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Free Webinar: How States, Districts, and REL Mid-Atlantic Partner to Create New Diagnostic Measures Using Existing Data

This webinar highlights three research-to-practice partnerships between state and local policymakers and the Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic to address this challenge, connecting educators and policymakers with researchers who provide analytic support and help education agencies build capacity to conduct their own analyses.




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Learning Remotely in the Age of COVID-19: Lessons from Evidence and Concerns for Equity

The spread of COVID-19 has caused schools and districts across the country to shutter their doors. States, districts, and schools must suddenly and unexpectedly grapple with the new reality of providing a quality education to every student remotely.




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Refining Your Remote Learning Strategies Using a Data-Driven Approach: The Evidence to Insights Coach

With school buildings closed by COVID-19, schools and districts across the country are rapidly (and sometimes frantically) transitioning to remote learning.




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Supporting Pre-K to Grade 3 Children and Their Learning Partners at Home

This webinar will review the research on the home and parenting characteristics that support young children’s learning.




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Macrocyclization of 3-Triflyloxybenzynes with Tetrahydrofuran via Anionic Thia-Fries Rearrangement

Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00135J, Communication
Chaorong Qi, Ruixiang Cheng, Wenfang Xiong, Lu Wang, Yanwei Ren, Huanfeng Jiang
A novel and uncommon macrocyclization reaction between 3-triflyloxybenzynes and tetrahydrofuran has been developed for the first time, providing a direct method for the synthesis of a range of functionalized 19-membered...
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Correction: Preparation of carbon dots by non-focusing pulsed laser irradiation in toluene

Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC90181D, Correction
Open Access
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Huiwu Yu, Xiangyou Li, Xiaoyan Zeng, Yongfeng Lu
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A fentanyl vaccine constructed upon opsonizing antibodies specific for the Galα1-3Gal epitope

Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02107E, Communication
Jiaxing Wang, Beverly A Ellis, Bin Zhou, Lisa M. Eubanks, Steven Blake, Kim D Janda
A double conjugation strategy was implemented to produce an anti-fentanyl vaccine, which was predicated upon preformed-antibody-assisted antigen presentation. The new vaccine was found to reduce the psychoactive effects of fentanyl...
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On-surface synthesis of planar acenes via regioselective aryl–aryl coupling

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4890-4893
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01043J, Communication
Lin Feng, Tao Wang, Hongxing Jia, Jianmin Huang, Dong Han, Wenzhao Zhang, Honghe Ding, Qian Xu, Pingwu Du, Junfa Zhu
The reaction of 2,2'-dibromo-biphenyl (DBBP) on a Ag(111) surface leads to the generation of planar dibenzo[e,l]pyrene, in contrast to the nonplanar saddle-shaped tetraphenylene formed in solution.
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Noncovalent structural locking of thermoresponsive polyion complex micelles, nanowires, and vesicles via polymerization-induced electrostatic self-assembly using an arginine-like monomer

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4954-4957
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00427H, Communication
Qingqing Zhao, Qizhou Liu, Chao Li, Lei Cao, Lei Ma, Xiyu Wang, Yuanli Cai
The noncovalent locking of nanostructured thermoresponsive polyion complexes can be achieved via polymerization-induced electrostatic self-assembly (PIESA) using an arginine-like cationic monomer.
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Nonlinear organic–inorganic halide hybrids containing unprecedented linear [MIX2]− coordination units and quasi-two-dimensional lone pairs

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4894-4897
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01532F, Communication
Qi Wu, Xian Liu, Yeshuang Du, Chunlin Teng, Fei Liang
A first example of monovalent-metal-based hybrid halides [N(CH3)4]MCl2 (M = Ga+, In+) with zero-dimensional configuration containing unprecedented linear [GaCl2]/[InCl2] units have been designed and synthesized.
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Structural elucidation of the degradation mechanism of nickel-rich layered cathodes during high-voltage cycling

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4886-4889
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00327A, Communication
Open Access
Jing Lai, Jun Zhang, Zuowei Li, Yao Xiao, Weibo Hua, Zhenguo Wu, Yanxiao Chen, Yanjun Zhong, Wei Xiang, Xiaodong Guo
A splitting of two O3 phases, rather than the often observed O1 phases in the conventional LiCoO2 electrode, was discovered in the LiNi0.85Co0.10Mn0.05O2 at high-voltage region (>4.6 V) by in situ high-resolution synchrotron radiation diffraction.
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A heteroleptic diradical Cr(III) complex with extended spin delocalization and large intramolecular magnetic exchange

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4906-4909
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00548G, Communication
Xiaozhou Ma, Elizaveta A. Suturina, Mathieu Rouzières, Fabrice Wilhelm, Andrei Rogalev, Rodolphe Clérac, Pierre Dechambenoit
Ligand-based successive reductions in a heteroleptic Cr(III) complex give rise to intended extremely strong metal–radical magnetic interactions.
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The design of hypercrosslinked polymers from benzyl ether self-condensing compounds and external crosslinkers

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4938-4941
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01002B, Communication
Robert T. Woodward
Hypercrosslinked polymers were produced via the self-condensation of benzyl ether compounds, providing a one-component route to highly porous networks and significant reductions in catalyst waste compared to conventional routes.
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Atomically thin TiO2 nanosheets synthesized using liquid metal chemistry

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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A highly active Rh1/CeO2 single-atom catalyst for low-temperature CO oxidation

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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Conformational control of N-methyl-N,N'-diacylhydrazines by noncovalent carbon bonding in solution

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4874-4877
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00943A, Communication
Jugal Kishore Rai Deka, Biswajit Sahariah, Kalpita Baruah, Arun Kumar Bar, Bani Kanta Sarma
Unusual N(amide)⋯C–X noncovalent carbon bonding interactions stabilize the transcis (tc) amide bond rotamers of N-methyl-N,N'-diacylhydrazines over the expected transtrans (tt) rotamers in solution.
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Beyond temperature: controlling collagen fibrillogenesis under physiological conditions via interaction with cucurbit[7]uril

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4946-4949
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01444C, Communication
Qiuping Xie, Delong Hou, Jinming Chang, Zhou Xu, Qi Zeng, Zhonghui Wang, Yi Chen
A supramolecular strategy as efficient as temperature that enabled facile control over collagen fibrillogenesis under physiological conditions was reported.
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Temperature-driven n–p conduction type switching without structural transition in a Cu-rich chalcogenide, NaCu5S3

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4882-4885
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01429J, Communication
Shangqing Qu, Yonggang Wang, Yu Xiao, Yujie Yuan, Shengyi Li, Jikun Chen, Lidong Zhao, Zhiguo Xia, Jing Zhao
We report for the first time the discovery of reversible n–p conduction type switching in a chalcogenide, NaCu5S3, without structural transition.
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Pd-Promoted cross coupling of iodobenzene with vinylgold via an unprecedented phenyl transmetalation from Pd to Au

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 PdIV to AuI, which allows subsequent reductive elimination of LAuI at Pd and Au.
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Chemically synthesized circular RNAs with phosphoramidate linkages enable rolling circle translation

Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02140G, Communication
Kosuke Nakamoto, Naoko Abe, Genichiro Tsuji, Yasuaki Kimura, Fumiaki Tomoike, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Hiroshi Abe
Circular RNA without a stop codon enables rolling circle translation. we carried out one-pot chemical synthesis of circular RNA from RNA fragments. The synthesized circular RNAs acted as translation templates, despite the presence of unnatural phosphoramidate linkages.
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Surfactant-free synthesis of ultralong silver nanowires for endurable transparent conducting electrodes

Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01915A, Communication
Sian-Hong Tseng, Lian-Ming Lyu, Kai-Yuan Hsiao, Wan-Hua Ho, Ming-Yen Lu
The present study employed the surfactant-free growth of ultralong (~50 μm) silver nanowires (AgNWs) with high aspect ratio (up to 500) by galvanic replacement. AgNW conducting film were fabricated as...
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Host-guest interaction based supramolecular photodynamic therapy system: a promising candidate in the battle against cancer

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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A DNA logic gate with dual-anchored proximity aptamers for accurate identification of circulating tumor cells

Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00564A, Communication
Tianshu Chen, Xin Fu, Qianqian Zhang, Dongsheng Mao, Yuchen Song, Chang Feng, Xiaoli Zhu
We have designed a DNA logic gate that can integrate multiple biomarkers recognition with signal amplification to perform accurate and and sensitive analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). It also...
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A three-dimensional BODIPY–iron(III) compound with improved H2O2-response for NIR-II photoacoustic imaging guided chemodynamic/photothermal therapy

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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A difluoroboron β-diketonate based thermometer with temperature-dependent emission wavelength

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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Deep imaging for visualizing nitric oxide in lipid droplets: discovering the relationship between nitric oxide and resistance to cancer chemotherapy drugs

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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Harnessing chemical exchange: 19F magnetic resonance OFF/ON zinc sensing with a Tm(III) complex

Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01876G, Communication
Meng Yu, Da Xie, Rahul T. Kadakia, Weiran Wang, Emily L. Que
A Tm(III) complex displays an “off–on” 19F NMR/MRI response to Zn(II) upon tuning the chemical exchange rate.
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An ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensor for Pseudomonas aeruginosa assay based on a rolling circle amplification-assisted multipedal DNA walker

Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01619E, Communication
Huang Zhou, Shaoyun Duan, Ji Huang, Fengjiao He
An ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensor was developed based on RCA and multipedal DNA walking strategy for the assay of 16S rRNA gene, and it has great application potential in food safety, environmental monitoring, and disease diagnosis.
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Smart azobenzene-containing tubular polymersomes: fabrication and multiple morphological tuning

Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01934H, Communication
Lishan Li, Songbo Cui, An Hu, Wei Zhang, Yiwen Li, Nianchen Zhou, Zhengbiao Zhang, Xiulin Zhu
Several kinds of novel azobenzene-containing tubular polymersomes were fabricated via self-assembly, and their shape could be tuned precisely by changing the chemical structure, self-assembly condition and external stimuli.
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3D spongy nanofiber structure Fe–NC catalysts built by a graphene regulated electrospinning method

Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01517B, Communication
Weiyuan Ding, Hongquan Yu, Yu Tang, Zhuxin Li, Bijiao Liu, Dechong Liu, Yuyu Wang, Shu hong Liu, Hong Zhao, Daniel Mandler
A Fe–NC catalyst containing carbon nanotubes, mesopores and macropores with a measurable 3D framework structure was prepared by electrospinning.
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Enhancing the catalytic properties of well-defined electrophilic platinum complexes

Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01438A, Feature Article
Open Access
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Pablo Ríos, Amor Rodríguez, Salvador Conejero
Well-defined electrophilic or low-electron count platinum complexes are very versatile catalysts for a variety of chemical transformations.
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Wettability read-out strategy for aptamer target binding based on a recognition/hydrophobic bilayer surface

Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01936D, Communication
Yunfei Fan, Yahang Xie, Zhen Zhao, Yang Zhao, Rui Yu, Xiang-yang Liu, Youhui Lin, Changxu Lin
A wettability read-out strategy for an aptasensor is setup with a bilayer surface. It targets on methamphetamine and uses hydrophobicity reduction as the signal induced by recognition by the supporting aptamer layer.
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Enzyme-mimicking accelerated signal enhancement for visually multiplexed quantitation of telomerase activity

Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01951H, Communication
Lu Sun, Qiao Zhao, Xinli Liu, Yongchun Pan, Yanfeng Gao, Jingjing Yang, Yuzhen Wang, Yujun Song
Here, we propose an amplification strategy of enzyme-mimicking accelerated signal enhancement integrated with triple-channel volumetric bar-chart chip for visually multiplexed quantitation of telomerase activity. This platform was used for evaluating...
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Resistance to the “Last Resort” Antibiotic Colistin: A Single-Zinc Mechanism for Phosphointermediate Formation in MCR Enzymes

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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para-Selective arylation and alkenylation of monosubstituted arenes using thianthrene S-oxide as a transient mediator

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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Correlating alkyl chain length with defect passivation efficacy in perovskite solar cells

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5006-5009
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01197E, Communication
Wenhuai Feng, Chengxi Zhang, Jun-Xing Zhong, Liming Ding, Wu-Qiang Wu
Anchoring of amine ligands with different alkyl chain lengths on perovskites mitigates non-radiative charge recombination in perovskite solar cells.
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Solvent-driven migration of highly polar monomers into hydrophobic PDMS produces a thick graft layer via subsurface initiated ATRP for efficient antibiofouling

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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The synergy between the CsPbBr3 nanoparticle surface and the organic ligand becomes manifest in a demanding carbon–carbon coupling reaction

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5026-5029
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01339K, Communication
Ignacio Rosa-Pardo, Carla Casadevall, Luciana Schmidt, Miguel Claros, Raquel E. Galian, Julio Lloret-Fillol, Julia Pérez-Prieto
The cooperative action between the CsPbBr3 surface and capping makes the photoredox homo-/cross-coupling of benzyl bromides under mild conditions possible.
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Synthesis of functionalized tetrahydropyrans via cascade cycloaddition involving silyloxyallyl cation intermediates

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5034-5037
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01796E, Communication
Fatimat O. Badmus, Joshua A. Malone, Frank R. Fronczek, Rendy Kartika
An expedient synthesis of highly substituted tetrahydrobenzofuran via an unsymmetrical silyloxyallyl cation is reported.
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Modulation of an intermediate layer between NiCoP and Ni foam substrate in a microwire array electrode for enhancing the hydrogen-evolution reaction

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4990-4993
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01488E, Communication
Dan Guo, Huayu Chen, Hanmin Tian, Shuxin Ouyang, Jianbo Wang, Jun Lv
A strategy involving modulating the intermediate layer of an electrode was developed to promote the electrocatalysis kinetics of the electrode and therefore enhance its performance.
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Modified cation-exchange membrane for phosphate recovery in an electrochemically assisted adsorption–desorption process

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5046-5049
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC09563B, Communication
Kostadin V. Petrov, Laura Paltrinieri, Lukasz Poltorak, Louis C. P. M. de Smet, Ernst J. R. Sudhölter
A novel ion separation methodology using a cation-exchange membrane modified with iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) coated with polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) is proposed.
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Ring-opening iodination and bromination of unstrained cycloalkanols through β-scission of alkoxy radicals

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5002-5005
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01720E, Communication
Jiang-Ling Shi, Yuankai Wang, Zixuan Wang, Bowen Dou, Jianbo Wang
Ring-opening iodination or bromination of unstrained cycloalkanols with NaI or NaBr and PhI(OAc)2 under visible light irradiation is developed.
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Highly selective hydrosilylation of equilibrating allylic azides

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5038-5041
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01316A, Communication
Ruzhang Liu, Zhen Wei, Juan Wang, Yongmei Liu, Huaiguo Xue
Pt-catalyzed hydrosilylation of equilibrating allylic azides provides 3-azidopropansilanes with high chemoselectivity, regioselectivity, and excellent functional group tolerance.
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Halogen bonding for molecular recognition: new developments in materials and biological sciences

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4970-4981
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00841A, Highlight
Gilles Berger, Pierre Frangville, Franck Meyer
This review highlights recent developments of halogen bonding in materials and biological sciences with a short discussion on the nature of the interaction.
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Improving the structural and cyclic stabilities of P2-type Na0.67MnO2 cathode material via Cu and Ti co-substitution for sodium ion batteries

Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01442G, Communication
Xueping Zhang, Feilong Qiu, Kezhu Jiang, Ping He, Min Han, Shaohua Guo, Haoshen Zhou
An air-stable Na0.67Mn0.7Cu0.15Ti0.15O2 (NMCT) has been synthesized using a solid-state method. And it showed the excellent performance as a cathode material for sodium ion batteries.
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Is breaking of a hydrogen bond enough to lead to drug resistance?

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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A combined viscosity-restricted intramolecular motion and mitochondrial targeting leads to selective tumor visualization

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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Superstructural diversity in salt-cocrystals: higher-order hydrogen-bonded assemblies formed using U-shaped dications and with assistance of π(-)−π stacking

Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02671A, Communication
Shweta P. Yelgaonkar, Daniyal Kiani, Jonas Baltrusaitis, Len R MacGillivray
Salt cocrystals with components that assemble by hydrogen bonds and aromatic anion-molecule stacks (π(−)−π stacks) are reported. U-shaped bipyridines and an isocoumarin carboxylic acid self-assemble to form 5-, 6-, and...
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Engineering of Decameric D-fructose-6-phosphate Aldolase A by Combinatorial Modulation of Inter- and Intra-subunit Interactions

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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A directing group assisted ruthenium catalyzed approach to access meta nitrated phenol

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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