Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4930-4933
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00847H, Communication

Zhiqiang Pan, Yuchang Liu, Fengchi Hu, Qinglong Liu, Wenbin Shang, Chengfeng Xia
A process for the α-carboxyalkylation of tryptophols and tryptamines by the functionalization of C–H bonds under visible light irradiation has been developed.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4942-4945
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01086C, Communication

Chao Jiang, Yan Huang, Ting He, Peng Huang, Jing Lin
A colorimetric/fluorescence/photoacoustic triple read-out detection of prostate specific antigen (PSA) was developed by using a silica coated Au@Ag core–shell nanorod (denoted Au@Ag@SiO₂) based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4914-4917
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01456G, Communication

Turki Alkathiri, Nripen Dhar, Azmira Jannat, Nitu Syed, Md Mohiuddin, Manal M. Y. A. Alsaif, Robi S. Datta, Kibret A. Messalea, Bao Yue Zhang, Muhammad Waqas Khan, Aaron Elbourne, Naresh Pillai, Jian Zhen Ou, Ali Zavabeti, Torben Daeneke
The library of two-dimensional materials is limited since many transition metal compounds are not stratified and can thus not be easily isolated as nanosheets. Liquid metal-based synthesis provides a new approach to overcome this limitation.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4870-4873
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00230E, Communication

Bing Han, Tianbo Li, Junying Zhang, Chaobin Zeng, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Yang Su, Botao Qiao, Tao Zhang
Rh₁/CeO₂ SAC is highly active for CO oxidation, which exhibits a high TOF of 0.41 s⁻¹via the Mars–van Krevelen mechanism.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02645J, Communication

Jiwei Wang, Licheng Zhan, Gendi Wang, Yin Wei, Min Shi, Jun Zhang
Oxidative addition of Pd/Au vinylene species with iodobenzene reveals the effect of a strong metallophilic Pd⋯Au interaction on phenyl transmetalation from Pd^IV to Au^I, which allows subsequent reductive elimination of LAuI at Pd and Au.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00188K, Communication

Wei Zhang, Jin-Hong Lin, Pengfei Zhang, Ji-Chang Xiao
Described herein is the convenient transformation of aldoximes into nitriles or isonitriles by slightly modifying reaction conditions.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00962H, Communication

Rongfang Zhao, Yue Han, Wenlong Li, Jinhua Li, Ming Chen, Lingxin Chen
Nanocage-structured materials-heterogeneous binary metal sulfides (MoS2 and Co9S8) in carbon nanocages (Co9S8/MoS2@CNCs) via step-by-step confined growth display superior Li-storage performance, profiting from the synergistic effect of bimetallic sulfides, high filling...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02001J, Feature Article

Kui Yang, Zhihua Zhang, Jie Du, Wei Li, Zhichao Pei
Owing to its spatiotemporal selectivity and noninvasive nature, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has become a promising approach for the treatment of cancer. However, the non-targeting capability and the accompanying side effects...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00478B, Communication

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Glenn Wright, Chaoyi Yao, Tom Moody, A. P. De Silva
Molecular AND logic gates 1, 3, 5 and 7, which are designed according to principles of photoinduced electron transfer (PET) switching, respond to co-existing Candida antarctica lipase B and H+...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02029J, Communication

M. T. Jeena, Seokyoung Lee, Ayan Kumar Barui, Seongeon Jin, Yuri Cho, Suk-Won Hwang, Sehoon Kim, Ja-Hyoung Ryu
The design of peptide-based therapeutics is generally based on the replacement of L-amino acids with D-isomers to obtain improved therapeutic efficiency.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01164A, Communication

Changjin Ou, Yewei Zhang, Wei Ge, Liping Zhong, Yong Huang, Weili Si, Wenjun Wang, Yongxiang Zhao, Xiaochen Dong
3D boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY)–Fe(III) coordination polymer nanoparticles with NIR-II absorption were developed as photothermal and chemodynamic agent to effectively kill cancer cells.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01505A, Communication

Jian-Xin Wang, Yi-Shuai Yu, Li-Ya Niu, Bo Zou, Kai Wang, Qing-Zheng Yang
Difluoroboron β-diketonate complexes that manifested temperature-dependent emission wavelength are reported.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01785J, Communication

Ying Zang, Jiangwei Zhang, Rui Wang, Zhao-Di Wang, Yandi Zhu, Xiaoyan Ren, Shunfang Li, Xi-Yan Dong, Shuang-Quan Zang
We evaluate photocatalytic H₂ generation of three Cu-based coordination polymers, a record-high rate of 57.64 mmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹ for Cu–MIM, and reveal that the excellent performances are due to the synergies of the inter-chain double-site Cu atoms.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01856B, Communication

Miantai Ye, Wei Hu, Meng He, Chenchen Li, Shuyang Zhai, Zhihong Liu, Yanying Wang, Huijuan Zhang, Chunya Li
A near-infrared two-photon fluorescent probe for selective detection and deep-depth imaging of NO helps to discover the relationship between NO and resistance to antitumor drugs.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01930E, Communication

Yanfei Qin, Lingjing Chen, Gui Chen, Zhenguo Guo, Lei Wang, Hongbo Fan, Marc Robert, Tai-Chu Lau
[Fe(qnpy)(H₂O)₂]²⁺ is a highly efficient and robust catalyst for visible-light-driven reduction of CO₂ to CO, with a TON for CO of up to 14 095 and selectivity of 98% using Ru(phen)₃Cl₂ as photosensitizer and BIH as sacrificial reductant.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01659D, Communication

Xin Yue, Ming Hu, Xingyi He, Shuang Wu, Jin-Heng Li
An unprecedented indium-promoted three-component 1,3,4-trifunctionalization cascade of 1,3-enynes with sulfinates and tert-butyl nitrite for producing 5-sulfonylisoxazoles via [3+2] annulation is reported.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02550J, Communication

Hao Zeng, Chuanle Zhu, Chi Liu, Yingying Cai, Fulin Chen, Huanfeng Jiang
The three component hydroxyletherification and hydroxylazidation reactions of (trifluoromethyl)alkenes are reported, providing various useful α-trifluoromethyl β-heteroatom substituted tertiary alcohols in high yields.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02520H, Communication

Emily Lythell, Reynier Suardiaz, Philip Hinchliffe, Chonnikan Hanpaibool, Surawit Visitsatthawong, Sofia Oliveira, Eric Lang, Panida Surawatanawong, Vannajan Sanghiran Lee, Thanyada Rungrotmongkol, Natalie Fey, James Spencer, Adrian John Mulholland
MCR (mobile colistin resistance) enzymes catalyse phosphoethanolamine (PEA) addition to bacterial lipid A, threatening the “last-resort” antibiotic colistin. Molecular dynamics and density functional theory simulations indicate that monozinc MCR supports...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC09589F, Communication

Pei-Qin Liao, Ningyu Huang, Hai He, Hao Li, Xiao-Ming Chen
Herein, we report a metal-organic framework featuring a binuclear copper unit, showing extraordinarily high catalytic activity (102.8 mmol g-1 h-1) for photodriven hydrogen generation, which is attributed to the synergistic...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01833C, Communication

Hyeon Jin Park, Chang Wook Song, Sourav Sarkar, Yong Woong Jun, Ye Jin Reo, Mingchong Dai, Kyo Han Ahn
Near-infrared-emitting hemicyanine dyes are widely used in activatable fluorescent probes for various biological analytes, which fact, on the contrary, poses a chemical stability issue along with photoinstability as shown here...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5058-5061
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00641F, Communication

Xiao-Yue Chen, Xiao-Xue Nie, Yichen Wu, Peng Wang
Using thianthrene S-oxide (TTSO) as a transient mediator, para-arylation and alkenylation of mono-substituted arenes have been demonstrated via a para-selective thianthrenation/Pd-catalyzed thio-Suzuki–Miyaura coupling sequence under mild conditions.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5022-5025
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01005G, Communication

Ganesh S. Ghotekar, Sachin R. Shirsath, Aslam C. Shaikh, M. Muthukrishnan
An expedient one-pot synthesis of carbocyclic spiro[5.5]undeca-1,4-dien-3-ones via 1,6-conjugate addition initiated formal [4+2] annulation sequences by employing p-quinone methides and sulfonyl allenols.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5062-5065
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01011A, Communication

Yuhan Zeng, Hehe Huang, Shenhu Huang, Tongtong Jiang, Zekai Fang, Lin Li, Yuming Dai
Facile hydrothermally synthesized PbSnS₂ nanosheets with various morphologies were developed to obtain high performance electrode materials for supercapacitors.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5042-5045
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01219J, Communication

Lingling Tao, Zhe Sun, Lei Chen, Mao Liang, Song Xue
The combination of a zinc stannate photoanode and cobalt complex electrolyte in DSCs yields an impressive power conversion efficiency of 8.1%.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5030-5033
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00768D, Communication

Xin Yu, Yang Yang, Wufang Yang, Xungai Wang, Xin Liu, Feng Zhou, Yan Zhao
Organic solvents that possess affinity towards both polar monomers and hydrophobic PDMS play a “driving” role in the diffusion of polar monomers into the subsurface of the PDMS substrate.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4986-4989
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01557A, Communication

Jordan P. Hooker, Florian Feist, Laura Delafresnaye, Federica Cavalli, Leonie Barner, Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Polymer particles are synthesized using a photo-active ortho-methyl benzaldehyde with a terminal alkyne for cross-linking. The reactive 1,4-dihydronaphthalene at every cross-linking point undergoes aromatisation to a fluorescent naphthalene upon exposure to acid.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02214D, Communication

Rong Fu, Junying Zhang, Shaojie Liu, Xing-Dong XU, Shengyu Feng
Reticulated copolymer hosts pillar[5]arene crosslinked with poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) were synthesized for the facile construction of double network crosslinked elastomer upon noncovalently cross-linking with tetraphenyethylene (TPE)-based tetratopic guests through host-guest interactions....
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00536C, Communication

Xiang Hao, ZeJian Leng, Dan Sun, Feng Peng, Akram Yasin
We herein report a 12-armed photo-responsive supramolecular star centered by a pillar[6]arene-coated M6L12 metal-organic polyhedron (MOP) via core-first approach.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02164D, Communication

María José Dávila-Rodríguez, Thales Souza Freire, Erik Lindahl, Ignez Caracelli, Júlio Zukerman-Schpector, Ran Friedman
Drug resistance is a serious problem in cancer, viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases. Examination of crystal structures of protein-drug complexes is often not enough to explain why a certain...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02943B, Communication

Le Yu, Jun Feng Zhang, Mingle Li, Dewei Jiang, Ying Zhou, Peter Verwilst, Jong Seung Kim
We report a novel fluorescent molecular conjugate V-M1 enabling an accurate visualization of tumor tissues. The emission wavelength of V-M1 exceeds 650 nm, well within the near-infrared therapeutic window. Tumor...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00176G, Communication

Yaqun Dong, Jin-Tao Yu, Song Sun, Jiang Cheng
A rhodium(III)-catalyzed ortho- C−H functionalization of sulfoxonium ylides followed by intramolecular annulation reactions with quinones is described, where the carbonyl in sulfoxonium ylides served as a chelation group. This protocol...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01906B, Communication

Amina Benchohra, Christophe Méthivier, david kreher, Jessem Landoulsi, rodrigue lescouezec
Electrospray ionization (EI) deposition is proven efficient in obtaining monolayers of a polymetallic charge transfer complex onto gold surfaces. The molecule’s integrity is monitored by PM-IRRAS and XPS. This approach...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02437F, Communication

Xiaohong Yang, Lian Wu, Aipeng Li, Lidan Ye, Jiahai Zhou, Hongwei Yu
Combinatorial modulation of inter- and intra-subunit interactions on decameric D-fructose-6-phosphate aldolase A (FSAA) generated a triple-site variant I31T/Q59T/I195Q FSAA with 27 to 278-fold activity improvement towards target heteroaromatic aldehydes. X-ray...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02851G, Communication

Sheuli Sasmal, Soumya Kumar Sinha, Goutam Kumar Lahiri, Debrabrata Maiti
A meta selective C‒H nitration of phenol derivatives have been developed using a Ru-catalyzed σ-activation strategy. Cu(NO3)2.3H2O has been employed as the nitrating source while Ru3(CO)12 was found to be...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02329A, Communication

Lijian Zhang, Fei Ma, Ao Qi, Lulu Liu, Junjie Zhang, Simin Xu, Qisheng Zhong, Yusen Chen, Chun-yang Zhang, Chun Cai
We report for the first time the integration of ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with machine learning for identifying fatty acid metabolite biomarkers of ischemic stroke. Especially, we develop an...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02579H, Communication

Zhijia Du, Tianyi Liu, Xianyang Wu, Muhammad Mominur Rahman, Dennis Nordlund, Kejie Zhao, Michael D Schulz, Feng Lin, David L. Wood III, Ilias Belharouak
Fast charging of Li-ion batteries emerges as a requirement for the widespread of electric vehicles (EVs). The challenge is that the active materials inside the cells may undergo significant interfacial...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02252G, Communication

Batul Ismail Habibullah, Vasvi Tripathi, Parag Surana, Ranabir Das
Ubiquitin (Ub) is a highly conserved 76-amino acid polypeptide that is abundant throughout the eukaryotes. The covalent conjugation of Ub and Ub polymers to substrate proteins governs a variety of...
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