Haoxiang Zeng, Ping Zeng, Jinsu Baek, Prof. Byeong-Su Kim, A/Prof. Markus Müllner
{"title":"Frontispiece: Self-Assembly of Amorphous 2D Polymer Nanodiscs with Tuneable Size, pH-Responsive Degradation and Controlled Drug Release","authors":"Haoxiang Zeng, Ping Zeng, Jinsu Baek, Prof. Byeong-Su Kim, A/Prof. Markus Müllner","doi":"10.1002/anie.202581062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202581062","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Amphiphilic bottlebrush block copolymers with hydrophobic brush segments self-assemble into nanodiscs in water. Their size, pH-responsiveness, and drug loading capacity can be controlled. Different hydrolysis rates enable time-dependent degradation and drug release. In their Communication (e202424269), Markus MÃ1/4llner et al. show how the functional nanodisc core can switch from hydrophobic to hydrophilic, allowing loaded cargo to be released.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"64 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202581062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143554668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiang Xue, Hanxi Li, Peng Jin, Xukai Zhou, Feng wang
{"title":"Singlet-Oxygen-Driven Cooperative Photocatalytic Coupling of Biomass Valorization and Hydrogen Peroxide Production Using Covalent Organic Frameworks","authors":"Qiang Xue, Hanxi Li, Peng Jin, Xukai Zhou, Feng wang","doi":"10.1002/anie.202423368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202423368","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional H2O2 photocatalysis primarily depends on photoexcited electrons and holes to drive oxygen reduction and water oxidation, respectively. However, singlet oxygen (1O2), often underappreciated, plays a pivotal role in H2O2 production. Meanwhile, photocatalytic biomass conversion has attracted attention, yet studies combining H2O2 synthesis with biomass valorization remain rare and typically yield low-value products. Herein, we report a strategy of photocatalytic valorization of furfuryl alcohol (FFA) coupled with the efficient co-production of H2O2, enabled by covalent organic frameworks (COFs) induced, 1O2-participated Achmatowicz rearrangement. This study introduces polyimide-based COF-N0-3 with tailored nitrogen content, representing an unprecedently efficient platform for 1O2 production. Remarkably, reducing the nitrogen content of the COF enhances 1O2 production, significantly boosting the H2O2 generation rate. In FFA, the primary pathway for H2O2 production is Achmatowicz rearrangement, achieving a rate ten times higher than that reliant on oxygen reduction reaction in pure water, reaching 4549 μmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹. Mechanism studies revealed 1O2 selectively engaged FFA, bypassing hole oxidation to trigger the Achmatowicz rearrangement, producing valuable 6-hydroxy-(2H)-pyranone with 99% conversion and 92% selectivity. This work establishes a coupling strategy for simultaneoues synthesis of H2O2 and biochemicals, offering a transformative approach to sustainable photocatalysis.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143539094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wei Li, Xiaowei Mu, Sixie Yang, Di Wang, Yonggang Wang, Haoshen Zhou, Ping He
{"title":"Artificial Carbon Neutrality through Aprotic CO2 Splitting","authors":"Wei Li, Xiaowei Mu, Sixie Yang, Di Wang, Yonggang Wang, Haoshen Zhou, Ping He","doi":"10.1002/anie.202422888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202422888","url":null,"abstract":"Global climate change mitigation necessitates global efforts to reduce CO2 emissions. Natural photosynthesis exemplifies an ingenious approach for carbon neutrality, converting CO2 into O2 and glucose through light and dark reactions. Inspired by the hydrogen-involved processes in photosynthesis, we present an aprotic electrochemical strategy for CO2 splitting into O2 and carbon using lithium as a reducing mediator. The designed electrochemical device features a gas cathode with nanoscale Co catalyst and a metallic lithium anode. When CO2 is introduced to the cathode, it undergoes a two-step lithium-related electrochemical reduction, converting it sequentially into Li2CO3 and Li2O. Li2O is then oxidized to produce O2 gas at the expense of renewable electrical energy. This process achieves an impressive O2 yield exceeding 94.7%, significantly outperforming the efficiency of natural photosynthesis. Moreover, the O2 yield can be further increased to 98.6% by employing an optimized RuCo catalyst. Our study offers a new practical and controllable pathway to produce O2 from CO2, strongly promoting the sustainable development of human society for realizing carbon neutral as well as exploring and conquering nature.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143539272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A General and Mild Two-Step Strategy Using Bioderived Diols and CO2 for Chemically Recyclable Polycarbonates and Closed-Loop CO2 Fixation","authors":"Jiaming Tian, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Xin Wang, Zhengbiao Zhang","doi":"10.1002/anie.202423162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202423162","url":null,"abstract":"Developing chemically recyclable polymers using CO2 and sustainable co-feedstocks is an important strategy for achieving carbon-neutral production of new polymers and mitigating plastic pollution. Herein, a series of six-membered cyclic carbonate monomers with different alkyl α-substituents were synthesized using CO2 and bioderived 1,3-alkanediol as raw materials at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization was systematically studied using a range of common and readily available organocatalysts. Phosphazene base (t-BuP2) was identified as the most effective catalyst, offering excellent control over the entire polymerization. The regioselectivity of the synthesized polycarbonates, ranged from 0.74 to 0.99, with the highest value achieved when the side group was isopropyl (highest steric hindrance). Notably, the α-substituent in the mono-mers reduced the ring strains, allowing the resulting polycarbonates to be fully recycled to the monomers without decarboxylation. The recycling process effectively traps CO2 in a closed loop between monomers and polymers, preventing its release into the atmosphere. The alkyl side groups enhanced the hydrophobicity of the polycarbonates, thereby reducing the likelihood of CO2 release through hydrolysis during their lifecycle, achieving a robust CO2 closed-loop fixation. The utility of CO2-APCs as adhesives and the ability of copolymerization with L-lactide (L-LA) were explored.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143546994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Han Liu, Luting Tang, Tengfei Li, Fan Yi, Wenyan Su, Kai Xiang, Bitao Dong, Ze-Fan Yao, Ke Wang, Tianyu Hu, Zhaozhao Bi, Hairui Bai, Jianhua Chen, Xunchang Wang, Yuhang Liu, Ruijie Ma, Manjun Xiao, Wei Ma, Qunping Fan
{"title":"Hybrid Linking Sites Constructed Non-Fully Conjugated Asymmetric Dimerized Giant Molecule Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells with an Efficiency of ~20%","authors":"Han Liu, Luting Tang, Tengfei Li, Fan Yi, Wenyan Su, Kai Xiang, Bitao Dong, Ze-Fan Yao, Ke Wang, Tianyu Hu, Zhaozhao Bi, Hairui Bai, Jianhua Chen, Xunchang Wang, Yuhang Liu, Ruijie Ma, Manjun Xiao, Wei Ma, Qunping Fan","doi":"10.1002/anie.202503721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202503721","url":null,"abstract":"Linking-site engineering, used to graft two or more monomers, are crucial for achieving high-performance Y-series giant molecule acceptors (Y-GMAs). However, the reported Y-GMAs all use a single-typed linking site, making it difficult to finely-tune their optoelectronic properties. Herein, we develop a non-fully conjugated Y-GMA (named 2Y-we), with hybrid linking sites at the wing and end-group of monomers, to combine the respective advantages of the wing and end-group site linked counterparts. Compared to its parental monomer, 2Y-we shows different intermolecular interaction, crystallinity, packing, and glass transition temperature, allowing optimized active layer morphology (including appropriate phase separation and ordered molecular packing) and stability. Consequently, the D18/2Y-we-based organic solar cells (OSCs) obtain an improved power-conversion-efficiency (PCE) of 17.4% with both higher open-circuit voltage (VOC) and short-circuit current density (JSC), due to the reduced energy loss and efficient exciton dissociation. Inspired by its high VOC×JSC, 2Y-we is introduced into D18:L8-BO to fabricate ternary devices. Thanks to the further optimized morphology and improved charge transport, the ternary OSCs achieve a superior PCE of 19.9%, which is the highest value among the reported non-fully conjugated Y-GMAs. Our developed hybrid linking-site engineering for constructing high-performance Y-GMAs offers an approach to boost device efficiency.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143532416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modulating Electron Transfer via Cerium Photocatalysis for Alkoxy Radical-Mediated Selective Hydroetherification","authors":"Peng Li, Lingfei Duan, Yunzhi Lin, Lingling Chu, Qing An, Zhiwei Zuo","doi":"10.1002/anie.202501949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202501949","url":null,"abstract":"We present a ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT)-enabled catalytic platform utilizing cerium(IV) benzoate complexes to address the long-standing challenge of directly coupling free alcohols with electron-rich alkenes, overcoming inherent polarity mismatches. This approach effectively circumvents the typical selectivity in single-electron transfer processes, enabling the selective generation of electrophilic alkoxy radicals from free alcohols in the presence of redox-labile electron-rich alkenes. The Ce-benzoate-based photocatalytic protocol promotes regioselective hydroetherification via both intramolecular cyclization and intermolecular addition pathways, showcasing broad functional group tolerance, operational simplicity, and versatility across a diverse array of alkenes, including silyl enol ethers and enamides/enecarbamates. Detailed mechanistic studies elucidate the structure of the active Ce(IV) benzoate catalyst, highlighting its unique selectivity for alkoxy radical generation, thereby establishing a practical and atom-economical framework for hydroetherification.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143539182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rajat Walia, Xiaochun Fan, Le Mei, Weixiong Guo, Kai Wang, Chihaya Adachi, Xian-kai Chen, Xiao-Hong Zhang
{"title":"Blocking Orbital π-Conjugation to Boost Spin-Orbit Coupling in Carbonyl-Embedded Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Emitters","authors":"Rajat Walia, Xiaochun Fan, Le Mei, Weixiong Guo, Kai Wang, Chihaya Adachi, Xian-kai Chen, Xiao-Hong Zhang","doi":"10.1002/anie.202503371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202503371","url":null,"abstract":"Both reducing singlet-triplet energy gaps (ΔES1T1) and enhancing spin-orbit couplings (SOCs) are key to improving reverse intersystem crossings rates (kRISC) in thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials. While considerable efforts have focused on reducing ΔES1T1, investigations on SOCs remain limited. Here, we propose blocking π-conjugation in carbonyl-embedded polycyclic heteroaromatic (PHA) molecules as potential approach to elevate ππ* excitation energy, allowing its hybridization with nπ* excitation, thereby increasing SOCs. We synthesized two proof-of-concept isomers, DNDK-1 and DNDK-2, with different orientations of carbonyl units. DNDK-1 adopts heavily twisted structure that hinders π-conjugation, while DNDK-2 remains quasi-planar, maintaining stronger π-conjugation. Experimental measurements revealed stark differences in their photophysical properties, with DNDK-1 exhibiting faster kRISC and much higher electroluminescence efficiency. The ab-initio calculations elucidate that hindered conjugation in DNDK-1 elevates ππ* excitation energy, enabling nπ*-ππ* mixing, thus significantly boosting SOCs. In contrast, smooth π-conjugation in DNDK-2 leads to marginal nπ*-ππ* mixing. In addition, utilizing groups composed of meta-arranged carbonyl-Ar-carbonyl and meta-arranged N-Ar-N units emerges as another approach to block π-conjugation and enhance SOCs. This joint experimental and theoretical work provides promising pathways to enhance SOCs by blocking π-conjugation, offering crucial insights for designing carbonyl-embedded PHA emitters with larger SOCs.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143539024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pd Ensemble Sites Tuned Local Environment of Cu Catalysts for Matching Propyne Semi-Hydrogenation","authors":"Kelin Yan, Xiaohu Ge, Yueqiang Cao, Qiang Yuwen, Jing Zhang, Sheng Dai, Gang Qian, De Chen, Xinggui Zhou, Weikang Yuan, Xuezhi Duan","doi":"10.1002/anie.202503263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202503263","url":null,"abstract":"Tailoring local environments of active sites to match targeted configuration of key species is significant for controlling reaction pathways in selective hydrogenations. Herein, differently typed Pd sites are introduced onto Cu catalysts to tune the local environment of Cu sites for controlling the configuration of semi-hydrogenation pathway of propyne hydrogenation used in production of polymer-grade propylene. Detailed structure characterizations demonstrate the controllable construction of Pd single-atom and Pd ensemble sites modified Cu surfaces and PdCu alloy via fine tuning the Pd/Cu ratios. Catalytic tests, kinetics analysis, and temperature-programmed experiments demonstrate that the presence of Pd ensemble sites on Cu surface directly catalyzes the hydrogenation of propyne that occurs on the Cu sites in other cases, and enables a facile activation for hydrogen and simultaneously promotes the desorption of propylene against its hydrogenation. Accordingly, the selectivity to target propylene is up to 95.3% at the full conversion of propyne on the corresponding Pd0.1Cu catalyst. In contrast, the C-C coupling pathway is quite facile on the Cu surface tuned by single-atom Pd sites, which is similar to that on the pristine Cu sites on the Cu catalyst, and the well-defined Pd-Cu coordination on PdCu alloy catalyst leads to facile over-hydrogenation process.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143539181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martha Prindl, Matthew Westwood, Alister Goodfellow, Aidan McKay, David Cordes, Michael Buehl, Andrew David Smith
{"title":"Isoselenourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Pyrazolo-heterocycle Synthesis Enabled By Self-correcting Amide and Ester Acylation","authors":"Martha Prindl, Matthew Westwood, Alister Goodfellow, Aidan McKay, David Cordes, Michael Buehl, Andrew David Smith","doi":"10.1002/anie.202425305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202425305","url":null,"abstract":"Pyrazole heterocycles are prevalent in a wide range of medicinal and agrochemical compounds and as such the development of methods for their enantioselective incorporation into molecular scaffolds is highly desirable. This manuscript describes the effective formation of fused pyrazolo-pyridones and -pyranones in high enantioselectivity (up to >99:1 er) via an isoselenourea (HyperSe) catalyzed enantioselective [3+3]-Michael addition-cyclisation process using readily available pyrazolylsulfonamides or pyrazolones as pronucleophiles and α,β-unsaturated anhydrides as starting materials. Mechanistic analysis indicates an unusual self-correcting reaction pathway involving preferential [1,2]-addition of the pronucleophile to initially generate an intermediate amide or ester, that can be intercepted by isoselenourea acylation, leading to productive formation of the fused heterocyclic products with high enantiocontrol. The scope and limitations of this process is developed across a range of examples, with insight into the factors leading to the observed enantioselectivity provided by DFT analysis.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143539259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shengnan Zhang, Yuqian Liu, Hao Dong, Yanru Li, kai Zhang, Kaihu Xian, Yang Han, Long Ye, Martin Heeney, Zhuping Fei
{"title":"Isomeric 1,4-Dihydropentalene-containing Building Blocks for High Mobility Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymers","authors":"Shengnan Zhang, Yuqian Liu, Hao Dong, Yanru Li, kai Zhang, Kaihu Xian, Yang Han, Long Ye, Martin Heeney, Zhuping Fei","doi":"10.1002/anie.202500860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202500860","url":null,"abstract":"Nearly amorphous conjugated polymers, while lacking long-range order, exhibit high charge carrier mobility and enhanced flexibility, making them ideal for flexible or stretchable OFET applications. However, research on novel structural blocks for this class of materials remains limited. We report the synthesis of two derivatives of the 5,10-dihydroindeno[2,1-a]indene (DHI) core, where two thieno groups are appended to each end in order to reduce torsional disorder with adjacent co-monomers. The two 1,4-dihydropentalene containing isomers, anti-C16DHIT-Br and syn-C16DHIT-Br, feature distinct thieno group orientations, leading to differences in their electronic properties. The anti isomer shows a fully delocalized conjugation pathway, while the syn isomer exhibits cross-conjugation, limiting delocalization along the polymer backbone. These monomers were co-polymerized with benzothiadiazole (BT) to form two conjugated polymers, anti-C16DHIT-BT and syn-C16DHIT-BT, both with highly planar backbones, good solubility, and solution processability. Morphological studies reveal that anti-C16DHIT-BT exhibits more ordered stacking and higher crystallinity than syn-C16DHIT-BT. Devices based on anti-C16DHIT-BT show significantly better performance, with a hole mobility of 2.38 cm² V-1 s-1, slightly higher than the widely studied pIDTBT under identical conditions.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143532431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}