ArtikelNickel Sulfide/Hierarchical Porous Carbon from Spent Residue Hydrocracking Catalyst as Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reactionvon Xinhao Wang et al. · 20.09.2023 Nickel sulfide/hierarchical porous carbon composites were fabricated from the spent residue slurry-phase hydrocracking catalyst, and used as electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction. The optimized NiSX/HPC-8 achieves a low overpotential of ...
ArtikelChitosan‐Derived N‐Doped Carbon for Light‐Mediated Carbon Dioxide Fixation into Epoxidesvon Khushboo S. et al. · 20.09.2023 N-doped carbon materials are prepared by calcining the biopolymer chitosan at different temperatures under ambient atmosphere to perform light-mediated CO2 fixation reactions. N-doped material prepared at relatively lower temperature possesses lots ...
ArtikelMolecular Properties of 3d and 4f Coordination Compounds Deciphered by Raman Optical Activity Spectroscopyvon Tao Wu et al. · 20.09.2023 A synergy between vibrational Raman optical activity, electronic circular dichroism, and circularly polarized luminescence is capable of revealing a wealth of information about metal coordination compounds. Spectral interpretation may be tedious but...
ArtikelDesign and Synthesis of Energetic Melt‐Castable Materials by Substituent‐Specific Modificationvon Fang Chen et al. · 20.09.2023 The new energetic molecule, 1-(nitromethyl)-3,4-dinitro-1H-pyrazole (NMDNP), exhibits balanced properties including suitable melting point, good thermal stability, excellent detonation performance and impact sensitivity as a high-performance energet...
ArtikelEffect of Conversion, Temperature and Feed Ratio on In2O3/In(OH)3 Phase Transitions in Methanol Synthesis Catalysts: A Combined Experimental and Computational Studyvon Philipp Kampe et al. · 13.09.2023 A dummy catalytic cycle for In2O3/In(OH)3 system under CO2 hydrogenation conditions was predicted and confirmed by experimental studies in a fixed-bed reactor setup in combination with XRD and TGA analysis. The model predicted the influence of a hyd...
ArtikelEnzymatic and Non‐Enzymatic Uric Acid Electrochemical Biosensors: A Reviewvon Miao Sun et al. · 13.09.2023 This study provided a comprehensive analysis of the electrical conductivity, surface area, and stability properties of carbon, metal, and polymer nanomaterials in the context of nonenzymatic and enzymatic uric acid-based biosensors. The analysis rev...
ArtikelAcceptor‐Induced Fluorescence of Phenolic Polymers Based on Triphenylamine Derivativesvon Takahiro Kakuta et al. · 13.09.2023 Phenolic polymers based on triphenylamine derivatives were prepared to obtain donor properties. TPA-based polymers could distinguish the size of acceptor molecules through charge transfer interaction with optical properties changes. These phenolic p...
ArtikelGQD@NiFe‐LDH Nanosheets for Photocatalytic Activity towards Textile Dye Degradation via Lattice Contractionvon Manasi Jena et al. · 13.09.2023 A direct Z-scheme mechanism has been proposed for the photocatalytic degradation reaction of reactive and azo dyes over the GQD@NiFe-LDH photocatalyst under visible light. GQD@NiFe-LDH with lattice contraction was synthesized by in-situ hydrothermal...
ArtikelTransmembrane Transporter Constructed from PlatinumMetal‐organic Cagevon Xinyu Hu et al. · 13.09.2023 A perylene diimide-based metal-organic cage (MOC4c) was found to be an efficient transmembrane transporter for ions and small molecules through the internal cavity of the cage. MOC4c could selectively transport different anions, as evidenced by vesi...
ArtikelSubstituent Dependence on the Reactions of Criegee Intermediates with Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxidevon Kaito Takahashi · 13.09.2023 We systematically evaluated the substituent dependence for the reaction between Criegee intermediates with carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide using CCSD(T)-F12/cc-pVTZ-F12//B3LYP/6-311+G(2d,2p) energies and transition state theory. Abstract Criege...
ArtikelIntermolecular n→π* Interactions in Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysisvon Xu‐Dong Wang et al. · 13.09.2023 Intermolecular n→π* interactions, attractive forces between lone pairs of nucleophile and carbonyl groups, have gained attention mainly in intramolecular systems. This review summarize the underexplored intermolecular n→π* interactions, focusing on ...
ArtikelCO2 Hydrogenation to Gasoline and Aromatics: Mechanistic and Predictive Insights from DFT, DRIFTS and Machine Learningvon Opeyemi A. · 07.09.2023 CO2 hydrogenation pathway promises to help realize the target global carbon neutrality. The thermocatalytic CO2 conversion to gasoline-range hydrocarbons specifically suffers from high activation barrier of the C−C coupling step. Machine learning is...
ArtikelCyclopentadienyl Molybdenum(II) Compounds Bearing Ether and Thioether Functions in the Side Chain: Synthesis, Characterization, and Cytotoxic/Cytostatic Studiesvon Lukáš Hanzl et al. · 05.09.2023 A series of cyclopentadienyl and indenyl molybdenum(II) compounds bearing N,N-chelating ligands has been synthesized and characterized by analytical methods including X-ray crystallography. Considerably enhanced cytotoxicity toward T-lymphocytic leu...
ArtikelUniform Fe2O3 Nanospheres Anchored on Multilayer Graphene as Anode Materials for High‐Rate Ni−Fe Batteriesvon Junming Xu et al. · 05.09.2023 Iron powder is used as a precursor in a chemical bath deposition method. By optimizing the concentration of HNO3, a balanced dissolution-crystallization process is achieved to obtain uniform Fe2O3 nanospheres ranged in size between 60 and 90 nm, whi...
ArtikelLiposome Based Near‐Infrared Sensors for the Selective Detection of Hydrogen Sulfidevon Vinod Kumar et al. · 01.09.2023 Heptamethine cyanine dye-based nanoscale liposomal sensor NIR-Lip1 and NIR-Lip2 has been developed for the rapid, sensitive and selective detection of H2S in aqueous medium. The role of lipid fluidity in H2S sensing was described. The probes were al...
ArtikelChemistry of Gold(III) with a Pyridine‐Oxaziridine Ligand: Competition between C−O and N−O bond Activationvon Nasser Nasser et al. · 01.09.2023 Coordination of an oxaziridine to gold(III) can lead to either N−O or C−O bond cleavage, to give an amide or an aldolate complex of gold(III), respectively. Abstract The oxaziridine derivative 2-t-butyl-3-(2-pyridinyl)oxaziridine reacted with Na[A...
ArtikelCover Feature: Construction of a 21‐Membered‐Ring Orifice on [60]Fullerene (ChemPlusChem 9/2023)von Yoshifumi Hashikawa et al. · 01.09.2023 The cover feature image shows a self-inclusion of a rim-substituent into an open-[60]fullerene cavity by elevating the temperature. This event is associated with the release of an argon atom which was initially encapsulated during a reaction under i...
ArtikelConstruction of a 21‐Membered‐Ring Orifice on [60]Fullerenevon Yoshifumi Hashikawa et al. · 01.09.2023 A huge orifice with a ring-atom count of 21 was constructed on a [60]fullerene cage. At −30 °C, an argon atom was spontaneously encapsulated with an occupation level up to 52 %. The elevated temperature led to a greater contribution from a semi-enca...
ArtikelFront Cover: Enzyme‐Free Nucleic Acid Circuits for Fold‐Change Detection (ChemPlusChem 9/2023)von Likun Wang et al. · 01.09.2023 The cover picture shows an enzyme-free nucleic acid synthetic circuit constructed by the toehold-mediated DNA strand displacement reaction, where a fold-change input (top left) elicits a similar response (bottom right). This work is anticipated to s...
ArtikelEnzyme‐Free Nucleic Acid Circuits for Fold‐Change Detectionvon Likun Wang et al. · 01.09.2023 The procedure for constructing DNA-only dynamical systems and the implementation of a fold-change detection circuit. The circuit based on the incoherent feed-forward loop is realized using the DNA strand displacement: strand U served as input X, sig...
ArtikelSequential In‐Situ Growth of Layered Conjugated Polymers for Optoelectronics Under Electrochemical Controlvon Rimeh Ismail et al. · 01.09.2023 A series of organic electronic polymers with optimized condition, including monomer concentration, growth potential, and preparation method were successfully prepared via the sequential in-situ deposition method under electrochemical control. A char...
ArtikelMolecular Ruthenium Cyclopentadienone Bifunctional Catalysts for the Conversion of Sugar Platforms to Hydrogenvon Alessandro Messori et al. · 01.09.2023 Ruthenium cyclopentadienone homogeneous bifunctional complexes and in particular Shvo's catalyst are suitable for the production of gaseous hydrogen from glucose under Aqueous Phase Reforming (APR) conditions. Abstract Molecular ruthenium cyclopen...
ArtikelPhotoresponsive Supramolecular Cages and Macrocyclesvon Esther Nieland et al. · 21.09.2023 Light manipulation of supramolecular assemblies is a promising method for developing complex, programmable, or multifunctional systems and nanoscopic machine-like entities. In this minireview, we discuss self-assembled and covalently bound cages and...
ArtikelMesoporous Silica (MCM‐41) Containing Dispersed Palladium Nanoparticles as Catalyst for Dehydrogenation, Methanolysis, and Reduction Reactions
ArtikelFacile Fabrication of Dual‐Activatable Gastrointestinal‐Based Nanocarriers for Safe Delivery and Controlled Release of Methotrexate
ArtikelMonitoring Conformation and Protonation States of Glutathione by Raman Optical Activity and Molecular Dynamicsvon Moumita Das et al. · 20.09.2023 The cover feature image shows measurement of Raman optical activity spectra, which provide extended information about molecular behavior in solutions. If coupled with multi-scale density functional theory and molecular dynamics computations, whole p...
ArtikelA Calcination‐Free Sol‐Gel Method to Prepare TiO2‐Based Hybrid Semiconductors for Enhanced Visible Light‐Driven Hydrogen Productionvon Kang Yang et al. · 20.09.2023 The extensive π system in the naphthalene structure and the carboxylic acid group of 1,4-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid (NA) render it an exceptional organic semiconductor for doping TiO2 using a calcination-free sol-gel method. The resulting catalys...
Artikel5‐Nitrofuryl‐Containing Thiosemicarbazone Gold(I) Compounds: Synthesis, Stability Studies, and Anticancer Activityvon Esteban Rodríguez‐Arce et al. · 20.09.2023 The synthesis of four gold(I) [AuClL] compounds containing chloro and biologically active protonated thiosemicarbazones based on 5-nitrofuryl (L=HSTC) is reported. The cytotoxicity of the gold compounds and thiosemicarbazone ligands was evaluated ag...
ArtikelSurface Passivation of Perovskite Solar Cells with Oxalic Acid: Increased Efficiency and Device Stability
ArtikelDeveloping Amphetamine Certified Reference Materials: from Batch and Continuous‐Flow Synthesis to Certification Protocol
ArtikelIntegration of Isothermal Enzyme‐Free Nucleic Acid Circuits for High‐Performance Biosensing Applications
ArtikelBinuclear Biphenyl Organogold(III) Complexes: Synthesis, Photophysical and Theoretical Investigation, and Anticancer Activityvon Valerio Giuso et al. · 13.09.2023 Four binuclear Au(III) complexes have been synthetized using non-chelating bidentate ligands. When a chelating ligand was used, a digold salt was obtained resulting from the chelation of the diphosphine ligand on one Au moiety and a [(C^C)AuCl2]− an...
ArtikelEarly Organic Chemistry in Kyiv: Serhii Mykolayovych Reformatskyi (1860–1934) and his Name Reaction*von David E. · 13.09.2023 Serhiy Mikolaevich Reformats'kiy (1867–1934) (Russian, Sergei Nikolaevich Reformatsky) was one of the founding fathers of organic chemistry in Ukraine. His eponymous reaction, between α-halozinc esters and aldehydes and ketones to give β-hyroxyester...
ArtikelHost‐Guest Complexes of Pillar[5]arene as Components for Supramolecular Light‐Harvesting Systems with Tunable Fluorescencevon Xiuxiu Li et al. · 12.09.2023 A supramolecular light-harvesting system with high donor/acceptor ratio has been constructed from pillar[5]arene-based host-guest complex in water. The system exhibits tunable fluorescence emission and can be used as fluorescent ink for information ...
ArtikelFabrication of Hyperbranched Photomechanical Crystals Composed of a Photochromic Diarylethenevon Mami Isobe et al. · 12.09.2023 The cover feature image shows the sublimation process of 1,2-bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene on a concave surface of a spherical glass substrate, on which the branched hollow crystals are densely produced. These crystals can make th...
ArtikelInfluence of Coordination to Silver(I) Centers on the Activity of Heterocyclic Iodonium Salts Serving as Halogen‐Bond‐Donating Catalysts
ArtikelModular Synthesis of Phosphino Hydrazones and Their Use as Ligands in a Palladium‐Catalysed Cu‐Free Sonogashira Cross‐Coupling Reactionvon Saral Baweja et al. · 31.08.2023 Unlocking the potential of phosphino hydrazones: Harnessing the power of hydrazone condensation to synthesise phosphino hydrazone ligands from 3-(diphenylphosphino)propanal and commercially available aryl hydrazines and studying their palladium comp...
ArtikelGold‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Transformation of Hydroxylated Propargylic Estersvon Carlos D. et al. · 21.08.2023 A one-pot transformation of hydroxylated propargylic benzoate into chiral ketones featuring an O-heterocycle is realized via sequential gold catalysis and basic hydrolysis. The gold chemistry entails tandem 3,3-sigmatropic rearrangement and asymmetr...
ArtikelBottom‐up Synthesis of Nanosheets at Various Interfacesvon Koki Sasaki et al. · 21.08.2023 The cover feature image shows the industrial production of nanosheets. First, the ingredients are poured into the continuously stirred tank reactor. The reacted solution is separated at the next tank. The suspension of nanosheets is centrifuged, and...
ArtikelPhoto‐Lipids: Light‐Sensitive Nano‐Switches to Control Membrane Propertiesvon Larissa Socrier et al. · 21.08.2023 Photo-lipids: trans or cis ? The cover image represents AFM micrographs of phase-separated supported lipid bilayers containing an azobenzene-derived photo-lipid (top & bottom rows). The light-induced isomerization of the azobenzene allows ...
ArtikelSolvent‐Free Aerobic Oxidative Cleavage of Methyl Oleate to Biobased Aldehydes over Mechanochemically Synthesized Supported AgAu Nanoparticlesvon Rafael T. et al. · 16.08.2023 A green solvent-free aerobic conversion of methyl oleate, represented by an oily droplet, to biobased aldehydes, represented by octanal and nonanal molecules by mechanochemically synthesized bimetallic nanoalloys of AgAu supported on silica. Abstr...
ArtikelControlled Supramolecular Assemblies of Chiral Cyclometalated Gold (III) Amphiphiles in Aqueous Mediavon Aries Kwok‐Heung et al. · 10.08.2023 The first chiral gold (III) amphiphile enables chiral supramolecular assembly in aqueous media, confirmed by circular dichroic and electron microscopy, with potential supramolecular helicity enhancement controlled by packing parameters of the amphip...
ArtikelSilver and Gold Pillarplex Pseudorotaxanes from α,ω‐Dicarboxylic Acidsvon Alexandra A. et al. · 19.07.2023 The encapsulation of α,ω-dicarboxylic acids into Ag(I) and Au(I) pillarplexes is discussed in this work, including the particularly interesting pore alignment of the pillarplex cations in the solid state dependent on the length of the guest, which p...
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