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  • Palladium-catalysed asymmetric annulations of Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates with allenes or alkenes via migratory insertion
    by Jin-Yu Huang
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06910F, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jin-Yu Huang, Xin-Ting Qin, Han-Wen Rao, Zhi-Chao Chen, Lei Zhu, Qin Ouyang, Wei Du, Ying-Chun ChenAs one of the most versatile intermediates in organic synthesis, π-allylpalladium complexes have been extensively exploited in allylic alkylation reaction with a wide range of nucleophiles. In contrast, their engagement…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Intelligent Molecular Logic Computing Toolkits: Nucleic Acid-Based Construction, Functionality, and Enhanced Biosensing Applications
    by Yaxue Hu
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06176H, Review Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yaxue Hu, Jinghui Zhang, Ke Shen, Wei Shen, Hian Kee Lee, Sheng TangMolecular logic computing is revolutionizing biosensing by enabling intelligent, programmable detection, moving beyond simple target recognition to advanced molecular-level information processing. By employing biological molecules such as DNA/RNA, proteins/enzymes, or…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Reconstruction chemistry of electrocatalysts under working conditions
    by Hui Chen
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06605K, Review Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Hui Chen, Lina Wang, Muhan Na, Xiaoxin ZouReconstruction is a common phenomenon in electrocatalytic processes, playing a critical role in determining catalytic activity and stability. With growing fundamental understanding of reconstruction chemistry, the deliberate regulation of reconstruction…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Synergistic spin effects in medium-entropy Ni-Fe-Mn-Ce oxyhydroxides for seawater oxidation
    by Li-Yuan Xiao
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC05118E, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Li-Yuan Xiao, Xue Bai, Zhenlu Wang, Jingqi GuanEfficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysis is essential for advancing sustainable seawater electrolysis. In this work, a high-performance Ni-Fe-Mn-Ce medium-entropy oxyhydroxide is constructed via in situ electrochemical reconstruction…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Recent advances in mono- and multi-nuclear photoluminescent Cu(I) complexes with nitrogen containing ligands and their stimuli responsiveness
    by Alessandra Forni
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC04685H, Review Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Alessandra Forni, Daniele Malpicci, Elena Lucenti, Luca Zecchinello, Alessia Colombo, Elena CariatiLuminescent Cu(I)-derivatives represent a highly desirable alternative to their noble metal analogues in view of copper relative abundance and low environmental concerns, while maintaining large color tunability, high quantum yield…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • High-Performance Room-Temperature Molecular Switches Enabled by Resonant Tunnelling in Dithia-porphyrins
    by Kavita Garg
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC04840K, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Kavita Garg, Nikshay Bisht, Praveen C. RamamurthyAchieving stable and reproducible single-molecule switches at room temperature remains a key challenge in molecular electronics. Conventional porphyrins, while attractive for their conjugated framework and versatile redox chemistry, often exhibit…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Oxidation of C-H and O-H Bonds by a Copper Complex Inspired by the Cu(II)-Tyrosyl Species Formed in LPMOs
    by David D Hebert
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC07166F, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.David D Hebert, Daniel Ye, Issac Garcia-BoschCupric tyrosyl intermediates have been invoked as active oxidants in oxidase and oxygenase Cu-dependent metalloenzymes. Inspired by these natural oxidants, we report the proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactivity of Cu…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Narrowing Emission Spectra Based on Indolocarbazole Molecular Model System: An Experimental and Theoretical Study †
    by Yingbo Lv
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06069A, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yingbo Lv, Jingzhuo Bi, Runting Wang, Zhiqiang Yang, Xinqi Yang, Shuaiqiang Zhao, Shiyin Wang, Haichao Liu, Shi-Tong Zhang, Bing YangTo clarify the structure-property relationship of the narrowed emission spectrum, four indolocarbazole (IDCz) model compounds were designed and synthesized, and their π-conjugated plane size can be adjusted by gradually chemically…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society […]
  • Emergence of Fluorescent Aggregates Through Hierarchical Self-Assembly
    by Maëva Coste
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC04688B, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Maëva Coste, Sébastien UlrichControlling the growth of functional supramolecular nano-structures in aqueous media is a current challenge both for developing soft materials and for understanding the emergence of complex macromolecules by self-organization. We…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Self-doped and planar nitrogen-bay-functionalized perylene diimides: unravelling structure-property relationships
    by Kathryn Wolfe
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06640A, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Kathryn Wolfe, Zachary T Gardner, Zachary Smith, Alexander Harrison, Chad Risko, Gregory Charles WelchBay-functionalized perylene diimides (PDIs) offer a strategy for modulating electronic properties in organic semiconductors but can suffer from core twisting and reduced planarity, leading to compromised π-conjugation and disruption of…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Excitation-dependent circularly polarized luminescence triggered by selective excitation of achiral dichroic dyes in cholesterol liquid crystals
    by Lulu Li
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC07444D, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Lulu Li, Peiting Jiang, Lei Chen, Yang Li, Yixiang ChengExcitation-dependent (ExD) circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) holds great potential for applications in anti-counterfeiting and information encryption due to its low cost, ease of operation, and reversibility.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]
  • A Modular Scaffold for Cellularly-Retained Fluorogenic Probes for Sensitive Cell-Resolved Bioactivity Imaging
    by Philipp Mauker
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC05388A, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Philipp Mauker, Lucas Dessen-Weissenhorn, Carmen Zecha, Nynke Anna Vepřek, Julia Ines Brandmeier, Daniela Beckmann, Annabel Kitowski, Tobias Kernmayr, Julia Thorn-Seshold, Martin Kerschensteiner, Oliver Thorn-SesholdHere, we develop a general design for high-quality fluorogenic activity probes to quantify biochemical processes within live cells, via the release of a fully cell-retained, bright fluorescent soluble product upon…The content of this RSS Feed […]
  • Weakly Solvating Electrolytes: A Solvation-Centric Paradigm for Rechargeable Metal Batteries
    by Mehdi Karbak
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06221G, Review Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mehdi Karbak, Kyungmin Yim, Ying Shirley Meng, Yuyan Shao, Xu WuElectrolyte design has long followed a solvation-first paradigm that prioritizes solvents capable of maximizing salt dissociation and ionic conductivity, while treating interfacial degradation and rheological limitations as secondary constraints. Although…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Dynamics-based transition states reveal solvent cage effect and SN2 transition state motion in Lewis acid catalyzed stereoselective tertiary alcohol nucleophilic substitution reactions
    by Anthony J. Schaefer
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC05616K, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Anthony J. Schaefer, Trevor Mallavia, Daniel H. EssThe stereo-determining nucleophilic attack transition state from the intimate ion pair has significant SN2 character with dynamically coupled nitrogen–carbon bond formation and leaving group ejection.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Design Principles for Photoswitchable Fluorescent Dyads
    by Sili Qiu
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06258F, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sili Qiu , Andrew T. Frawley, Kathryn G. Leslie, Xingyu Qiu, Harry Laurence AndersonPhotoswitchable fluorophores offer precise optical control for advanced imaging, yet the design criteria for an efficient photoswitchable fluorescent dye remain poorly understood. Here, we synthesize four new FRET-based dyads combining…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Sequential oxidative dearomatization/asymmetric homologation: from simple naphthols to chiral benzocycloheptanes
    by Hongkun Zeng
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC05865A, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Hongkun Zeng, Shiyang Li, Lichao Ning, Tao Huang, Xiaoming Feng, Lili LinAn oxidative dearomatization/asymmetric ring-expansion sequential approach is reported to synthesize chiral benzocycloheptanes from unfunctionalized simple β-naphthols under mild reaction conditions. This protocol integrates a copper-catalyzed oxidative dearomatization of β-naphthols, following…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Multi-Technique Characterization of Rhodium Gem-Dicarbonyls on TiO2(110)
    by Moritz Eder
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC04889C, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Moritz Eder, Faith J. Lewis, Johanna I. Hütner, Panukorn Sombut, Maosheng Hao, David Rath, Paul Ryan, Jan Balajka, Margareta Wagner, Matthias Meier, Cesare Franchini, Gianfranco Pacchioni, Ulrike Diebold, Michael Schmid, Florian Libisch, Jiri Pavelec, Gareth ParkinsonGem-dicarbonyls of transition metals supported on metal (oxide) surfaces are common intermediates in heterogeneous catalysis. While infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a standard tool […]
  • Self-sorting systems of photoresponsive polymer micelles: isomerization drives reversible and switchable self-assembly
    by Rikuto Kanno
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06852E, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Rikuto Kanno, Makoto Ouchi, Takaya TerashimaHerein, we report self-sorting systems of photoresponsive polymer micelles obtained from amphiphilic statistical copolymers bearing hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) chains and hydrophobic/photoresponsive azobenzene (Azo) groups. The PEG/Azo copolymers self-folded or…The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Cyclopropylmethyl S-adenosyl-L-methionine: an enzymatic cyclopropylmethyl donor
    by Huimin Zhao
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06767G, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Huimin Zhao, Nanhai Yu, Sican Wang, Min DongAn enzymatic strategy utilizing a cyclopropylmethyl-SAM analogue and engineered methyltransferases enables the late-stage incorporation of cyclopropylmethyl groups into bioactive molecules under mild conditions.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Heterologous expression of an in planta-upregulated gene cluster in the wheat pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum establishes the biosynthesis of methylene-bridged depsides
    by Hera Thao Nguyen
    Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC05442G, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Hera Thao Nguyen, Nicolau Sbaraini, Joe Bracegirdle, Luke Smithers, Stephen A. Moggach, Daniel Vuong, Ernest Lacey, Peter S. Solomon, Joel Haywood, Andrew M Piggott, Yit-Heng ChooiDepsides are polyphenolic natural products commonly found in lichens, but also produced by some free-living fungi. Here, we report the discovery and functional characterisation of an in planta-upregulated biosynthetic gene…The content of this […]

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