{"title":"Low Evaporation Enthalpy Ionic Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting at Low Humidity","authors":"Zheng Shi, Yu Guo, Xiuyang Zou, Jiamin Zhang, Zhiwei Chen, Mingqing Shan, Zhixin Zhang, Siyu Guo, Feng Yan","doi":"10.1002/anie.202420619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202420619","url":null,"abstract":"Herein, we introduce a series of ionic covalent organic frameworks (iCOFs) with a focus on addressing the challenge of water collection at low relative humidity levels below 25%. These iCOFs are characterized by numerous hydrophilic sites and high water stability, enabling efficient water vapor adsorption even at relatively low humidity levels. Through the use of various hygroscopic salt cations and precise control of ion concentration within the pores, the water state within the iCOFs pores can be effectively managed. Among the iCOFs, TB-COF-Li stands out with an impressive adsorption capacity of 0.24 g g-1 from 0 to 22% RH. Notably, due to its ionic porous structure, TB-COF-Li exhibits a significantly lower enthalpy of evaporation, measured at 967.04 J g-1, compared to bulk water with an enthalpy of 2387.4 J g-1. Moreover, under simulated conditions of 1.5 solar intensity at 60 °C, the majority of the adsorbed water can be rapidly desorbed without the need for additional energy input. This efficient desorption process contributes to a high water collection rate of 0.092 g g-1 h-1 in the final atmospheric water harvesting device. The development of these iCOFs offers a promising and cost-effective solution for obtaining fresh water in arid regions.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832714","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}
Zhenyou Li, Shuangshuang Cui, Joachim Häcker, Maryam Nojabaee, Maximilian Fichtner, Guanglei Cui, Zhirong Zhao-Karger
{"title":"Calcium Chemistry as a New Member of Post‐Lithium Battery Family: What Can We Learn from Sodium and Magnesium","authors":"Zhenyou Li, Shuangshuang Cui, Joachim Häcker, Maryam Nojabaee, Maximilian Fichtner, Guanglei Cui, Zhirong Zhao-Karger","doi":"10.1002/anie.202415942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202415942","url":null,"abstract":"Next‐generation battery technologies need to consider their environmental impact throughout the whole cycle life, which has brought new chemistries based on earth‐abundant elements to the spotlight. Rechargeable calcium batteries are such an emerging technology, which shows the potential to provide high cell voltage and high energy density close to lithium‐ion batteries. Additionally, the use of Ca2+ as a charge carrier renders significant sustainable values. Although pioneering work on the electrochemistry of Ca has been carried out for more than half a century, demonstration of reversible Ca chemistries in non‐aqueous media was only achieved within the past decade. In this review, we will present recent development of rechargeable calcium batteries, focusing on mainly the similarities but also differences between Ca chemistry and other post‐lithium chemistry. According to the periodic nature of elements, magnesium (an alkaline earth element as Ca) and sodium (a diagonally adjacent element to Ca) have similar chemical properties to Ca in various aspects. We shall elaborate on how the solution chemistry, metal behaviors and transport mechanisms of Ca can be better understood in light of the established principles in the respective Mg/Na systems. We hope the discussion will inspire synergetic development between Ca batteries and other post‐lithium systems.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825230","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}
Kunpeng Yu, Taotao Ji, Mingming Wu, Sixing Chen, Yunlei Gao, Jiahui Yan, Shengyan Meng, Wenjing Hu, Xiao Fan, Wenwen Dong, Jianzhong Yin, Yi Liu
{"title":"Supercritical Ethane Processing of ZIF‐8 Membranes towards Pressure‐Resistant C3H6/C3H8 Separation","authors":"Kunpeng Yu, Taotao Ji, Mingming Wu, Sixing Chen, Yunlei Gao, Jiahui Yan, Shengyan Meng, Wenjing Hu, Xiao Fan, Wenwen Dong, Jianzhong Yin, Yi Liu","doi":"10.1002/anie.202422709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202422709","url":null,"abstract":"ZIF‐8 membranes have shown great promise in industrial‐scale C3H6/C3H8 separation. Nonetheless, sustainable preparation of pressure‐resistant ZIF‐8 membranes remains a grand challenge. In this study, we pioneered the use of supercritical ethane (scC2H6) as reaction medium for preparing pressure‐resistant ZIF‐8 membranes. Membrane growth in neutral organic environment was proven to have less disturbance to structure integrity compared with supercritical CO2 (scCO2). Gas permeation results indicated that obtained ZIF‐8 membrane exhibited an ideal C3H6/C3H8 selectivity of 172.1 with C3H6 permeance of 5.9×10‐9 mol·m−2·s−1·Pa−1. Of particular note, the membrane maintained stable C3H6/C3H8 selectivity of ~150 with C3H6 flux of ~1.6×10‐3 mol·m−2·s−1 at operation pressure of 6 bar, which was significantly different from ZIF‐8 membranes obtained from scCO2 reaction medium. Through combining with advantages of zero pollutant discharge and full ligand recovery, our protocol holds great promise in sustainable preparation of pressure‐resistant ZIF‐8 membranes towards practical application in high‐purity C3H6 production.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"119 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142823313","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":"Programmable Modular Assembly of Homochiral Ir(III)-Metallohelices to Reverse Metallodrug Resistance by Inhibiting CDK1","authors":"Xuezhao Li, Xing Zhao, Xingyun Wang, Anxian Xiong, Zhicheng Wang, Zhuolin Shi, Jingyi Zhang, Hanlin Wang, Wei Wei, Cheng He, Jiajia Ma, Zijian Guo, Chunying Duan, Jing Zhao, Xiuxiu Wang","doi":"10.1002/anie.202419292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202419292","url":null,"abstract":"Drug resistance is a major cause of cancer recurrence and poor prognosis. The innovative design and synthesis of inhibitors to target drug-resistance-specific proteins is highly desirable. However, challenges remain in precisely adjusting their conformation and stereochemistry to adapt the chiral regions of target proteins. Herein, using a stepwise programmable modular assembly approach, we precisely engineered two pairs of homochiral dinuclear Ir(III) metallohelices (Λ2S4-Hbpy and Δ2R4-Hbpy, Δ2S4-Hbpy and Λ2R4-Hbpy) functionalized with flexible dithiourea linkages. The resulting homochiral metallohelices exhibited significant chirality-dependent photocytotoxicities, and the enhanced structural compatibility ofΔ2S4-Hbpywith the target cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) contributed to its superior photodynamic therapy efficacy, achieving an outstanding photocytotoxicity index (PI) value of 2.3×104. Interestingly, emerging as a critical mediator in the development of oxaliplatin resistance, CDK1 targeting by Δ2S4-Hbpyachieved enhanced cellular uptake, anticancer activity, and oncosis-mediated cell death in oxaliplatin-resistant HCT8/L cells. Mechanistic investigations, including proteomic profiling and CDK1 gene silencing, confirmed the pivotal role of chirality-selective CDK1 targeting in reversing metallodrug resistance. This study introduces a promising platform for constructing and customizing flexible metallohelices with precise conformation and stereochemistry to target drug-resistance-specific proteins, offering innovative insights into the designability of metallodrugs to overcome drug resistance.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142821045","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":"The Intrinsic Fluorescence of Peptide Self-Assemblies Across pH Levels","authors":"Xiaoyu Wang, Yuqing Yang, Haokun Yang, Hao Dong","doi":"10.1002/anie.202420567","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202420567","url":null,"abstract":"The regulation of solution pH on the structural and optical properties of peptide self-assemblies remains a critical yet unresolved issue in peptide research. This study investigates the heptapeptide Ac-IHIHIQI-NH2 and its intrinsic fluorescence across a range of pH levels, demonstrating that variations in pH lead to significant changes in the morphology of the self-assembled structures. While the position of the fluorescence emission remains constant—due to the stability provided by the hydrogen bonding network of the peptide backbone—the intensity of the fluorescence exhibits a direct correlation with the degree of self-assembly. This finding underscores a dynamic relationship between structural morphology and optical properties. Notably, the ability of the peptide to self-assemble under diverse pH conditions is a novel observation that contrasts with previously reported literature. By employing a computationally driven approach, complemented by rigorous experimental validation, this work establishes a new paradigm for studying complex interacting systems such as peptide self-assembly. Our findings enhance the understanding of how environmental factors influence peptide behavior and pave the way for the design of innovative peptide-based materials with tunable optical characteristics, with potential applications in bioluminescent probes and diagnostic tools for neurodegenerative diseases.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142816441","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}
Elvis C McFee, Katie A Rykaczewski, Corinna Stefanie Schindler
{"title":"Photoredox-Catalyzed Decarboxylation of Oxetane-2-Carboxylic Acids Initiated by Oxidation of DIPEA","authors":"Elvis C McFee, Katie A Rykaczewski, Corinna Stefanie Schindler","doi":"10.1002/anie.202405125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202405125","url":null,"abstract":"Oxetanes are valuable motifs in medicinal chemistry applications, with demonstrated potential to serve as bioisosteres for an array of functional groups. Through the visible-light-mediated photoredox hydrodecarboxylation of 2-aryl oxetane 2-carboxylic acids this work enables access to the products of a [2+2]-photocycloaddition between alkenes and aryl aldehydes without the challenges associated with a traditional UV-light-mediated Paternò-Büchi reaction. Investigation into the hydrodecarboxylation mechanism reveals substrate-dependent modes of initiation under the conditions reported herein. Divergence in diastereomeric outcome is observed, with mechanistic probes elucidating key hydrogen-bonding and steric interactions.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"33 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142816439","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}
Bin Tan, Hao-Wen Zhao, Fei Jiang, Sihan Chen, Jingliang Hu, Shao-Hua Xiang, Wei-Yi Ding, Wei Lu
{"title":"Organocatalytic Asymmetric Construction and Application of Axially Chiral Spiro-bisindoles","authors":"Bin Tan, Hao-Wen Zhao, Fei Jiang, Sihan Chen, Jingliang Hu, Shao-Hua Xiang, Wei-Yi Ding, Wei Lu","doi":"10.1002/anie.202422951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202422951","url":null,"abstract":"Spiro skeletons have emerged as a privileged class of chiral carriers across various research fields, including asymmetric catalysis and functional materials, due to their remarkable configurational rigidity. However, limited structural diversity of spiro frameworks significantly restricts the expansion of their applications. Here we present a new class of axially chiral spiro-bisindole frameworks and report their first enantioselective construction via a chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrative cyclization reaction. Unlike the classical SPINOL backbone, incorporation of indole moieties in place of phenol enhances the nucleophilicity of ketone substrates, thereby eliminating the need for a tedious pre-activation process. By leveraging the retained active sites of indole, the resulting highly enantioenriched spiro-bisindoles can be rapidly transformed into other valuable structures. More importantly, axially chiral fluorescent molecules with good asymmetry factors and quantum fluorescence efficiency are readily accessed, opening a new avenue for developing chiral fluorescent materials. Control experiments demonstrate the pivotal role of both unmasked N-H bonds in achieving good efficiency and enantiocontrol.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142820978","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":"Temperature-Swing Synthesis of Highly Crystalline Covalent Organic Framework Films for Fast and Precise Molecular Separations","authors":"Kai Liu, Congcong Yin, Jinglin Gao, Yong Wang","doi":"10.1002/anie.202422333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202422333","url":null,"abstract":"Producing crystalline covalent organic framework (COF) films is intimately related to the elusive nucleation and growth processes, which is desirable for efficient molecular transport. Rational control over these processes and insights into the mechanisms are crucial to improve synthetic methodology and achieve COF films with regular channels. Here, we report the controllable synthesis of COF films via the temperature-swing strategy and explore their crystallization from monomer assemblies to film formation. A detailed time-dependent study reveals that COF crystallites preferentially coalesce at low temperature, progressing from assembled nanospheres to continuous films through lateral and vertical interactions. Moreover, appropriately elevating the synthesis temperature promotes crystal growth and eliminate the defects of weakly crystalline regions, contributing to highly crystalline and porous COF film with a surface area of 746 m2 g−1. The prepared COF composite membrane exhibits a methanol permeance of 97.8 L m-2 h-1 bar-1, which is five times higher than the weakly crystalline counterpart. In addition, the molecular sieving test recognize great membrane selectivity to discriminate the antibiotic mixture with a high separation factor of 15.4. This work offers a feasible way for the rational design of the synthesis environment, enabling access to highly crystalline framework materials for targeting molecular separations.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142820976","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":"Chiral Metal-free Anti-Perovskite with Strong Chiroptical Nonlinearity","authors":"Zhaoyu Wang, Xin Qiu, Hebin Wang, Wenkai Zhao, Sehrish Gull, Haolin Lu, Zechen Hao, Xin Zeng, Xinfeng Liu, Bin Sun, Hao-Li Zhang, Yongsheng Chen, Tingchao He, Guankui Long","doi":"10.1002/anie.202420249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202420249","url":null,"abstract":"The nonlinear chiroptical properties of chiral metal halide perovskite has attracted substantial attention in recent years. In order to overcome the inherent limitations of metal halide, such as high costs, potential toxicity, challenges with recycling, especially the limited laser-induced damage threshold (LDT), we have successfully constructed the first chiral metal-free anti-perovskite, with the aim of utilizing it in second harmonic generation-circular dichroism (SHG-CD). Moreover, the anti-perovskite composed entirely of small organic ions typically display a more extensive transparent window , which could contribute a high LDT. Herein two chiral metal-free anti-perovskites, R/S-MCN [(R-/S-MBA)6Cl(NH4Cl6 )] were constructed, and exhibit strong second-harmonic generation response from 800 to 980 nm. The second-order nonlinear optical coefficient of chiral metal-free anti-perovskite reaches 0.89 pm/V, which is higher than that of commercial Y-cut quartz. Most importantly, both R- and S-MCN exhibit a large nonlinear optical activity with a high SHG dissymmetry factor (gSHG-CD) of 0.60 and a high laser-induced damage threshold of 71 mJ/cm2 , which is higher than that of most reported chiral perovskites. Our findings indicate that chiral metal-free anti-perovskite have the potential to be a valuable addition to the development of next-generation nonlinear chiroptical devices.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142820979","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":"Single-Atom Catalysts on C3N4: Minimizing Single Atom Pt Loading for Maximized Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Efficiency","authors":"Nawres Lazaar, Siming Wu, Shanshan Qin, Abdessalem Hamrouni, Bidyut Bikash Sarma, Dimitry E. Doronkin, Nikita Denisov, Hinda Lachheb, Patrik Schmuki","doi":"10.1002/anie.202416453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202416453","url":null,"abstract":"The use of metal single atoms (SAs) as co-catalysts on semiconductors has emerged as a promising technology to enhance their photocatalytic hydrogen production performance. In this study, we describe the deposition of very low amounts of Pt SAs (<0.1 at%) on exfoliated graphitic carbon nitride (C3N4) by a direct Pt-deposition approach from highly dilute chloroplatinic acid precursors. We find that – using this technique – a remarkably low loading of highly dispersed Pt SAs (0.03wt%) on C3N4 is sufficient to achieve a drastic decrease in the overall charge transfer resistance and a maximized photocatalytic efficiency. The resulting low-loaded Pt SAs/C3N4 provides a H2 production rate of 1.66 mmol/h/mg Pt, with a remarkable stability against agglomeration; even during prolonged photocatalytic reactions no sign of light-induced Pt agglomerations can be observed. We ascribe the high performance and stability to the site-selective, stable coordination of Pt within the C3N4 structure. Notably the H2 production rate of the low-loaded Pt SAs surpasses the activity of Pt SAs deposited by other techniques or nanoparticles at comparable or even higher loading — the optimized Pt SAs decorated C3N4 show ≈5.9 times higher rate than Pt NP decorated C3N4.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142816442","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}