Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01756F, Communication

Pernille Rose Jensen, Sebastian Meier
Structures and rates in the catalytic cycle of carbohydrate dehydration by Lewis acidic salt are determined through the systematic use of complementary NMR approaches.
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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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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/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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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, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02108C, Communication

Yong Liu, Juanjuan Li, Wei Zhang
A liquid metal-assisted exfoliation strategy is developed for synthesizing two-dimensional polydopamine nanosheets.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC90201B, Correction

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Cheng-Ying Chan, Chao-Hung Chang, Hsing-Yu Tuan
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02620D, Communication

Ruoyu Fan, Zhi Hu, Chun Chen, Xiaoguang Zhu, Haimin Zhang, Yunxia Zhang, Huijun Zhao, Guozhong Wang
ZIF-8 was employed as template to synthesize HD-Ni/N-CMS containing highly dispersed Ni at atomic-level anchored on N-doped carbon molecular sieve for vanillin hydrodeoxygenation. The ZIF-8 structure was inherited and Ni-N...
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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/D0CC02382E, Communication

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Mark Murrie, Moya Hay, Arup Sarkar, Gavin Craig, Katie Marriott, Claire Wilson, Gopalan Rajaraman
The first trigonal bipyramidal Fe(II) complex to display slow relaxation of magnetisation has been isolated, with this behaviour found to arise through a combination of a large magnetic anisotropy (D...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4994-4997
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00011F, Communication

Jonathan A. Kephart, Zachary Hecht, Brooke N. Livesay, Indrani Bhowmick, Matthew P. Shores, V. Codrina Popescu, Navamoney Arulsamy, Elliott B. Hulley
Aerobic oxidation of (tmeda)Fe(CH₂^tBu)₂ in toluene or THF solution leads to the self-assembly of a magic-sized all-ferrous oxide cluster containing the Fe₉O₆ subunit and bearing organometallic and diamine ligands.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4998-5001
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00049C, Communication

Fang Xian, Jiedong Li, Zhenglin Hu, Qian Zhou, Chen Wang, Chenglong Lu, Zhongyi Zhang, Shanmu Dong, Chunbo Mou, Guanglei Cui
We adopted a SN based deep eutectic electrolyte with the SN as the only solvent and found that the high-state Co ion could be reduced by the SN solvent on the interface of the LiCoO₂ electrode, causing a reverse phase change of the LiCoO₂.
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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, 56,5010-5013
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC09869K, Communication

Binbin Huang, Chao Yang, Jia Zhou, Wujiong Xia
This study presents a straightforward protocol for approaching N-sulphonylamidines via an electricity-driven, iodine-mediated cross dehydrogenative condensation (CDC) between sulphonamides and tertiary amines.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5054-5057
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01188F, Communication

Suman Pradhan, Sandeep Patel, Indranil Chatterjee
Aromatic amines and (hetero)arenes, such as indoles and pyrroles, are regioselectively sulfinylated under mild aerobic conditions using nitrosoarenes as a redox-catalyst.
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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, 56,5006-5009
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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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, 56,5014-5017
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01643H, Communication

Lixia Zhang, Zhenhua Li, Zhijun Chen
A curli fluorescent light-up probe called bromophenol blue, which binds to curli via recognizing CsgA.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4982-4985
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01817A, Communication

Peng Miao, Yuguo Tang
A novel electrochemical biosensor for exosomes is proposed based on a multipedal DNA walking strategy. A limit of detection down to 6/μL is obtained with excellent selectivity.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5018-5021
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00697A, Communication

Xi Chen, Shuliang Dou, Wenjie Li, Dongqi Liu, Yongfu Zhang, Yingming Zhao, Yao Li, Jiupeng Zhao, Xiang Zhang
A high performance ECD with a structure of glass/ITO/WO₃/LiF/NiO/ITO has been prepared by electron beam and resistance evaporation methods.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,5050-5053
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01061H, Communication

Alba Molina, Sergio Díaz-Tendero, Javier Adrio, Juan C. Carretero
A practical Cu^I/(R)-Fesulphos catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides with azirines has been developed to produce highly valuable enantioenriched diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes.
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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, 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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Chem. Commun., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01331E, Communication

Jun Li, Ke Yi, Yanli Lei, Zhihe Qing, Zhen Zou, Yuedong Zhang, Haiyan Sun, Ronghua Yang
In this work, an Al centre-powered graphitic nanozyme (Fe/Al-GNE) was developed for chemodynamic cancer therapy, which afforded pH-independent catalytic activity and high reaction kinetics.
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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 Na_0.67Mn_0.7Cu_0.15Ti_0.15O₂ (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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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/D0CC01332C, Communication

Yuichiro Kobayashi, Kenji Kohara, Yusuke Kiuchi, Hiroki Onoda, Osami Shoji, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi
We prepared enzyme immobilized hydrogels and investigated the effects of the cross-linking density and polymer properties on their oxidation reaction rate. The oxidation rate of enzyme immobilized hydrogels increased as...
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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/D0CC01999B, Communication

Tong Sun, Yingying Su, Houjing Liu, Hongjie Song, Yi Lv
In this study, more 〖SO〗_4^( ∙-) and strong intrinsic chemiluminescence (CL) can be achieved through activating sulphite (〖SO〗_3^( 2-)) with ferrous ions (Fe2+) on the WS2 nanosheets with the thickness...
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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/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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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/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, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02158J, Communication

Bibhuti Bhusan Rath, Goutam Kumar Kole, Samuel Alexander Morris, Jagadese J. Vittal
Mechanical grinding causes anisotropic cell volume expansion, which facilitates the misaligned arms containing olefin functional groups in the neighbouring strands of the photo-inert helical coordination polymer to align to undergo [2+2] cycloaddition reaction.
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01854F, Communication

Indrani Bhowmick, David Washburn Shaffer, Jenny Y Yang, Matthew Shores
We report the first example of field-induced single molecule magnet (SMM) behaviour in a square-planar S = ½ Co(II) pincer complex [(P^NN^NP)CoBr]Br (2). The related five-coordinate complexes [(P^CN^CP)CoBr₂] (1) and...
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Chem. Commun., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02506B, Communication

Takehiro Hirao, Yoshiki Iwabe, Naoyuki Hisano, Takeharu HAINO
Chiral biscalixarenes and a C60-appended polyphenylacetylene have been synthesized. The chiral biscalixarene encapsulated the C60 unit of the phenylpolyacetylene, which induced the preferred helicity of the polyacetylene.
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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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