Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Kutloano Edward Sekhosana, Shereen A. Majeed, Usisipho Feleni
Summary: Click chemistry is a powerful tool that is used to design various compounds and complexes, and is compatible with harsh conditions to provide stable entities. It has been used to fabricate platforms for electrical signal production for real data interpretation.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chloe Maes, Berengere Menot, Safa Hayouni, Agathe Martinez, Marie-Laure Fauconnier, Sandrine Bouquillon
Summary: Two new families of glycerol-based dendrimers have been synthesized, and their encapsulation ability for essential oils has been studied. High-generation GD-PAMAMs and GD-PPIs showed the best results in encapsulating the oils. NMR spectroscopy revealed that there were no direct interactions between the dendrimers and the oils, but the dendrimers exhibited compression behavior in stable emulsions.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Laura Hernandez-Lopez, Cornelia von Baeckmann, Jordi Martinez-Esain, Alba Cortes-Martinez, Jordi Faraudo, Caterina Caules, Teodor Parella, Daniel Maspoch, Arnau Carne-Sanchez
Summary: This study demonstrates the use of copper(I)-catalysed, azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) click reactions to post-synthetically modify the surface of alkyne-functionalised cuboctahedral Metal-Organic Polyhedra (MOPs). This versatile method enables quantitative functionalization of MOPs with a wide range of functional groups, including polymers, carboxylic and phosphonic acids, and biomolecules, without compromising the integrity of the MOP.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Cecilia Garcia-Oliva, Alejandro Merchan, Almudena Perona, Pilar Hoyos, Angel Rumbero, Maria J. Hernaiz
Summary: Two green strategies, solvent free mechanochemistry and microwave irradiation using a recycable biosolvent, based on two activation pathways, for copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction were reported. Glucuronic acid glycodendrimers were synthesized with good conversions (99%), with the microwave pathway being the ideal tool (90% yield in 90 min).
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yu Zhu, Hanqiu Jiang, Weiwei Wu, Xiao-Qin Xu, Xu-Qing Wang, Wei-Jian Li, Wei-Tao Xu, GengXin Liu, Yubin Ke, Wei Wang, Hai-Bo Yang
Summary: This article presents a novel type of polymer, rotaxane-branched dendronized polymers, with tunable thermal and rheological properties. These polymers have reversible thickness modulation ability and can serve as attractive platforms for the construction of smart polymeric materials.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Sonia Bruna, Josefina Perles, Isabel Cuadrado
Summary: The construction of a novel family of structurally well-defined, ferrocenyl rich, dendritic macromolecules based on carbosilane skeletons and siloxane linkages has been achieved. The key monomer used was triferrocenylvinylsilane, and a convergent growth approach was utilized. Various branched structures, including dendrons, dendrimers, and dendronized polymers, were successfully prepared and characterized. These metallomacromolecules exhibited electronic interactions between the triferrocenyl moieties and showed potential for applications in electrochemistry.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nancy George, Gurleen Singh, Riddima Singh, Gurjaspreet Singh, Anita Devi, Harminder Singh, Gurpreet Kaur, Jandeep Singh
Summary: This study highlights the shift from conventional techniques to green principles in organic reactions. Specifically, the Cu(I) catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition reaction has proven to be successful in the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole derivatives using eco-friendly methodologies, resulting in time and environmental impact reduction.
SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ramuel John Inductivo Tamargo, Peter Yuosef M. Rubio, Sonaimuthu Mohandoss, Jae-Jin Shim, Yong Rok Lee
Summary: An environmentally friendly synthetic protocol was developed using the bio-renewable solvent Cyrene to access polyfunctionalized bipyridines from readily available amines, chromone-3-carboxaldehydes, and pyridinylacetonitriles. The method is characterized by operational simplicity, short reaction time, high yields, and the synthesized compounds have demonstrated the ability to detect heavy metal ions.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mao Cai, Runze Zhang, Chunming Yang, Sanzhong Luo
Summary: This article summarizes the efforts of chemists to explore uncharted chemical spaces by taking inspiration from nature. The authors categorize their research on bio-inspired small molecular catalysis into different strategies and provide insights into the biological origins, catalyst design, methodology development, and mechanistic insights. They emphasize the importance of nature's catalytic mechanisms in guiding the development of new catalysts for synthetic and energy chemistry.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Maryna O. Mazur, Oleksii S. Zhelavskyi, Eugene M. Zviagin, Svitlana Shishkina, Vladimir Musatov, Maksim A. Kolosov, Elena H. Shvets, Anna Yu Andryushchenko, Valentyn A. Chebanov
Summary: A novel catalyst-free synthetic approach has been developed for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazolobenzodiazepinones, using Ugi reaction and microwave-assisted intramolecular reaction. The study found that ruthenium-based catalysts were not necessary for the intramolecular reaction, making the isolation of target compounds more challenging. The microwave-assisted catalyst-free conditions were effective for both terminal and non-terminal alkynes.
BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Manufacturing
Chun Cao, Jianting Liu, Xianmeng Xia, Xiaoming Shen, Yiwei Qiu, Cuifang Kuang, Xu Liu
Summary: In this study, an organic-inorganic hybrid photoresist with high photosensitivity was successfully prepared by incorporating curable zirconia nanoclusters and click-chemistry. The photoresist exhibited a significantly enhanced maximum lithography speed and a distinguishable minimum feature size, providing an alternative strategy for ultra-fast 2D TPL.
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Alberto Tampierr, Cesare Russo, Raffaele Marotta, Magda Constanti, Sandra Contreras, Francesc Medina
Summary: The study investigates the microwave-assisted neat aldol condensation of biomass-derived platform chemical HMF and acetone over hydrotalcite-based catalysts, achieving high conversions and selective product formation. Different basic properties of heterogeneous catalysts derived from the same parent hydrotalcite were tested, with successful catalyst recycling strategies explored. The most active catalyst, a meixnerite-type solid, showed low activity loss upon recycling.
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Kanu Das, Lakshay Kathuria, Raksh Vir Jasra, Sunil Dhole, Akshai Kumar
Summary: The microwave-assisted Guerbet reaction using pincer-ruthenium complexes allowed for the efficient conversion of feed agnostic bio-ethanol to fuel grade n-butanol with high selectivity. The ruthenium carbonyl complexes based on 2,6-bis(benzimidazole-2-yl)pyridine ligands demonstrated the highest activity, while the complexes based on bis(imino) pyridine ligands showed poor activity. The reaction catalyzed by ((NNN)-N-Bim2)RuCl(PPh3)(2) under specific conditions showed the highest rate and yield of n-butanol.
CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kubra Kalayci, Hendrik Frisch, Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Vinh X. Truong
Summary: We introduce a visible light-induced Staudinger-Bertozzi ligation by combining a photolabile coumarin derivative with a triphenylphosphine moiety. Our study reveals that the uncaging process and Staudinger reaction can be triggered by green light (λ < 550 nm). We demonstrate the applicability of our approach in materials science through endgroup modification of water soluble poly(ethylene glycol) and green light-induced patterning of a solid substrate.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jaydeep A. Mokariya, Anirudhdha G. Kalola, Pratibha Prasad, Manish P. Patel
Summary: An environmentally friendly and high yielding one-pot protocol has been developed for the click reaction of N-propargyl-3-formylindole, chloroacetic acid/ester, and sodium azide using CuI catalyst under simultaneous ultrasound and microwave irradiation. The protocol aims to eliminate the handling of organic azides, making the click process user-friendly and safe. The synthesized compounds show inhibitory action against various pathogenic strains, with some exhibiting excellent potency against E.Coli and P. Aeruginosa.
MOLECULAR DIVERSITY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shangda Li, Huafang Ji, Lei Cai, Gang Li
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shangda Li, Lei Cai, Huafang Ji, Long Yang, Gang Li
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Long Yang, Shangda Li, Lei Cai, Yongzheng Ding, Lei Fu, Zhihua Cai, Huafang Ji, Gang Li
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xingquan Xiong, Lei Cai
CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2013)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xingquan Xiong, Lei Cai, Yunbing Jiang, Qian Han
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2014)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Lei Cai, Shangda Li, Chunlin Zhou, Gang Li
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shangda Li, Chunhui Zhang, Lei Fu, Hang Wang, Lei Cai, Xiaoxi Chen, Xinchao Wang, Gang Li
Summary: Metathesis reactions are powerful synthetic tools used in various fields. In this study, the first Pd(II)-catalyzed C-H iodination of arenes was reported, using 2-nitrophenyl iodides as iodinating reagents via a formal metathesis reaction. The reaction exhibited unusual C-I bond formation instead of C-C coupling, allowing for selective iodination of challenging substrates.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lei Cai, Lei Fu, Chunlin Zhou, Yuzhen Gao, Shangda Li, Gang Li