ChemistryEuropePub Date : 2025-04-03DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500029
Mads G. Rasmussen, Giorgia Masciotta, Kasper H. Hansen, Andreas Erichsen, Gustav Schjær Hummelshøj, Panagiota Kalomoiri, Sebastian Meier, Sophie R. Beeren
{"title":"Fluorescent Probe for δ-Cyclodextrin Enables Guest Encapsulation Studies via an Indicator Displacement Assay","authors":"Mads G. Rasmussen, Giorgia Masciotta, Kasper H. Hansen, Andreas Erichsen, Gustav Schjær Hummelshøj, Panagiota Kalomoiri, Sebastian Meier, Sophie R. Beeren","doi":"10.1002/ceur.202500029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Molecular containers are important tools to enhance the solubility and stability of bioactive compounds in water, and new macrocyclic scaffolds will expand the range of guests that can be encapsulated. α-, β-, and γ-Cyclodextrin (CD), and derivatives thereof, are widely utilized for the complexation of active ingredients in product formulation, but large-ring CDs, formed from more than eight glucose units, have been little explored due to a lack of availability. The recent development of a multi-gram synthesis of δ-CD (formed from nine glucopyranose units) means that this larger CD could now become a viable candidate for encapsulation of previously untargetable guests. Herein, it is reported that a bolaamphiphile with pyranine headgroups can act as a fluorescent probe for sensing of δ-CD. Binding studies using fluorescence and NMR spectroscopy, as well as molecular dynamics simulations, reveal that partial unfolding of the bolaamphiphile upon binding to δ-CD leads to fluorescence enhancement. It is showcased how this fluorescent probe can be implemented in an indicator displacement assay to detect host–guest interactions with δ-CD. This proof-of-principle study paves the way forward toward high- throughput optical assays to screen libraries of bioactive guests and realize the potential of δ-CD as a newly accessible molecular container.</p>","PeriodicalId":100234,"journal":{"name":"ChemistryEurope","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceur.202500029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143949999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemistryEuropePub Date : 2025-04-03DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500002
Dr. Boram Park, Dr. Iwona Nierengarten, Dr. Jean-François Nierengarten
{"title":"Mechanochemical Synthesis of Pillar[5]arene-based [c2]Daisy Chain Rotaxanes","authors":"Dr. Boram Park, Dr. Iwona Nierengarten, Dr. Jean-François Nierengarten","doi":"10.1002/ceur.202500002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The solvent-free mechanochemical acylation of pillar[5]arene-based daisy chain monomers bearing either an alcohol or an amine function has been investigated in details. These chemical transformations have been also carried out in solution for comparison purposes. Whereas stoppered [<i>c</i>2]daisy chain derivatives have been obtained from the amine monomer whatever the conditions, stoppered [<i>c</i>2]daisy chain derivatives could be only obtained from the corresponding alcohol under mechanochemical conditions. In this particular case, concentration effects are clearly beneficial when the reactions are performed under solvent-free conditions as daisy chain assemblies are effectively present in the solid state despite the very weak affinity of the 11-hydroxy-undecyl subunit for the pillar[5]arene moiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":100234,"journal":{"name":"ChemistryEurope","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceur.202500002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AzUlene-Fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis, Structural, Optical, and Electrochemical Properties of Azuleno[2,1-a]phenalenones","authors":"Taku Shoji, Naoko Sakata, Ryunosuke Ishikawa, Shigeki Mori, Tetsuo Okujima, Ryuta Sekiguchi, Shunji Ito","doi":"10.1002/ceur.202500039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500039","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The preparation of 2-arylazulenes possessing 1-naphthyl substructure is achieved via Suzuki–Miyaura coupling with various arylboronic acids. Intramolecular cyclization using Brønsted acids is examined, yielding azulene-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, that is, azuleno[2,1-<i>a</i>]phenalenones, in high yields. The optical properties of azuleno[2,1-<i>a</i>]phenalenones are characterized by UV/vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, revealing halochromic behavior and significant fluorescence under acidic conditions. Electrochemical properties are also assessed using voltammetry and spectroelectrochemical experiments, identifying compounds with remarkable electrochromic behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":100234,"journal":{"name":"ChemistryEurope","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceur.202500039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemistryEuropePub Date : 2025-03-27DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500045
Andrej Kolarovič, Pavol Jakubec
{"title":"Chemoselective or Regioselective?","authors":"Andrej Kolarovič, Pavol Jakubec","doi":"10.1002/ceur.202500045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500045","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Over the past two decades, there has been a notable increase in the number of reactions that have been classified as chemoselective and/or regioselective. It is somewhat surprising that neither of these terms is clearly defined, as this often leads to conflicting and confusing designations and makes it challenging to report the results coherently. This perspective presents a brief overview of the origin and evolution of both of these appellations, with specific examples illustrating the problems arising from the current definitions recommended by IUPAC in 2021. It also proposes definitions for the terms chemoselectivity and regioselectivity that will allow an unambiguous description of the observed reaction selectivity. The proposed refinement of nomenclature is exemplified by a variety of chemical transformations.</p>","PeriodicalId":100234,"journal":{"name":"ChemistryEurope","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceur.202500045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemistryEuropePub Date : 2025-03-27DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500006
Shashank Tripathi, Sidharam P. Pujari, Manoah Romkes, Fedor M. Miloserdov, Hongwei Zhou, Han Zuilhof
{"title":"Mechanochemical Enantiospecific Syntheses of Sulfonimidate Esters and Sulfonimidamides by Various S(VI) Exchange Reactions","authors":"Shashank Tripathi, Sidharam P. Pujari, Manoah Romkes, Fedor M. Miloserdov, Hongwei Zhou, Han Zuilhof","doi":"10.1002/ceur.202500006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500006","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Mechanochemical S(VI) exchange reactions are developed on chiral S(VI)–F and S(VI)–Cl centers that are fast, solvent–free, high–yielding, and enantiospecific. This approach is used to synthesize a range of sulfonimidate esters and sulfonimidamides from sulfonimidoyl fluorides and chlorides under mild reaction conditions. The broad scope of this method is demonstrated by its successful reactivity with a range of phenols and both primary and secondary anilines. Furthermore, substitution in 4–nitrophenol-derived S(VI) species with substituted phenols (SuPhenEx) is successfully achieved. This approach is faster, greener, and reduces the need for the formation of fluorinated species, while retaining many of the advantages of SuFEx and related S(VI) substitution reactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":100234,"journal":{"name":"ChemistryEurope","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceur.202500006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemistryEuropePub Date : 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500004
Weicong Liang, Genyuan Ou, Bing Li, Peifen Liu, Wenju Fan, Minghui Ye, Cheng Chao Li
{"title":"Self-Assembled Janus Layers on Zinc Interface to Repel Water Molecules and Polyiodides toward Long-Life Aqueous Zinc Iodine Batteries","authors":"Weicong Liang, Genyuan Ou, Bing Li, Peifen Liu, Wenju Fan, Minghui Ye, Cheng Chao Li","doi":"10.1002/ceur.202500004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Aqueous zinc iodine (Zn//I<sub>2</sub>) batteries have garnered widespread attention due to their high theoretical specific capacity and high safety. However, the corrosion of Zn metal anodes, induced by H<sub>2</sub>O molecules and polyiodides, leads to a short cycling life. Herein, 4-tert-Butylcalix[6]arene (TBCX)-based Janus molecular layers, self-assembled on Zn interface, are utilized to inhibit hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and confine polyiodides, thereby stabilizing the Zn anode and achieving a long-life Zn//I<sub>2</sub> battery. The hydrophobic tertiary butyl (<span></span>C(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>) functional groups in the TBCX layers repel H<sub>2</sub>O molecules, depressing the HER. Significantly, the H<sub>2</sub> evolution rate at the Zn@TBCX anode is reduced to 0.7 μmol h<sup>−1</sup> cm<sup>−2</sup>. Additionally, the hydroxyl (<span></span>OH) functional groups in TBCX, with their lone pair electrons, demonstrate a polar affinity for polyiodides, preventing them from reaching the Zn interface and thus suppressing Zn corrosion induced by polyiodides. Furthermore, the zincophilic TBCX layer also acts as an ionic redistributor, enabling rapid and homogeneous Zn<sup>2+</sup> flux. Owing to these attributes, the symmetric Zn@TBCX cell can cycle stably for 2200 h at 5 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>, and Zn@TBCX//I<sub>2</sub> full cells deliver an extended lifespan of 6000 cycles at 5 A g<sup>−1</sup> with a high capacity retention ratio of 98.8%.</p>","PeriodicalId":100234,"journal":{"name":"ChemistryEurope","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceur.202500004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemistryEuropePub Date : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500005
Ricardo Rodiño, Felipe Verdugo, José L. Mascareñas, Fernando López
{"title":"Palladium-Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloadditions of Alkylidenecyclopropanes to Imines: A Direct Approach to Pyrrolidine Scaffolds","authors":"Ricardo Rodiño, Felipe Verdugo, José L. Mascareñas, Fernando López","doi":"10.1002/ceur.202500005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Alkylidenecyclopropanes (ACPs) can work as versatile 3 C partners in a range of [3+<i>n</i>] cycloadditions with unsaturated carbon partners. We now demonstrate that they can also be harnessed for inter- and intramolecular palladium-catalyzed [3+2] formal cycloadditions with imines, offering a straightforward approach to constructing a diverse array of pyrrolidine scaffolds. The best results for the intermolecular variants are obtained using electron deficient imine partners, while the use of oxime ethers proved to be key for the intramolecular cases, which produce bicyclic pyrrolidine scaffolds. We also report preliminary results on enantioselective variants using palladium complexes bearing chiral phosphoramidite ligands. Finally, a DFT analysis provides relevant mechanistic insights, suggesting that the reactions proceed via pallada-ene type of processes between initially generated palladacyclobutane and the C=N double bond of the imine partner.</p>","PeriodicalId":100234,"journal":{"name":"ChemistryEurope","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceur.202500005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemistryEuropePub Date : 2025-03-18DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202400111
Dennis Reinhard, Sven M. Elbert, Wen-Shan Zhang, Frank Rominger, Rasmus R. Schröder, Michael Mastalerz
{"title":"Dead Ends and Detours Towards a Rigid Hexasalicylic Aldehyde Precursor for Triptycene-Based Porous Materials","authors":"Dennis Reinhard, Sven M. Elbert, Wen-Shan Zhang, Frank Rominger, Rasmus R. Schröder, Michael Mastalerz","doi":"10.1002/ceur.202400111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202400111","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The synthesis of a rigid hexakis(salicylaldehyde) precursor for porous organic metal salphens based on triptycene is presented. Synthetic approaches, their failures and how to learn from these to circumvent those and finally reach the synthetic goal is discussed. First tests to convert this new rigid building block into organic molecules of intrinsic microporsity (OMIM) by making a hexakis nickelsalphen complex as well as a metal-assisted salphen organic framework (MaSOF) are presented. Their properties as porous materials have been studied and compared to materials based on similar but more flexible building blocks.</p>","PeriodicalId":100234,"journal":{"name":"ChemistryEurope","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceur.202400111","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemistryEuropePub Date : 2025-03-12DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500001
Ming Hou, Yuanrui Wang, Hefei Yang, Jiajun Zhang, Prof. Dr. Xiao-Feng Wu
{"title":"Photo-Promoted Nitrogen-Centered Radical Mediated Intermolecular Aminative Carbonylation of Tertiary Allyl Alcohols to Access β-Amino Ketones through (Hetero)Aryl Migration","authors":"Ming Hou, Yuanrui Wang, Hefei Yang, Jiajun Zhang, Prof. Dr. Xiao-Feng Wu","doi":"10.1002/ceur.202500001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Carbon monoxide, as a crucial C1 synthon, has been widely used in the difunctionalization of alkenes. Additionally, nitrogen-centered radicals (NCRs) are also effective intermediates for constructing C−N bonds. Herein, a nitrogen-centered radical-mediated aminative carbonylation strategy for producing <i>β</i>-amino ketones from tertiary allyl alcohols has been disclosed. Good yields of <i>β</i>-amino ketones with different functional groups were generated effectively under light irradiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":100234,"journal":{"name":"ChemistryEurope","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceur.202500001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemistryEuropePub Date : 2025-03-12DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202400107
Dr. Arthur H. G. David, Prof. Juan M. Cuerva, Dr. Victor Blanco
{"title":"Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Rotaxanes and Catenanes","authors":"Dr. Arthur H. G. David, Prof. Juan M. Cuerva, Dr. Victor Blanco","doi":"10.1002/ceur.202400107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202400107","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rotaxanes and catenanes have proven to be key structures in the development of artificial molecular machines with a variety of applications. Among them, the study and modulation of optical properties, mainly light emission, have been widely explored. The growing interest in chiral mechanically interlocked molecules has enabled this research interest to be extended to chiroptical properties, in particular to the study of circularly polarized luminescence. In this review, we discuss the progress on this topic, from seminal examples to the growing number of examples reported in very recent years. Both rotaxanes and catenanes with a fixed or static CPL response are reviewed, but also designs that exploit the switching mechanisms enabled by these interlocked architectures to modulate and switch their CPL response both in solution and/or in the aggregate or solid state.</p>","PeriodicalId":100234,"journal":{"name":"ChemistryEurope","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceur.202400107","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}