Chemical recordPub Date : 2025-05-12DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202580501
Dr. Jagadeesh Krishnan, Mr. Kaja Sahib, Ms. Keerthana G. Nair, Mr. Arshad Jouhar T, Dr. Rony Rajan Paul
{"title":"Cover Picture: Advances in the Synthetic Utility of Difluorocarbene Generated from TMSCF3 (Ruppert-Prakash Reagent) and Its Derivatives (Chem. Rec. 5/2025)","authors":"Dr. Jagadeesh Krishnan, Mr. Kaja Sahib, Ms. Keerthana G. Nair, Mr. Arshad Jouhar T, Dr. Rony Rajan Paul","doi":"10.1002/tcr.202580501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202580501","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The cover image visually represents the generation and utility of difluorocarbene from the Ruppert-Prakash reagent and its derivatives. The cloud on the top of the figure represents the Ruppert Prakash reagent and its derivatives. The lightning (mild bases) generates the difluorocarbene (:CF<sub>2</sub>) that combines with a wide variety of organic molecules to give medicinally important fluorinated scaffolds. More details can be found in article number e202400243 by Jagadeesh Krishnan, Rony Rajan Paul, and co-workers. (DOl: 10.1002/tcr.202400243.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":10046,"journal":{"name":"Chemical record","volume":"25 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/tcr.202580501","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143939400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chemical recordPub Date : 2025-05-08DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202500029
Fatemeh Doraghi, Mohammad Hossein Morshedsolouk, Niki Raisi, Tolou Hosseinifar, Milad Noori, Bagher Larijani, Mohammad Mahdavi
{"title":"Transition Metal-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation Reactions.","authors":"Fatemeh Doraghi, Mohammad Hossein Morshedsolouk, Niki Raisi, Tolou Hosseinifar, Milad Noori, Bagher Larijani, Mohammad Mahdavi","doi":"10.1002/tcr.202500029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202500029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transition-metal-catalyzed aminocarbonylation reactions using low-cost and accessible CO gas as a C1 building block and amine as a nucleophile have been widely used to prepare amides, which are broadly exist in bioactive drugs, natural products, and polymers. This type of reaction has also been applied to construct various biologically active heterocycles. In this review, we highlight aminocarbonylation reactions involving amine and CO under various transition metal catalysis systems (palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, iron, copper, and cobalt) over the past decade.</p>","PeriodicalId":10046,"journal":{"name":"Chemical record","volume":" ","pages":"e202500029"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143970519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Representative Progress of Surface Coating Technology.","authors":"Haoran Sun, Bohan Song, Xiaomin Sun, Xinqi Cui, Zexian Liu, Meng Cong, Mingyuan Sun, Zimeng Zhu, Yuchuan Tian, Shuyu Liu, Ping Xu, Bing Dai, Lei Wang","doi":"10.1002/tcr.202500054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202500054","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Surface coating technologies have become fundamental in modern industrial development, offering effective methods to enhance material surface properties while maintaining bulk characteristics. These technologies span from traditional methods like electroplating to advanced techniques such as physical vapor deposition (PVD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and atomic layer deposition (ALD), serving crucial functions in corrosion protection, wear resistance, and various specialized applications across industries. The field has witnessed significant advancement in both process sophistication and application scope, driven by increasing demands for enhanced material performance and environmental sustainability. The integration of nanotechnology and smart materials has led to the development of multifunctional coatings with unprecedented properties, while emerging technologies (such as smart manufacturing and biomedical coatings) like cold spray and biomimetic surface modification continue to expand the possibilities for surface engineering applications. Bearing it in mind, we would like to offer a timely and concisely summary for the recent representative progress of surface coating technology, hoping to provide basic understanding and fundamental guidance for the development of the field.</p>","PeriodicalId":10046,"journal":{"name":"Chemical record","volume":" ","pages":"e202500054"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143975164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chemical recordPub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202500043
Curt Wentrup
{"title":"The Gold-Maker of Animal Oil and Prussian Blue Fame - The Chemical and Medicinal Science Philosophy of Johann Conrad Dippel.","authors":"Curt Wentrup","doi":"10.1002/tcr.202500043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202500043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Johann Conrad Dippel (1673-1734) was a theologian, a physician, and a (probably autodidactic) chemist. He had no viable scientific theory, dismissed atomism and relentlessly attacked the rational philosophies of Descartes, Spinoza, Hobbes, Leibniz, and Wolff as a radical Pietist, for whom body and mind constitute an inseparable whole. By implication he rejected Newton, but accepted Aristotle partially. He vehemently rejected Descartes' animal (man)-machine and therefore also Boerhaave's nervous machine. His claim of gold-making was the probable reason for his call to Berlin, where he prepared not gold but his animal pyrolysis oil (Dippel's oil) by pyrolysis of blood, leading to the co-discovery of Prussian blue. Later he made impossible promises of gold-making to Denmark's King Frederik IV. His wonder-balm was claimed to heal all wounds, including that caused by a nail hammered into a dog's skull. His phytomedicines were derived from Galen and Dioscorides; his chemical medicines from Paracelsus and Valentine. He denied the possibility of establishing general rules for medicine and did not express an opinion on the leading chemical theory, the phlogiston. In the absence of any plausible chemical and medicinal theories, Dippel relied on the almighty God, to guide him to produce gold and a medicinal arcanum.</p>","PeriodicalId":10046,"journal":{"name":"Chemical record","volume":" ","pages":"e202500043"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143978410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chemical recordPub Date : 2025-04-29DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202500049
Ivana M Perović, Stefan D Mitrović, Snežana M Brković, Igor A Pašti
{"title":"Advances in Nickel-Based Catalysts for Alkaline Water Electrolysis: Comprehensive Review of Current Research Direction for HER and OER Applications.","authors":"Ivana M Perović, Stefan D Mitrović, Snežana M Brković, Igor A Pašti","doi":"10.1002/tcr.202500049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202500049","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nickel-based catalysts are among the most promising materials for electrocatalytic water splitting, particularly for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline media. Their abundance, cost-effectiveness, and tunable electrochemical properties make them attractive alternatives to precious metal catalysts. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of the advancements in nickel-based catalysts, including pure nickel, alloys, oxides, hydroxides, and spinels, emphasizing their synthesis methods, structural properties, and electrocatalytic performance. Recent nanostructuring, doping, and hybridization innovations with conductive supports have significantly enhanced catalytic activity, stability, and efficiency. Despite notable progress, challenges remain in improving long-term durability, minimizing surface degradation, and scaling up production for industrial applications. Addressing these limitations through advanced catalyst design, in situ characterization, and integration with renewable energy sources will be crucial for widely adopting nickel-based catalysts in sustainable hydrogen production. This review highlights the key developments and future directions in the field, underscoring the role of nickel-based materials in enabling the hydrogen economy and global decarbonization efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":10046,"journal":{"name":"Chemical record","volume":" ","pages":"e202500049"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143986661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transition Metal-Catalyzed Direct Functionalization of Carbazoles.","authors":"Vikash Kumar, Sivakumar Sudharsan, Lusina Mantry, Rajaram Maayuri, Malati Das, Parthasarathy Gandeepan","doi":"10.1002/tcr.202500042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202500042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Carbazoles are an important class of nitrogen-containing heterocycles found in diverse natural products, bioactive molecules, and functional materials. Their broader applications have driven extensive research into their synthesis and functionalization. Among various approaches, transition metal-catalyzed C-H activation has emerged as a powerful tool for direct functionalization, offering regioselectivity, efficiency, and sustainability. This review comprehensively summarizes advancements in transition metal-catalyzed C-H functionalization of carbazoles. Various catalytic systems employing palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, nickel, cobalt, copper, and iron have enabled alkylation, alkenylation, acylation, arylation, alkynylation, and heteroatom incorporation in carbazoles. These methodologies enabled late-stage diversification and have opened avenues for accessing structurally complex carbazole derivatives with tailored properties. The review aims to provide a comprehensive guide for researchers exploring carbazole functionalization via C-H activation, highlighting key mechanistic insights, scope, and emerging trends in this field.</p>","PeriodicalId":10046,"journal":{"name":"Chemical record","volume":" ","pages":"e202500042"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143978607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances in Electrocatalyzed Water Oxidation by Molecular Complexes of First Row Transition Metals","authors":"Chiara Lenzi, Andrea Masetti, Isacco Gualandi, Erika Scavetta, Luca Rigamonti, Rita Mazzoni","doi":"10.1002/tcr.202400266","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tcr.202400266","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Energy transition toward sustainable, alternative, and affordable solutions is likely to be one of the major challenges of the anthropocene era. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a pivotal electrocatalytic process essential for advancing renewable energy conversion and storage technologies, including water splitting, artificial photosynthesis, metal-air batteries, and fuel cells. Electrocatalytic pathways can significantly reduce the overall energy requirements of these devices, particularly focusing on the energy demands associated with water splitting for hydrogen production. This review, after introducing the state of the art in heterogeneous catalysis, will be devoted to the description of molecular water oxidation electrocatalysts (MWOCs), focusing on the recent advancements on catalysts composed of various metals, including Mn, Co, Cu, Ni, and Fe, in combination with a range of mono- and multidentate ligands. Critical insights are presented and discussed to provide readers with suggestions for ligand design in assisted catalysis. These observations aim to identify synergistic solutions that could enhance technological maturity by reducing energy absorption while improving stability and efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":10046,"journal":{"name":"Chemical record","volume":"25 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/tcr.202400266","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143986503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chemical recordPub Date : 2025-04-24DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202400253
Tao Pan, Yingying Wang, Sicong Zhang, Dianhui Wang, Qing Li, Huan Pang
{"title":"MOF-Based Electrocatalysts for Water Electrolysis, Energy Storage, and Sensing: Progress and Insights","authors":"Tao Pan, Yingying Wang, Sicong Zhang, Dianhui Wang, Qing Li, Huan Pang","doi":"10.1002/tcr.202400253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202400253","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their derivatives have shown broad application prospects in fields such as water electrolysis, electrochemical energy storage, and sensing due to their high specific surface area, tunable structures, and abundant active sites. This article provides a comprehensive overview of our research group′s recent advancements in developing MOF-based electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) and Urea Oxidation Reaction (UOR) at anodes, as well as Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) at cathodes during water electrolysis. Furthermore, we have integrated these catalysts into practical applications, including metal-air batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, and non-enzymatic glucose sensors. To further demonstrate the innovative contributions of our work, we systematically compare it with the advanced work by other groups. Based on these findings and performance benchmarking analyses, we identify critical challenges that must be addressed to advance MOFs-based electrocatalysts toward next-generation energy conversion and sensing.</p>","PeriodicalId":10046,"journal":{"name":"Chemical record","volume":"25 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143939319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Advances in Fluorination Reactions via De-Carboxylative and De-Oxygenative Strategies: A Perspective.","authors":"Nikita Goel, Poonam Kumari, Gunjan, Arushi Phillips, Sunita Bhagat","doi":"10.1002/tcr.202500068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202500068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Organic fluorine compounds encompass a vast and diverse variety of species that possess unique biological activity due to the presence of fluorine atoms. Fluorine is highly electronegative, increases the lipophilicity (fat-solubility) and hydrophobicity (water-repellent nature) of molecules, often exhibit remarkable chemical and thermal stability. This is especially useful in drug design, as it can improve the bioavailability of pharmaceutical compounds and help them interact more effectively with biological membranes. The growing demand for fluorinated compounds in materials science, agrochemicals, and medicine has made selective fluorine incorporation into organic molecules a challenging but necessary component of modern organic synthesis. Development of C-F building blocks are invaluable in organic synthesis due to their ability to impart chemical stability, selectivity, and reactivity to organic molecules. This article provides a detailed analysis of two popular fluorination processes: deoxyfluorination and decarboxyfluorination. Deoxyfluorination is the process of enhancing the physicochemical properties of molecules by replacing hydroxyl groups with fluorine atoms. Decarboxyfluorination is a type of chemical reaction where transformation of carboxylic acid derivatives into fluorinated compounds. The various fluorinating reagents, mechanistic processes, synthetic uses and substrate scope are covered in this section. When combined, these novel transformation strategies provide effective and focused approaches to the production of C-F bonds, offering useful resources for obtaining fluorinated compounds. This review mainly focuses on the construction of fluorinated compounds via deoxygenative and decarboxylative fluorination since 2011. We hope this review offers a useful conceptual overview and inspires further advancements in the efficient construction of C-F bond.</p>","PeriodicalId":10046,"journal":{"name":"Chemical record","volume":" ","pages":"e202500068"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143974718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chemical recordPub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202400204
Jeffrey I. Seeman
{"title":"Woodward and Hoffmann. Hoffmann and Woodward. A Close Collaboration Had Yet to Begin**","authors":"Jeffrey I. Seeman","doi":"10.1002/tcr.202400204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202400204","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 1965, R. B. Woodward and Roald Hoffmann published five communications in the <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i> in which they outlined the mechanisms of electrocyclizations, cycloadditions, and sigmatropic reactions – today known as the Woodward-Hoffmann rules. Over the next several years, the organic chemistry community rushed to test the validity of the W−H rules and expand the range of reactions covered by them. Meanwhile, Woodward and Hoffmann were besieged with invitations to lecture and write expositions on these concepts. In this publication, I present an analysis of Woodward and Hoffmann's next publications in 1966 and 1967 on the W−H rules. Two of these publications were based on lectures Woodward or Hoffmann presented in late 1965 and 1966. I also discuss their own continuing research on the topic in this time period (all by Hoffmann; none by Woodward). I conclude that the assumed intimate collaboration of Woodward and Hoffmann had actually not yet begun.</p>","PeriodicalId":10046,"journal":{"name":"Chemical record","volume":"25 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/tcr.202400204","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143939575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}