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Triblock polyester thermoplastic elastomers with semi-aromatic polymer end blocks by ring-opening copolymerization

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00463D, Edge Article
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Georgina L. Gregory, Gregory S. Sulley, Leticia Peña Carrodeguas, Thomas T. D. Chen, Alba Santmarti, Nicholas J. Terrill, Koon-Yang Lee, Charlotte K. Williams
A new series of block polyester thermoplastic elastomers are prepared by a one-pot procedure; they show properties competitive or better than conventional materials and can be fully degraded after use.
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Stereo-controlled anti-hydromagnesiation of aryl alkynes by magnesium hydrides

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01773F, Edge Article
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Bin Wang, Derek Yiren Ong, Yihang Li, Jia Hao Pang, Kohei Watanabe, Ryo TAKITA, Shunsuke Chiba
A concise protocol for anti-hydromagnesiation of aryl alkynes was established using 1:1 molar combination of sodium hydride (NaH) and magnesium iodide (MgI2) without the aid of any transition metal catalysts....
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Ring-Fused Cyclobutanes via Cycloisomerization of Alkylidenecyclopropane Acylsilanes

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC02224A, Edge Article
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Erick M Carreira, Sarah S Eichenberger, Moritz Hönig, Matthieu JR Richter, Renana Gershoni-Poranne
A novel Lewis acid-catalyzed cycloisomerization of alkylidenecyclopropane acylsilanes is disclosed. The readily available starting materials participate in tandem Prins addition/ring expansion/1,2-silyl shift to grant access to bicyclo[4.2.0]octanes and bicyclo[3.2.0]heptanes, which...
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Protease-Responsive Mass Barcoded Nanotranslaters for Simultaneously Quantifying the Intracellular Activity of Cascaded Caspases in Apoptosis Pathways

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01534B, Edge Article
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Hongmei Xu, Xiaodan Huang, Zhenzhen Zhang, xuemeng zhang, Qianhao Min, Jun-Jie Zhu
Quantitatively delineating the activation network of multiple proteases that participate in cellular processes is highly essential to understanding physiological and pathological states of cells. In this study, protease-responsive mass barcoded...
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Nickel catalysis enables convergent paired electrolysis for direct arylation of benzylic C–H bonds

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01445A, Edge Article
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Lei Zhang, Xile Hu
A direct arylation of benzylic C–H bonds is achieved by integrating Ni-catalyzed benzyl–aryl coupling into convergent paired electrolysis.
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Highly efficient non-doped blue fluorescent OLEDs with low efficiency roll-off based on hybridized local and charge transfer excited state emitters

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01341B, Edge Article
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Xianhao Lv, Mizhen Sun, Lei Xu, Runzhe Wang, Huayi Zhou, Yuyu Pan, Shitong Zhang, Qikun Sun, Shanfeng Xue, Wenjun Yang
A new pure fluorescent blue HLCT-emitter was designed and synthesized. Highly efficient non-doped blue OLEDs with low efficiency roll-off were achieved.
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Asymmetric synthesis of primary amines catalyzed by thermotolerant fungal reductive aminases

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC02253E, Edge Article
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Juan Mangas-Sanchez, Mahima Sharma, Sebastian C. Cosgrove, Jeremy I. Ramsden, James R. Marshall, Thomas W. Thorpe, Ryan B. Palmer, Gideon Grogan, Nicholas J. Turner
Fungal reductive aminases as effective biocatalysts for the preparation of chiral primary amines.
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Speciation of Be2+ in acidic liquid ammonia and formation of tetra- and octanuclear beryllium amido clusters

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01112F, Edge Article
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Matthias Müller, Antti J Karttunen, Magnus Richard Buchner
The hexa-μ2-amido-tetraammine-tetraberyllium compounds [Be4(NH2)6(NH3)4]X2 (X = Cl, Br, I, CN, SCN, N3) have been prepared from beryllium metal and NH4X or [Be(NH3)4]X2 in liquid ammonia at ambient temperature. The obtained...
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Regioselective B(3,4)–H Arylation of o-Carboranes by Weak Amide Coordination at Room Temperature

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01515F, Edge Article
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Yu-Feng Liang, Long Yang, Becky Bongsuiru Jei, Rositha Kuniyil, Lutz Ackermann
Palladium-catalyzed regioselective di- or mono-arylation of o-carboranes was achieved by weakly coordinating amides at room temperature. Thereby, a series of B(3,4)-diarylated and B(3)-monoarylated o-carboranes anchored with valuable functional groups were...
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Rapidly Self-deoxygenating Controlled Radical Polymerization in water via in-situ Disproportionation of Cu(I)

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01512A, Edge Article
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David Haddleton, Evelina Liarou, Yisong Han, Marc Walker, Ana Sanchez
The first rapidly self-deoxygenating Cu-RDRP in aqueous media is investigated. The disproportionation of Cu(I)/Me6Tren in water towards Cu(II) and highly reactive Cu(0) leads to O2-free reaction environments within the first...
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Biofunctional Janus Particles Promote Phagocytosis of Tumor Cells by Macrophages

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01146K, Edge Article
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Ya-Ru Zhang, Jia-Qi Luo, Jia-Xian Li, Qiu-Yue Huang, Xiao-Xiao Shi, Yong-Cong Huang, Kam W Leong, Weiling He, Jinzhi Du
Herein, a versatile strategy for the construction of biofunctional Janus particles (JPs) through the combination of Pickering emulsion and copper-free click chemistry is developed for the study of particle-mediated cell-cell interactions. A...
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Structural trends in the dehydrogenation selectivity of palladium alloys

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00875C, Edge Article
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Stephen C. Purdy, Ranga Rohit Seemakurthi, Garrett M. Mitchell, Mark Davidson, Brooke A. Lauderback, Siddharth Deshpande, Zhenwei Wu, Evan C. Wegener, Jeffrey Greeley, Jeffrey T. Miller
Alloying is well-known to improve the dehydrogenation selectivity of pure metals, but there remains considerable debate about the structural and electronic features of alloy surfaces that give rise to this behavior.
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Evolution of pure hydrocarbon hosts: simpler structure, higher performance and universal application in RGB phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01238F, Edge Article
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Qiang Wang, Fabien Lucas, Cassandre Quinton, Yang-Kun Qu, Joëlle Rault-Berthelot, Olivier Jeannin, Sheng-Yi Yang, Fan-Cheng Kong, Sarvendra Kumar, Liang-Sheng Liao, Cyril Poriel, Zuo-Quan Jiang
In this work, we propose pure hydrocarbon materials as universal hosts for high-efficiency red, green and blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes.
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Recent developments in nickel-catalyzed intermolecular dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4287-4296
DOI: 10.1039/C9SC06006E, Minireview
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Joseph Derosa, Omar Apolinar, Taeho Kang, Van T. Tran, Keary M. Engle
Nickel-catalyzed three-component alkene difunctionalization has rapidly emerged as a powerful tool for forging multiple C–C bonds in a single step.
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DP4-AI automated NMR data analysis: straight from spectrometer to structure

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4351-4359
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00442A, Edge Article
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Alexander Howarth, Kristaps Ermanis, Jonathan M. Goodman
A robust system for automatic processing and assignment of raw 13C and 1H NMR data DP4-AI has been developed and integrated into our computational organic molecule structure elucidation workflow.
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Redox-responsive supramolecular polymeric networks having double-threaded inclusion complexes

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4322-4331
DOI: 10.1039/C9SC05589D, Edge Article
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Hikaru Aramoto, Motofumi Osaki, Subaru Konishi, Chiharu Ueda, Yuichiro Kobayashi, Yoshinori Takashima, Akira Harada, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi
A hydrogel actuator with a 1:2 host–guest complex controlled by redox stimuli has been developed to realize faster and larger deformation.
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Exploiting single-electron transfer in Lewis pairs for catalytic bond-forming reactions

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4305-4311
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01159B, Edge Article
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Yoshitaka Aramaki, Naoki Imaizumi, Mao Hotta, Jun Kumagai, Takashi Ooi
Radical–ion pair generation from common Lewis pairs and its application to catalytic carbon–carbon bond formation.
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General and selective synthesis of primary amines using Ni-based homogeneous catalysts

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4332-4339
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01084G, Edge Article
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Kathiravan Murugesan, Zhihong Wei, Vishwas G. Chandrashekhar, Haijun Jiao, Matthias Beller, Rajenahally V. Jagadeesh
A Ni-triphos based homogeneous catalyst enabled the synthesis of all kinds of primary amines by reductive amination of carbonyl compounds with ammonia and hydrogenation of nitroarenes.
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SAXS studies of the thermally-induced fusion of diblock copolymer spheres: formation of hybrid nanoparticles of intermediate size and shape

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4312-4321
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00569J, Edge Article
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E. J. Cornel, P. S. O'Hora, T. Smith, D. J. Growney, O. O. Mykhaylyk, S. P. Armes
Dilute dispersions of poly(lauryl methacrylate)-poly(benzyl methacrylate) diblock copolymer spheres of differing mean diameter are mixed and thermally annealed at 150 °C to produce either spherical or non-spherical nanoparticles of intermediate size.
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Peculiar bond characters of fivefold coordinated octet compound crystals

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4340-4350
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00292E, Edge Article
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An-An Sun, Shang-Peng Gao, Gong Gu
A refreshed view of chemical bonds in solids unveils unusual bonding in fivefold coordinated bulk crystals of octet compounds: out-of-plane cation–anion chain bonding via overlapping pz orbitals replaces in-plane π bonding of the isolated monolayer.
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Redox-inactive ions control the redox-activity of molecular vanadium oxides

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4450-4455
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01401J, Edge Article
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Simon Greiner, Benjamin Schwarz, Mark Ringenberg, Maximilian Dürr, Ivana Ivanovic-Burmazovic, Maximilian Fichtner, Montaha Anjass, Carsten Streb
The enhanced redox-activity of a molecular vanadium oxide cluster upon functionalization with redox-inert Ca2+ ions is reported together with initial insights into its performance as a lithium ion battery cathode.
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Solid-state NMR spectroscopy: an advancing tool to analyse the structure and properties of metal–organic frameworks

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4297-4304
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00735H, Minireview
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Eike Brunner, Marcus Rauche
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) gain increasing interest due to their outstanding properties like extremely high porosity, structural variability, and various possibilities for functionalization.
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A pH ratiometrically responsive surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering probe for tumor acidic margin delineation and image-guided surgery

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4397-4402
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00844C, Edge Article
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Wenjia Duan, Qi Yue, Ying Liu, Yunfei Zhang, Qinghua Guo, Cong Wang, Shujie Yin, Dandan Fan, Wenjing Xu, Jiexian Zhuang, Jiachao Gong, Xinwei Li, Ruimin Huang, Liang Chen, Silvio Aime, Zhongliang Wang, Jianfeng Feng, Ying Mao, Xiao-Yong Zhang, Cong Li
A novel pH ratiometrically responsive surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) probe was developed for tumor acidic margin delineation and image-guided surgery.
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What is the role of acid–acid interactions in asymmetric phosphoric acid organocatalysis? A detailed mechanistic study using interlocked and non-interlocked catalysts

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4381-4390
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01026J, Edge Article
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Dennis Jansen, Johannes Gramüller, Felix Niemeyer, Torsten Schaller, Matthias C. Letzel, Stefan Grimme, Hui Zhu, Ruth M. Gschwind, Jochen Niemeyer
Supramolecular acid–acid interactions lead to competing monomeric and dimeric pathways in phosphoric acid catalysis – so that stereoselectivities depend on catalyst concentration.
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Ortho C–H arylation of arenes at room temperature using visible light ruthenium C–H activation

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4439-4443
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01289K, Edge Article
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Arunachalam Sagadevan, Anastasios Charitou, Fen Wang, Maria Ivanova, Martin Vuagnat, Michael F. Greaney
A ruthenium-catalyzed ortho C–H arylation process is described using visible light.
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Intramolecular Csp3–H/C–C bond amination of alkyl azides for the selective synthesis of cyclic imines and tertiary amines

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4482-4487
DOI: 10.1039/C9SC05522C, Edge Article
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Xiaojin Wen, Xinyao Li, Xiao Luo, Weijin Wang, Song Song, Ning Jiao
A novel intramolecular cyclization of alkyl azides for the synthesis of cyclic imines and tertiary amines has been developed. The aliphatic C–H or C–C bond was selectively cleaved with the efficient formation of two C–N single bonds or a CN double bond.
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Chemical synthesis and immunological evaluation of new generation multivalent anticancer vaccines based on a Tn antigen analogue

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4488-4498
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00544D, Edge Article
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Carlo Pifferi, Ane Ruiz-de-Angulo, David Goyard, Claire Tiertant, Nagore Sacristán, Diego Barriales, Nathalie Berthet, Juan Anguita, Olivier Renaudet, Alberto Fernández-Tejada
A fully-synthetic anticancer vaccine candidate incorporating an hexadecavalent Tn antigen analogue display via oxime linkages induced tumor-specific IgG antibodies and cellular immune responses in mice coadministered with QS-21 as an adjuvant.
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Hydrogen peroxide reduction on single platinum nanoparticles

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4416-4421
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00379D, Edge Article
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Xin Chang, Christopher Batchelor-McAuley, Richard G. Compton
At the single platinum nanoparticle scale the hydrogen peroxide reduction reaction is a surface limited process.
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The structures of ordered defects in thiocyanate analogues of Prussian Blue

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4430-4438
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01246G, Edge Article
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Matthew J. Cliffe, Evan N. Keyzer, Andrew D. Bond, Maxwell A. Astle, Clare P. Grey
We report the structures of six new divalent transition metal hexathiocyanatobismuthate Prussian Blue analogues frameworks, which contain complex ordered defect structures.
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Self-assembly of reversed bilayer vesicles through pnictogen bonding: water-stable supramolecular nanocontainers for organic solvents

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4374-4380
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00206B, Edge Article
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Shiva Moaven, Brandon T. Watson, Shelby B. Thompson, Veronica J. Lyons, Daniel K. Unruh, Dominick J. Casadonte, Dimitri Pappas, Anthony F. Cozzolino
A new air and moisture stable antimony thiolate compound has been prepared that spontaneously forms stable hollow vesicles.
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Biocatalytic reversible control of the stiffness of DNA-modified responsive hydrogels: applications in shape-memory, self-healing and autonomous controlled release of insulin

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4516-4524
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01319F, Edge Article
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Chen Wang, Amit Fischer, Avner Ehrlich, Yaakov Nahmias, Itamar Willner
Biocatalytic control over the stiffness of pH-responsive hydrogels is applied to develop shape-memory, self-healing and controlled release matrices.
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Mapping the multi-step mechanism of a photoredox catalyzed atom-transfer radical polymerization reaction by direct observation of the reactive intermediates

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4475-4481
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01194K, Edge Article
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Luke Lewis-Borrell, Mahima Sneha, Aditi Bhattacherjee, Ian P. Clark, Andrew J. Orr-Ewing
Short-lived intermediates are tracked in real-time by transient absorption spectroscopy during a multi-step photoredox catalysed polymerization reaction.
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Chemical control of competing electron transfer pathways in iron tetracyano-polypyridyl photosensitizers

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4360-4373
DOI: 10.1039/C9SC06272F, Edge Article
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Kristjan Kunnus, Lin Li, Charles J. Titus, Sang Jun Lee, Marco E. Reinhard, Sergey Koroidov, Kasper S. Kjær, Kiryong Hong, Kathryn Ledbetter, William B. Doriese, Galen C. O'Neil, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom, Dale Li, Kent Irwin, Dennis Nordlund, Amy A. Cordones, Kelly J. Gaffney
Photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer in Fe tetracyano-polypyridyl complexes was investigated with static and time-resolved UV-visible absorption and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering which revealed a competition of two relaxation pathways.
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Self-enhanced multicolor electrochemiluminescence by competitive electron-transfer processes

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4508-4515
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00853B, Edge Article
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Silvia Voci, Romain Duwald, Stéphane Grass, David J. Hayne, Laurent Bouffier, Paul S. Francis, Jérôme Lacour, Neso Sojic
Controlling electrochemiluminescence (ECL) color(s) is crucial for many applications ranging from multiplexed bioassays to ECL microscopy.
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Designing naphthopyran mechanophores with tunable mechanochromic behavior

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4525-4530
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01359E, Edge Article
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Brooke A. Versaw, Molly E. McFadden, Corey C. Husic, Maxwell J. Robb
Structure–activity relationships for strategic substitution of the naphthopyran mechanophore scaffold enable polymeric materials with tunable mechanochromic behavior.
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Redox deracemization of β,γ-alkynyl α-amino esters

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4444-4449
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00944J, Edge Article
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Lu Zhang, Rongxiu Zhu, Aili Feng, Changyin Zhao, Lei Chen, Guidong Feng, Lei Liu
A one-pot deracemization of β,γ-alkynyl α-amino esters consisting of an aerobic oxidation and chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation has been described.
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A highly stable RNA aptamer probe for the retinoblastoma protein in live cells

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4467-4474
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01613F, Edge Article
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Thao T. Le, Andreas Bruckbauer, Bogachan Tahirbegi, Alastair J. Magness, Liming Ying, Andrew D. Ellington, Anthony E. G. Cass
An RNA G-quadruplex aptamer, specific for the human retinoblastoma protein (RB) and highly stable inside cells, is selected and its application to live cell probing of the protein illustrated.
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Enantioselective total synthesis of (−)-myrifabral A and B

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01141J, Edge Article
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Tyler J. Fulton, Anthony Y. Chen, Michael D. Bartberger, Brian M. Stoltz
A catalytic enantioselective approach to the Myrioneuron alkaloids (−)-myrifabral A and (−)-myrifabral B is described.
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Synthesis and properties of hypervalent electron-rich pentacoordinate nitrogen compounds

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00002G, Edge Article
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Chenting Yan, Masato Takeshita, Jun-ya Nakatsuji, Akihiro Kurosaki, Kaoko Sato, Rong Shang, Masaaki Nakamoto, Yohsuke Yamamoto, Yohei Adachi, Ko Furukawa, Ryohei Kishi, Masayoshi Nakano
Structural characterization of hypervalent electron-rich pentacoordinate nitrogen species has long been a synthetic challenge. Here we report the first nitrogen cationic radical (11-N-5) species featuring a weak hypervalent 3c-5e interaction.
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Selective electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to ethanol via a relay catalytic platform

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01133A, Edge Article
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Juan Du, Shaopeng Li, Shulin Liu, Yu Xin, Bingfeng Chen, Huizhen Liu, Buxing Han
The relay catalytic platform is very efficient and selective for CO2 electroreduction to ethanol.
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Geometric landscapes for material discovery within energy–structure–function maps

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00049C, Edge Article
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Seyed Mohamad Moosavi, Henglu Xu, Linjiang Chen, Andrew I. Cooper, Berend Smit
We introduce a representation for the geometric features of the pores of porous molecular crystals. This representation provides a good basis for supervised (predict adsorption properties) and unsupervised (polymorph classification) tasks.
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Ultraviolet photochemistry of ethane: implications for the atmospheric chemistry of the gas giants

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01746A, Edge Article
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Yao Chang, Jiayue Yang, Zhichao Chen, Zhiguo Zhang, Yong Yu, Qingming Li, Zhigang He, Weiqing Zhang, Guorong Wu, Rebecca A. Ingle, Matthew Bain, Michael N. R. Ashfold, Kaijun Yuan, Xueming Yang, Christopher S. Hansen
The vacuum ultraviolet photodissociation dynamics of ethane provide clues for modelling the atmospheric chemistry of the gas giants.
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Determination of protein-ligand binding modes using fast multi-dimensional NMR with hyperpolarization

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00266F, Edge Article
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Yunyi Wang, Jihyun Kim, Christian Hilty
Elucidation of small molecule-protein interactions provides essential information for understanding biological processes such as cellular signaling, as well as for rational drug development. Here, multi-dimensional NMR with sensitivity enhancement by...
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Enlightening advances in polymer bioconjugate chemistry: light-based techniques for grafting to and from biomacromolecules

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01544J, Perspective
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Rebecca A. Olson, Angie B. Korpusik, Brent S. Sumerlin
Light-driven synthetic techniques have revolutionized polymer–biomacromolecule conjugation. This Perspective discusses the benefits of photochemistry for polymer–protein ligation and considerations when designing a new light-driven conjugation approach.
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Quinone Methide Dimers Lacking Labile Hydrogen Atoms Are Surprisingly Excellent Radical-Trapping Antioxidants

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC02020F, Edge Article
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Derek A. Pratt, Mark A R Raycroft, Jean-Philippe R Chauvin, Matthew Galliher, Kevin Romero, Corey Stephenson
Hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) is the mechanism by which the vast majority of radical-trapping antioxidants (RTAs), such as hindered phenols, inhibit autoxidation. As such, at least one weak O–H bond...
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Correction: Enantioselective synthesis of isochromans and tetrahydroisoquinolines by C–H insertion of donor/donor carbenes

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC90081H, Correction
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Leslie A. Nickerson, Benjamin D. Bergstrom, Mingchun Gao, Yuan-Shin Shiue, Croix J. Laconsay, Matthew R. Culberson, Walker A. Knauss, James C. Fettinger, Dean J. Tantillo, Jared T. Shaw
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Synthesis of unstrained Criegee intermediates: inverse α-effect and other protective stereoelectronic forces can stop Baeyer-Villiger rearrangement of γ-hydroperoxy-γ-peroxylactones

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01025A, Edge Article
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Vera A. Vil', Yana Barsegyan, Leah Kuhn, Maria V. Ekimova, Egor A. Semenov, Alexander Korlyukov, Alexander Olegovich Terent'ev, Igor Alabugin
How far can we push the limits in removing stereoelectronic protection from an unstable intermediate? We address this question by exploring the interplay between the primary and secondary stereoelectronic effects...
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Regioselective Molybdenum-catalyzed allylic substitution of tertiary allylic electrophiles: methodology development and applications

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01763A, Edge Article
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Muhammad Salman, Yaoyao Xu, Shahid Khan, Junjie Zhang, Ajmal Khan
The first molybdenum-catalyzed allylic sulfonylation of tertiary allylic electrophile is described. The method utilizes a readily accesable catalyst (Mo(CO)6/2,2'-bipyridine, both are commercially available) and represent the first example of the...
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Vibrational characterization of a diiron bridging hydride complex – a model for hydrogen catalysis

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01290D, Edge Article
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Leland Bruce Gee, Vladimir Pelmenschikov, Hongxin Wang, Nakul Mishra, Yu-Chiao Liu, Yoshitaka Yoda, Kenji TAMASAKU, Ming-Hsi Chiang, Stephen P Cramer
A diiron complex containing a bridging hydride and a protonated terminal thiolate of the form [(μ,κ2-bdtH)(μ-PPh2)(μ-H)Fe2(CO)5]+ has been investigated through 57Fe nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) and interpreted using density...
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Direct and quantitative monitoring of catalytic organic reactions under heterogeneous conditions using direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00021C, Edge Article
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Koichiro Masuda, Shū Kobayashi
A direct and quantitative method for monitoring heterogeneous organic reactions has been developed by using direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS) with an isotope-labeled reaction product as an internal standard.
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