{"title":"Multifunctional Interface Layer Constructed by Trace Zwitterions for Highly Reversible Zinc Anodes.","authors":"Xixi Zhang, Chenggang Wang, Jinzhao Huang, Chuanlin Li, Guangmeng Qu, Na Li, Shunshun Zhao, Titi Li, Dingzheng Li, Hongjie Qin, Xijin Xu","doi":"10.1002/anie.202411884","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anie.202411884","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The inhomogeneous plating/stripping of Zn anode, attributed to dendrite growth and parasitic reactions at the electrode/electrolyte interface, severely restricts its cycling life-span. Here, trace zwitterions (trifluoroacetate pyridine, TFAPD) are introduced into the aqueous electrolyte to construct a multifunctional interface that enhances the reversibility of Zn anode. The TFA<sup>-</sup> anions with strong specific adsorption adhere onto the Zn surface to reconstruct the inner Helmholtz plane (IHP), preventing the hydrogen evolution and corrosion side reactions caused by free H<sub>2</sub>O. The Py<sup>+</sup> cations accumulate on the outer Helmholtz plane (OHP) of Zn anode with the force of electric field during Zn<sup>2+</sup> plating, forming a shielding layer to uniformize the deposition of Zn<sup>2+</sup>. Besides, the adsorbed TFA<sup>-</sup> and Py<sup>+</sup> promote the desolvation process of Zn<sup>2+</sup> resulting in fast reaction kinetics. Thus, the Zn||Zn cells present an outstanding cycling performance of more than 10000 hours. And even at 85 % utilization rate of Zn, it can stably cycle for over 200 hours at 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> and 10 mAh cm<sup>-2</sup>. The Zn||I<sub>2</sub> full cell exhibits a capacity retention of over 95 % even after 30000 cycles. Remarkably, the Zn||I<sub>2</sub> pouch cells (95 mAh) deliver a high-capacity retention of 99 % after 750 cycles.</p>","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":" ","pages":"e202411884"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142102500","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":"Carbon- and Nitrogen-Based Complexes as Photocatalysts for Prebiotic and Oxygen Chemistry during Earth Evolution.","authors":"Yan Wang, Huan Wang, Sibo Wang, Yuanxing Fang","doi":"10.1002/anie.202413768","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anie.202413768","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sunlight has long served as primary energy source on our planet, shaping the behavior of living organisms. Extensive research has been dedicated to unraveling the evolutionary pathways involved. When the formation of Earth atmosphere, it primarily consisted of small gas molecules, which are considered crucial for the emergence of life. Recent demonstrations have shown that these molecules can also be transformed into semiconductors, with the potential to harness solar energy and catalyze chemical reactions as photocatalysts. Building upon this research, this minireview focuses on the potential revolutionary impact of photocatalysis on Earth. Initially, it examines key reactions, such as the formation of prebiotic molecules and the oxygen evolution reaction via water oxidation. Additionally, various C-N complexes in photocatalysts are explored, showcasing their roles in catalyzing chemical reactions. The conclusion and outlook provide a potential pathway for the evolution of Earth, shedding light on the significance of metal-free photocatalysts in development of Earth.</p>","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":" ","pages":"e202413768"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142138717","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}
Ehsan Hamzehpoor, Farshid Effaty, Tristan H Borchers, Robin S Stein, Alexander Wahrhaftig-Lewis, Xavier Ottenwaelder, Tomislav Friščić, Dmytro F Perepichka
{"title":"Mechanochemical Synthesis of Boroxine-linked Covalent Organic Frameworks.","authors":"Ehsan Hamzehpoor, Farshid Effaty, Tristan H Borchers, Robin S Stein, Alexander Wahrhaftig-Lewis, Xavier Ottenwaelder, Tomislav Friščić, Dmytro F Perepichka","doi":"10.1002/anie.202404539","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anie.202404539","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a rapid, room-temperature mechanochemical synthesis of 2- and 3-dimensional boroxine covalent organic frameworks (COFs), enabled by using trimethylboroxine as a dehydrating additive to overcome the hydrolytic sensitivity of boroxine-based COFs. The resulting COFs display high porosity and crystallinity, with COF-102 being the first example of a mechanochemically prepared 3D COF, exhibiting a surface area of ca. 2,500 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>-1</sup>. Mechanochemistry enabled a>20-fold reduction in solvent use and ~100-fold reduction in reaction time compared with solvothermal methods, providing target COFs quantitatively with no additional work-up besides vacuum drying. Real-time Raman spectroscopy permitted the first quantitative kinetic analysis of COF mechanosynthesis, while transferring the reaction design to Resonant Acoustic Mixing (RAM) enabled synthesis of multi-gram amounts of the target COFs (tested up to 10 g).</p>","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":" ","pages":"e202404539"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141544174","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":"CORRIGENDUM: Correction to \"Discovery of Hexagonal Structured Pd-B Nanocrystals\".","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/anie.202419250","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anie.202419250","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":" ","pages":"e202419250"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142602507","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":"Atomically Dispersed Fe2 and Ni Sites for Efficient and Durable Oxygen Electrocatalysis","authors":"Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa, Guiyuan Yang, Meihong Fan, Qing Liang, Xingquan He, Wei Zhang","doi":"10.1002/anie.202421168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202421168","url":null,"abstract":"Developing highly efficient, cost‐effective, and robust electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is paramount for the large‐scale commercialization of renewable fuel cells and rechargeable metal‐air batteries. Herein, a new ternary‐atom catalyst that is composed of paired Fe sites and single Ni sites (as Fe2‐N6 and Ni‐N4) coordinated onto hollow nitrogen‐doped carbon microspheres is developed. The as‐synthesized catalyst exhibits remarkable activities toward both the ORR and OER in an alkaline media, with superior performances to those of the control materials that contain only Fe2‐N6 or Ni‐N4 sites. Density functional theory calculations and in situ infrared (IR) spectroscopic studies clearly reveal that the Fe2‐N6 centers are the active sites for both ORR and OER, and their electrocatalytic activities are synergistically enhanced through optimization of their d‐band centers by the Ni‐N4 sites. This ternary‐atom catalyst may be a promising, alternative, sustainable catalyst to commercially used Pt‐ and Ru‐based catalysts to drive both ORR and OER in rechargeable zinc‐air batteries and other related applications.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"250 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825239","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}
Heng-Wang Luyang, Cong-Qiao Xu, Shang-Fu Yuan, Jun Li, Quan-Ming Wang
{"title":"Ligand-Protected Golden Fullerene Au42 with Unprecedented Metal Coordination Number of 15","authors":"Heng-Wang Luyang, Cong-Qiao Xu, Shang-Fu Yuan, Jun Li, Quan-Ming Wang","doi":"10.1002/anie.202417904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202417904","url":null,"abstract":"A golden fullerene with a composition of [Au42(Ph3P)10(5-CF3-Hpa)8] (CF3COO)2 (5-CF3-H2pa = 5-trifluoropyridyl-2-amine) ( Au42 ) has been synthesized with pyridylamino and phosphine ligands as the protecting agents. Single crystal X-ray structural analysis reveals that the cluster has a D3h Au4210+ core, which can be depicted as a centered core-shell structure Au@Au15@Au26. The 41 Au atoms of the Au15@Au26 core-shell can be derived from placing a gold atom in the center of each polygon of C78 (D3h). Surprisingly, the centered gold atom of this noble cluster has the highest coordination number in metal nanoclusters of 15. Quantum-chemical studies suggest that the excellent stability of Au42 results from both the superatomic characteristics of the Au42 kernel and the gold-ligand interactions.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"247 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832708","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}
Friedrich J. Ehinger, Kirstin Scherlach, Felix Trottmann, Jonas Fiedler, Christian Hertweck
{"title":"A Catch-Release Strategy for the Genomics-Driven Discovery of Antiproliferative Furan-Functionalized Peptides","authors":"Friedrich J. Ehinger, Kirstin Scherlach, Felix Trottmann, Jonas Fiedler, Christian Hertweck","doi":"10.1002/anie.202421760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202421760","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Furan-functionalized peptides are of significant pharmacological interest due to their pronounced bioactivities and unique potential for orthogonal bioconjugation and derivatization. However, naturally occurring peptides with furyl side chains are exceedingly rare. This study presents a streamlined method to predict and assess the microbial production of peptides incorporating 3-furylalanine (Fua) moieties. The approach integrates genome mining and the reversible, chemoselective tagging of furyl residues, utilizing their unique Diels-Alder reactivity, for mass spectrometry-guided identification of candidate compounds. By employing the rhizonin Fua synthase as a bioinformatic handle and through heterologous reconstitution of Fua biosynthesis, we identified previously unknown Fua biosynthetic pathways in diverse bacterial phyla, including actinomycetes, cyanobacteria, actinobacteria, and g-proteobacteria, suggesting that Fua-containing peptides are remarkably widely distributed. Metabolic profiling by reversible tagging facilitated the detection of native Fua-containing metabolites. The successful adaptation of this method for solid support enabled the direct enrichment of furyl-substituted peptides from complex mixtures. This multi-pronged approach enabled the discovery and characterization of two novel families of Fua cyclopeptides (rubriamides and typhamides) with potent antiproliferative effects against human tumor cells and nematodes. The innovative catch-and-release strategy, in conjunction with genome mining, represents a valuable tool for the discovery of new furan-substituted natural products.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"253 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825655","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}
Dingyuan Yan, Zheng Li, Michelle M S Lee, Ben Zhong Tang, Dong Wang
{"title":"NIR-II AIEgens for Infectious Diseases Phototheranostics.","authors":"Dingyuan Yan, Zheng Li, Michelle M S Lee, Ben Zhong Tang, Dong Wang","doi":"10.1002/anie.202414259","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anie.202414259","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pathogenic infectious diseases have persistently posed significant threats to public health. Phototheranostics, which combines the functions of diagnostic imaging and therapy, presents an extremely promising solution to block the spread of pathogens as well as the outbreak of epidemics owing to its merits of a wide-spectrum of activity, high controllability, non-invasiveness, and difficult to acquire resistance. Among multifarious phototheranostic agents, second near-infrared (NIR-II, 1000-1700 nm) aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) are notable by virtue of their deep penetration depth, excellent biocompatibility, balanced radiative and nonradiative decay and aggregation-enhanced theranostic performance, making them an ideal option for combating pathogens. This minireview provides a systematical summary of the latest advancements in NIR-II AIEgens with emphasis on the molecular design and nanoplatform formulation to fulfill high-efficiency in treating bacterial and viral pathogens, classified by disease models. Then, the current challenges, potential opportunities, and future research directions are presented to facilitate the further progress of this emerging field.</p>","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":" ","pages":"e202414259"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142054280","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":"Enhanced Antitumor Immunity of a Globo H‐Based Vaccine Enabled by the Combination Adjuvants of 3D‐MPL and QS‐21","authors":"Wenjing Ma, Zhuojia Xu, Changcai Teng, Chang Cao, Ruixue Wu, Xiao Meng, Qiang Sui, Qi Gao, Chengli Zong, Tiehai Li","doi":"10.1002/anie.202418948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202418948","url":null,"abstract":"Globo H, a specific carbohydrate antigen overexpressed on various human malignancies, has attracted considerable interest as an antigenic target for anticancer vaccine development. Despite several Globo H‐based carbohydrate vaccines that have been designed, efficient access to Globo H hexasaccharide antigen and development of powerful adjuvants for enhancing antitumor immunity remain challenging. Herein, we reported a streamlined chemoenzymatic approach to prepare this hexasaccharide antigen, relying on chemical synthesis of Gb5 pentasaccharide by a stereoconvergent [2+3] strategy and subsequent enzymatic α‐fucosylation to easily install α1,2‐fucose residue. Separately, a modular assembly approach to efficiently synthesize 3‐O‐deacyl‐monophosphoryl lipid A (3D‐MPL) was developed by the integration of stereocontrolled glycosylation, regioselective acylation, site‐specific phosphorylation, and facile global deprotection. After efficient construction of Globo H‐CRM197 conjugate, we conducted systematic immunological evaluations of Globo H‐CRM197 formulated with various adjuvants and adjuvant combinations, comprising saponin QS‐21, synthetic 3D‐MPL and α‐galactosylceramide derivative S34. The results revealed that Globo H‐CRM197 conjugate adjuvanted with QS‐21 and 3D‐MPL elicited robust IgG2a and IgG3 antibody responses and Th1 cellular immunity in mice. Moreover, antibodies induced by this formulation effectively bound to Globo H‐positive MCF‐7 cancer cells and exhibited superior complement‐dependent cytotoxicity and antibody‐dependent cellular phagocytosis, holding promise for further development of effective anticancer vaccines.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825236","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":"Optimizing s‐p Orbital Overlap between Sodium Polysulfides and Single‐Atom Indium Catalyst for Efficient Sulfur Redox Reaction","authors":"Guangxuan Wu, Tongfeng Liu, Zhoujie Lao, Yihao Cheng, Tianshuai Wang, Jing Mao, Haichang Zhang, Enzuo Liu, Chunsheng Shi, Guangmin Zhou, Chunnian He, Wenbin Hu, Naiqin Zhao, Ningning Wu, Biao Chen","doi":"10.1002/anie.202422208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202422208","url":null,"abstract":"P‐block metal carbon‐supported single‐atom catalysts (C‐SACs) have emerged as a promising candidate for high‐performance room‐temperature sodium‐sulfur (RT Na‐S) batteries, due to their high atom utilization and unique electronic structure. However, the ambiguous electronic‐level understanding of Na‐dominant s‐p hybridization between sodium polysulfides (NaPSs) and p‐block C‐SACs limits the precise control of coordination environment tuning and electro‐catalytic activity manipulation. Here, s‐p orbital overlap degree (OOD) between the s orbitals of Na in NaPSs and the p orbitals of p‐block C‐SACs is proposed as a descriptor for sulfur reduction reaction (SRR) and sulfur oxidation reaction (SOR). Compared to NG and NG‐supported InN4 (NG‐InN4) SACs, the nitrogen‐doped graphene‐supported InN5 (NG‐InN5) SACs show the largest s‐p OOD, demonstrating the weakest shuttle effect and the lowest reaction energy barriers in both SRR and SOR. Accordingly, the designed catalysts allow the Na‐S pouch batteries to retain a high capacity of 490.7 mAh g‐1 at 2 A g‐1 with a Coulombic efficiency of 96% at a low electrolyte/sulfur (E/S) ratio of 4.5 μl. This work offers an s‐p orbital overlap descriptor describing the interaction between NaPSs and p‐orbital‐dominated catalysts for high‐performance RT Na‐S batteries.","PeriodicalId":125,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825235","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}