{"title":"Electric Dipole Polarizability Calculation for Periodic and Non-Periodic Systems using Atomic-Orbitals-based Linear Response Theory","authors":"Ravi Kumar, Sandra Luber","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202400130","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present electric dipole polarizability calculations employing atomic-orbitals based linear response theory within the Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory (KS-DFT) framework, considering both non-periodic and periodic boundary conditions. We adopt the optimization scheme introduced by T. Helgaker <i>et al</i>. in Chemical Physics Letters <b>327</b>, 397 (2000) for the single-electron atomic-orbitals density matrix. We conduct a comparative analysis between the static polarizability computed using atomic orbitals-based and previously implemented molecular orbitals-based methods. In our calculations involving periodic boundary conditions, we implement polarizability calculation using velocity representation of the electric dipole operator in atomic orbitals-based algorithm, subsequently comparing the results with those computed using the Berry-phase formulation and velocity representation in molecular orbitals-based algorithm. We investigate 10 small and medium-sized molecules in the gas phase, analyze liquid-phase systems with up to 256 water molecules, and the solid-state structures of anatase TiO<sub>2</sub> and bulk WO<sub>3</sub>. All polarizability results obtained from the AO-based solver exhibit good agreement with MO-based results. From our example calculations, we find that the AO-based solver exhibits better computational scaling and less memory demand than the MO-based solvers, which makes it better suited for very large systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"108 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144074598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beginning of Second Mandate as Editors-in-Chief for Helvetica Chimica Acta","authors":"Eva Hevia, Jérôme Waser","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202500029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202500029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The beginning of 2025 marks the completion of our first 3-year mandate as Editors-in-Chief of <i>Helvetica Chimica Acta</i>. This has been an exciting and intensive period of time, which has allowed us to drive forward our vision for the journal. We are now delighted to renew our commitment with <i>Helvetica</i> for a second (and last) three year mandate. Having said that, we also feel that now it is the right time to reflect on what we have achieved so far and to give new impulses for the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"108 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hlca.202500029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143840824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anamarija Nikoletić, Mirela Maleković, Gül Kozalak, Cornelia G. Palivan, Oya Tagit
{"title":"Thermoresponsive Nanocarriers Transduced by Inorganic Nanoparticles: Design Considerations and Applications in Drug Delivery","authors":"Anamarija Nikoletić, Mirela Maleković, Gül Kozalak, Cornelia G. Palivan, Oya Tagit","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202400193","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Thermoresponsive polymers, which undergo phase transitions within physiologically tolerated temperatures, are key to developing drug delivery systems (DDS) with precise spatial and temporal control, potentially addressing challenges associated with the treatment of complex diseases. Inorganic nanoparticles with unique optical, electronic, and magnetic properties serve as efficient transducers, converting external stimuli into localized heat to trigger thermoresponsive nanocarriers. This review explores the design and application of thermoresponsive nanocarriers transduced by inorganic nanoparticles as DDS. Following a brief description of temperature-triggered phase transition of polymers and heat generation mechanisms by inorganic nanoparticles, strategies to integrate these components into hybrid systems are described. Examples demonstrating the utility of these hybrid systems as advanced DDS are discussed, highlighting their potential for precise drug release alongside theranostic capabilities by combining therapy with imaging. Despite the challenges in design, synthesis, and biological applications, thermoresponsive polymer-inorganic hybrids hold immense promise for transforming drug delivery and biomedical innovations.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"108 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hlca.202400193","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143629875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ricardo Rodiño, Jose L. Mascareñas, Fernando López
{"title":"Palladium-Catalyzed [3+2+2] Cycloaddition Between Carbonyl-Tethered Alkylidenecyclopropanes and Isocyanates","authors":"Ricardo Rodiño, Jose L. Mascareñas, Fernando López","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202500011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202500011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Carbonyl-tethered alkylidenecyclopropanes can react with aryl isocyanates in presence of Pd(0)-phosphoramidite catalysts to give seven-membered heterobicyclic products in a formal [3+2+2] cycloaddition process. The reaction involves the formation of a palladium π-allyl complex intermediate (<b>A</b>), which behaves as a formal 1,5-dipole, and can be trapped by externally added isocyanates. This report also includes preliminary assays of asymmetric variants, as well as DFT computational studies that shed some light on the nature of the catalytic cycle.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"108 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144074529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Access to Enantioenriched 1,n-Diols by Cu-Catalyzed Enantioselective Protoboration and Hydroboration of Alkenyl Ethers","authors":"Arthur Flaget, Orlando Cesa, Clément Mazet","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202500009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202500009","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We report two catalytic enantioselective borylation/oxidation sequences that streamline access to either enantioenriched 1,2- or 1,3-diols starting from <i>O</i>-benzyl-protected allylic alcohols as a single precursor. The approach takes advantage of the complementary regioselectivity of the Cu-catalyzed protoboration and the Cu-catalyzed hydroboration of disubstituted alkenes, which effectively install a borane function and a hydrogen atom on opposite C(sp<sup>2</sup>) carbon atoms of a carbon–carbon double bond. The two methods feature broad substrate scope and are amenable to large scale without measurable loss of the catalytic efficiency. Both protocols display high levels of regioselectivity and enantioselectivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"108 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144074676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Progress in Visible Light-Mediated Synthesis of γ-lactams","authors":"Suman Pradhan, Shoubhik Das","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202400206","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The integration of sustainable practices, such as employing renewable light sources for synthesizing valuable synthetic scaffolds, has been progressing over the past few decades. Among these noteworthy organic frameworks, lactams, particularly γ-lactams, have established their prominence due to their extensive applications in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and medicinal domains. This growing significance of γ-lactams has spurred considerable interest in their synthesis, especially via milder, more sustainable, and environmentally friendly methods. In recent years, numerous innovative reaction mechanisms have been explored, highlighting how photocatalysis can enable the formation of γ-lactams from readily accessible precursors through C−N bond formation and cyclization processes. This review emphasizes the potential of photocatalytic strategies to not only enhance current synthetic methods for γ-lactams but also foster the development of greener and more sustainable chemical processes for the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"108 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143840948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction for the Special Collection in the Honor of Scott Denmark","authors":"Jeffrey Bode, Cathleen Crudden","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202400183","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"108 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hlca.202400183","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143629902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raffael Davenport, Rolandas Cibiras, Gabriel Schäfer
{"title":"Synthesis of α-Fluoroketones from Carboxylic Acids via Decarboxylation of Fluorinated Malonates","authors":"Raffael Davenport, Rolandas Cibiras, Gabriel Schäfer","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202400187","url":null,"abstract":"<p>α-Fluoroketones are versatile intermediates for the synthesis of fluorinated heterocycles and other fluorine-containing building blocks. We have recently disclosed a novel route to such an α-fluoroketone using the corresponding benzoic acid as a starting material. The reaction sequence started with the CDI-activation of the carboxylic acid and reaction with diethyl malonate, fluorination of the resulting acyl malonate with Selectfluor, and finally a double-decarboxylation to provide the desired α-fluoroketone in 73 % yield over three telescoped steps. We were interested in the generality of this approach to access α-fluoroketones from readily available carboxylic acids. In this article, we disclose the crucial modifications of the reaction conditions that were needed to make them broadly applicable to a diverse array of carboxylic acids. Under the optimized conditions, a wide range of α-fluoroketones were isolated in good to excellent yields and in high purity.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"108 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143629858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andreas Müller, Aleix Comas-Vives, Christophe Copéret
{"title":"Effect of Particle Size and Alloying with Gallium and Zinc in Copper Nanoparticles from Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics","authors":"Andreas Müller, Aleix Comas-Vives, Christophe Copéret","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202400124","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Supported nanoparticles (NPs) are an intense field of research in industry and academia due to their unique catalytic properties. Yet, establishing relationships between structure and activity is challenging due to multiple possible compositions, interfaces, and alloy formation. This is especially pronounced for bimetallic NPs used in the CO<sub>2</sub>-hydrogenation-to-methanol, where the structure responds dynamically to the chemical potential of the reactants and products, resulting in distinct surface structures depending on the exact reaction conditions. These phenomena have been highlighted by combining <i>ab initio</i> Molecular Dynamics (AIMD) and Metadynamics (MTD) with <i>in situ</i> X-ray absorption spectroscopy, chemisorption, and CO-IR. Here, we aim to understand how particle size and simulation temperature influence the structure and dynamics of small Cu NPs using the diffusion coefficients and the radial distribution function/atomic pair density function as descriptors using AIMD simulations. We found that decreasing the particle size or increasing the simulation temperature results in increased atom mobility, highlighted by the increased metal diffusion and resulting in reduced particle crystallinity. We also find that alloying Cu with Ga significantly increases the diffusion of both elements in the particle compared to the monometallic ones. In contrast, such diffusion lies in between the individual elements composing the CuZn particles.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"108 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hlca.202400124","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143629780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}