by harnessing energy flows across compartment boundaries. In this issue of Chem, Penocchio et al. quantify how out-of-equilibrium chemical reaction networks respond to compartmentalization—providing a framework on which to build and understand aspects of nonequilibrium self-assembly, molecular machinery, and other endergonic processes.
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Electrolyte design for high hydrogen peroxide production rates utilizing commercial carbon gas diffusion electrodes Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-22 Jessica Liane Hübner, Gina Ruland, Florian Pietschmann, Zita Brejwo, Benjamin Paul, Peter Strasser
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Excited-state protonation and reduction enables the umpolung Birch reduction of naphthalenes Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-22 Javier Corpas, Eva Rivera-Chao, Enrique M. Arpa, Miguel Gomez-Mendoza, Yuri Katayama, Victor A. de la Peña O’Shea, Céline Bouchel, Clément Jacob, Pierre-Georges Echeverria, Alessandro Ruffoni, Daniele Leonori
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Antigen spatial-matching polyaptamer nanostructure to block coronavirus infection and alleviate inflammation Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-21 Jingqi Chen, Yuqing Li, Xueliang Liu, Hongyi Li, Jiawei Zhu, Rui Ma, Linxin Tian, Lu Yu, Jiabei Li, Zhuang Liu, Weihong Tan, Yu Yang
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Drinking water purification using metal-organic frameworks: Removal of disinfection by-products Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-21 Gabriel Sanchez-Cano, Pablo Cristobal-Cueto, Lydia Saez, Antonio Lastra, Ana Martin-Calvo, Juan José Gutiérrez-Sevillano, Sofía Calero, Sara Rojas, Patricia Horcajada
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Engineering biotic-abiotic hybrid systems for solar-to-chemical conversion Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-20 Wentao Song, Xinyue Zhang, Wanrong Li, Bowen Li, Bin Liu
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Field-enhanced CO electroreduction in membrane electrolyzers at a dehydrated interface Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-18 Wenhao Ren, Huanlei Zhang, Miyeon Chang, Nanjun Chen, Wenchao Ma, Jun Gu, Meng Lin, Xile Hu
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Enhancing multi-resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence emission via through-space heavy-atom effect Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-14 Qi Zheng, Yang-Kun Qu, Peng Zuo, Hai-Tian Yuan, Yue-Jian Yang, Yu-Chen Qiu, Liang-Sheng Liao, Dong-Ying Zhou, Zuo-Quan Jiang
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In this issue Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-14
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Cooperative hydrogenation catalysis at a constrained gallylene-nickel(0) interface Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-13 Till L. Kalkuhl, Israel Fernández, Terrance J. Hadlington
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De novo luciferases enable multiplexed bioluminescence imaging Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-12 Julie Yi-Hsuan Chen, Qing Shi, Xue Peng, Jean de Dieu Habimana, James Wang, William Sobolewski, Andy Hsien-Wei Yeh
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Structural stability of a bent tetra(amino)tetraborane ring across four charge states Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-08 Eva Beck, Ivo Krummenacher, Thomas Kupfer, Maximilian Dietz, Maximilian Michel, Kai Hammond, Holger Braunschweig
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One-pot catalytic conversion of polyethylene wastes to gasoline through a dual-catalyst system Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-06 Wanying Han, Longfei Lin, Ziyu Cen, Yubin Ke, Qian Xu, Junfa Zhu, Xuelei Mei, Zhanghui Xia, Xinrui Zheng, Yaqin Wang, Yani Liu, Mingyuan He, Haihong Wu, Buxing Han
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New light on proton transfer: Spectral and kinetic signature of a transient Eigen complex Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-05 Niklas Sülzner
Despite the long-lasting research on proton transfer as a fundamental chemical reaction, not all details regarding its precise mechanism have been revealed. Particularly, a complete spectroscopic and kinetic characterization of all intermediates remains challenging. In the September issue of Cell Reports Physical Science, Lee et al. identify a transient Eigen complex and determine the molecularity
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Sequence-defined main-chain photoswitching macromolecules with odd-even effect-controlled properties Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-04 Linh Duy Thai, Jochen A. Kammerer, Dmitri Golberg, Hatice Mutlu, Christopher Barner-Kowollik
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Direct production of o-xylene from six-component BTEXs using a channel-pore interconnected metal-organic framework Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Xiao-Jing Xie, Heng Zeng, Yong-Liang Huang, Ying Wang, Qi-Yun Cao, Weigang Lu, Dan Li
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Strong uranium-phosphorus antiferromagnetic exchange coupling in a crystalline diphosphorus radical trianion actinide complex Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Jingzhen Du, Benjamin E. Atkinson, John A. Seed, Rebecca F. Sheppard, Floriana Tuna, Ashley J. Wooles, Nicholas F. Chilton, Stephen T. Liddle
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In situ energy dispersive X-ray diffraction achieved in twin screw extrusion Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Edward J. Broker, Kathleen Floyd, James D. Batteas
In the current issue of Chem, Gugin et al. are showcasing the power of energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction to track kinetics and chemical phenomena in situ during twin screw extrusion. This technique holds great promise for industrial scale-up of green chemical syntheses.
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Quantifying zinc and manganese reduction potentials in organic solvents Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Sagnik Chakrabarti, Liviu M. Mirica
Zinc and manganese are the reductants of choice for nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling (XEC), but their exact redox potentials are unknown in organic solvents. In a recent report from Stahl and colleagues in Nature Chemistry, these potentials have been measured for the first time and their implications on model XEC reactions have been discussed.
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Synthesis of securingine B enables photoresponsive materials design Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-31 Sangbin Park, Gyumin Kang, Wantae Kim, Sieun Jeon, Myung-Kun Chung, Hee-Seung Lee, Dong Ki Yoon, Sunkyu Han
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Accurate triplet energies prediction method based on the hot-band model Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-31 Wenbin Huang, Zhe Dong
In this issue of Chem, Popescu and Paton report a new method to predict triplet energy sensitization of small molecules by sampling the instantaneous vertical energy gaps over molecular vibrational motions. This approach has reduced the mean absolute error of predicting ET from 9.5 to 1.7 kcal/mol compared with previous state-of-the-art methods.
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Advancements in cost-effective direct air capture technology Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-30 Mihrimah Ozkan, Saeb Besarati, Christopher Gordon, Gaël Gobaille-Shaw, Noah McQueen
Advancements in cost-effective direct air capture (DAC) technology have become critical in addressing climate change, with a particular emphasis on energy and cost reductions. Recent innovations have significantly decreased the energy requirements of DAC systems. In collaboration with experts from industry leaders such as Climeworks, Carbon Capture, Mission Zero, and Heirloom, the latest developments
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Rolling circle amplification-based DNA-enzyme nanostructure for immobilization and functionalization of enzymes Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-29 Dongsheng Mao, Wenxing Li, Xueliang Liu, Jingqi Chen, Dali Wei, Lei Luo, Qianqin Yuan, Yu Yang, Xiaoli Zhu, Weihong Tan
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Remote optical chirality transfer via helical polyaromatic capsules upon encapsulation Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-29 Hayate Sasafuchi, Mayuko Ueda, Natsuki Kishida, Tomohisa Sawada, Seika Suzuki, Yoshitane Imai, Michito Yoshizawa
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Modulating hetero-multimetallic atoms in covalent organic framework for efficient oxidization of olefin compounds Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-29 Qinghao Meng, Panzhe Qiao, Dan Deng, Cheng Zhang, Fengchao Cui, Xianghui Ruan, Yajie Yang, Jiarui Cao, Zeyu Wang, Xujiao Ma, Ye Yuan, Guangshan Zhu
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Exploring enzymatic degradation, reinforcement, recycling, and upcycling of poly(ester)s-poly(urethane) with movable crosslinks Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-29 Jiaxiong Liu, Ryohei Ikura, Kenji Yamaoka, Akihide Sugawara, Yuya Takahashi, Bunsho Kure, Naomi Takenaka, Junsu Park, Hiroshi Uyama, Yoshinori Takashima
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Terahertz-Raman spectroscopy for in situ benchtop monitoring of changes to extended, supramolecular structure in milling mechanochemistry Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-25 Tristan H. Borchers, Filip Topić, Mihails Arhangelskis, Michael Ferguson, Cameron B. Lennox, Patrick A. Julien, Tomislav Friščić
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Illuminating aromatic deuteration Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-23 Da Zhao, Tobias Ritter
Late-stage deuteration is a crucial technique in the pharmaceutical industry. Direct aromatic deuteration without the use of directing groups or transition-metal catalysts presents a substantial challenge. Now, through the integration of an interrupted Birch reduction, Liang, Xia, and co-workers have developed a photochemical protocol for the efficient hydrogen isotope exchange to incorporate deuterium
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Efficient flow synthesis of a Star of David [2]catenane and a pentafoil knot Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-21 Chenchen Du, Alex C. Padgham, Anna G. Slater, Liang Zhang
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Boosting narrow-band near-infrared-emitting efficiency of thulium by lattice modulation for reflective absorption bioimaging Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-21 Kaina Wang, Jipeng Fu, Sibo Zhan, Hongliang Dong, Chenjie Lou, Tianyi Sun, Jinru Liu, Bingyu Huang, Long Tian, Lihong Jiang, Ran Pang, Su Zhang, Huajie Luo, Mathieu Allix, Xiaojun Kuang, Shiqing Xu, Hongjie Zhang, Mingxue Tang
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Borohydride oxidation-water reduction fuel cells advanced by local hydroxyl enrichment-inhibited borohydride hydrolysis on Cu(0) sites Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-21 Libo Zhu, Chang Chen, Tiantian Wu, Xu Yu, Han Tian, Fantao Kong, Ziwei Chang, Wenshu Luo, Xiangzhi Cui, Jianlin Shi
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Cluster-based redox-responsive super-atomic MRI contrast agents Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-21 Alexandros A. Kitos, Raúl Castañeda, Zachary J. Comeau, Niki Mavragani, Nicholas D. Calvert, Alexia Kirby, Francisco M. Martinez-Santiesteban, Peter J. Pallister, Timothy J. Scholl, Muralee Murugesu, Adam J. Shuhendler, Jaclyn L. Brusso
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Tetralactam-based anion transporters Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-21 Alexander M. Gilchrist, Daniel A. McNaughton, Mohamed Fares, Xin Wu, Bryson A. Hawkins, Stephen J. Butler, David E. Hibbs, Philip A. Gale
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The cyclotriborate trianion Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-16 Manjur O. Akram, Caleb D. Martin
In this issue of Chem, Kinjo and Feng report the synthesis of a cyclotriborate trianion (B3R63−), a highly charged boron ring system with discrete two-center two-electron bonds. With three contiguous borates, the B33− core of the feature compound defies Coulomb’s law and represents the first homocyclic boron analog of the ubiquitous cyclopropane. The remarkable stability enabled full characterization
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Exerting control of self-assembly pathways via morphological switching and patterning in amino-acid-based benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide conjugates Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-16 Aramballi J. Savyasachi, Oxana Kotova, Ena T. Luis, Amy D. Lynes, Shaun Mills, Sandra A. Bright, Gavin J. McManus, Matthias E. Möbius, D. Clive Williams, Robert Pal, John J. Boland, Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson
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Engineering a photoenzyme to use red light Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-16 Jose M. Carceller, Bhumika Jayee, Claire G. Page, Daniel G. Oblinsky, Gustavo Mondragón-Solórzano, Nithin Chintala, Jingzhe Cao, Zayed Alassad, Zheyu Zhang, Nathaniel White, Danny J. Diaz, Andrew D. Ellington, Gregory D. Scholes, Sijia S. Dong, Todd K. Hyster
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Dearomative dimerization of quinolines and their skeletal rearrangement to indoles triggered by single-electron transfer Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-16 Eugene Yew Kun Tan, Alireza Dehdari, Amirah S. Mat Lani, Derek A. Pratt, Shunsuke Chiba
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Globally aromatic odd-electron π-magnetic macrocycle Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-15 Federico Villalobos, Jan Berger, Adam Matěj, Reed Nieman, Ana Sánchez-Grande, Diego Soler, Andrés Pinar Solé, Hans Lischka, Mikuláš Matoušek, Jiri Brabec, Libor Veis, Alba Millan, Carlos Sánchez-Sánchez, Araceli G. Campaña, Juan M. Cuerva, Pavel Jelínek
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Nanocellulose: New horizons in organic chemistry and beyond Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-11 Sayad Doobary, Varvara Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, Aji P. Mathew, Berit Olofsson
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Bridging gaps between lab- and fab-oriented anode design for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-10 Jun Xu, Yuting Yang, Huanyu Jin, Yao Zheng, Shi-Zhang Qiao
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In this issue Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-10
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Battery detectives: Uncovering cathode impact on anode-free Li cell performance by operando NMR Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-10 J. David Bazak, Karl T. Mueller, Vijayakumar Murugesan
Anode-free Li-ion batteries could attain new levels of energy density, but challenges remain in controlling deposition and managing degradation. In this issue of Chem, Kwon et al. probe Li metal growth using operando NMR to unravel how cathode materials impact performance and establish criteria for the high-energy/low-cost design tradeoff.
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Simple physical organic model to predict mechanochemical bond-breaking Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-10 Manabu Abe
Mechanochemical force can pull apart specific bonds, an action that is crucial for efficient and selective chemical transformations. Predicting chemical reactivity under tension force unlocks the selective bond cleavage reaction using ultrasonic irradiation. In this issue of Chem, Craig, Kulik, Moore, and colleagues developed an intuitive physical organic model to understand and predict the chemical
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A light-driven chloride anion transporter Chem (IF 19.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-10 Chenxin Ou, Jinze Lv, Aaron J. Lim, Qing-Hui Guo, Yuanning Feng
Recent advances in artificial transmembrane transporters that may address the limitations of natural ion channels include a photoswitchable Cl− anion pump developed by Aprahamian et al., reported in Science,1 utilizing hydrazone units for active transport against the concentration gradient. This molecular transporter leverages light-induced isomerization to control anion grabbing and releasing, showing