Nikita Ostrovitsa, Conor Williams, Konstantin Raabe, Joshua T McLean, Markus Muttenthaler, Eoin M Scanlan
{"title":"An Efficient Thiol-ene Mediated Protocol for Thiolated Peptide Synthesis and On-Resin Diversification.","authors":"Nikita Ostrovitsa, Conor Williams, Konstantin Raabe, Joshua T McLean, Markus Muttenthaler, Eoin M Scanlan","doi":"10.1002/chem.202501372","DOIUrl":"10.1002/chem.202501372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The unique nucleophilic and redox properties of the sulfhydryl group render it highly useful as a synthetic handle for the diversification of peptide structure, including macrocyclization, ligation, and bioconjugation. Herein, a sequential acyl-thiol-ene/S-deacetylation protocol for selectively installing thiol residues onto bioactive peptides on-resin is demonstrated. Through judicious placement of appropriate unsaturated residues, the hydrothiolation/S-deacetylation protocol offers a novel synthetic strategy to investigate the structure-activity relationship of disulfide-containing peptides displaying different ring sizes. Furthermore, a new and generally applicable fluorescent labeling strategy is introduced to facilitate direct on-resin conjugation without intermediate purification steps. These new methods provide a robust and versatile platform for peptide macrocyclization and bioconjugation, with broad applications in peptide synthesis and chemical biology.</p>","PeriodicalId":144,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - A European Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e202501372"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144075148","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":"Reversible Decarbonylation of a Metal Phosphaketene.","authors":"Matthew J Reveley, Joey Feld, Jose M Goicoechea","doi":"10.1002/chem.202501527","DOIUrl":"10.1002/chem.202501527","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The synthesis of a metalated phosphastannene by reaction of the known cobalt(I) phosphaketene complex Co(<sup>Dipp</sup>PDI)(PCO) (<sup>Dipp</sup>PDI = 1,1'-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bis(N-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)ethan-1-imine) with Sn[CH(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub> is described. The resulting compound, Co(<sup>Dipp</sup>PDI)(CO){P═Sn[CH(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>}, contains a localized P═Sn double bond, yet reacts like a phosphaketene transfer reagent, suggesting that, in solution, Co(<sup>Dipp</sup>PDI)(CO){P═Sn[CH(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>} appears to exist in equilibrium with Co(<sup>Dipp</sup>PDI)(PCO) and Sn[CH(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>. This is facilitated by the fact that, on decarbonylation with Sn[CH(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>, the carbon monoxide extruded from the phosphaketene precursor Co(<sup>Dipp</sup>PDI)(PCO) remains in the coordination sphere of cobalt. The novel phosphaketene compounds (IDipp)Au(PCO) (IDipp = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) and (<sup>Dipp</sup>NacNac)Zn(PCO) (<sup>Dipp</sup>Nacnac = HC[C(Me)N(Dipp)]<sub>2</sub>; Dipp = 2,6-<sup>i</sup>Pr<sub>2</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>) can be synthesized by reaction of Co(<sup>Dipp</sup>PDI)(CO){P═Sn[CH(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>} with Au(IDipp)Cl or (<sup>Dipp</sup>NacNac)ZnCl·LiCl(OEt<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>, respectively. In the case of the former, the released stannylene Sn[CH(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub> ultimately inserts into the Au─PCO bond, affording the tin(IV) complex (IDipp)AuSn(PCO)[CH(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":144,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - A European Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e202501527"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144075160","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":"Nonconventional Silicon-Hybrid Luminophores of Hyperbranched Polymer: Fluorescence Regulation and Applications.","authors":"Rui Wu, Yanyu He, Zheng Li, Zhiyu Yu, Xin Guo, Hongxia Yan","doi":"10.1002/chem.202501133","DOIUrl":"10.1002/chem.202501133","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hyperbranched polysiloxanes are a class of nonconventional polymers with unique structural features and excellent physicochemical properties, which have attracted great attention in the field of luminescent materials. This review summarizes the recent progress in the study of luminescence mechanisms and optical properties of various hyperbranched polymers containing Si─O─C segments with Si as branching points, including hyperbranched polysiloxanes, hyperbranched polyborosiloxanes, and hyperbranched polysilphosphates. Through molecular design and structural regulation, researchers have successfully achieved multicolor fluorescence and room-temperature phosphorescence emission ranging from blue to red in these polymers, with quantum yields reaching up to 54.1% and fluorescence lifetimes up to 9.73 µs. The AIE properties and excellent biocompatibility of these polymers provide new materials and strategies for applications in bioimaging, controlled drug release, information security encryption, and ion detection. Moreover, the opportunities and challenges for further development are briefly discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":144,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - A European Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e202501133"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144075154","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":"Cover Feature: Construction of a Cyclic Regular-Triangle Trimer of Cytochrome c555 with a Central Hole Using Sortase A","authors":"Gissi Novientri, Kodai Fujiwara, Tsuyoshi Mashima, Hiroaki Matsuura, Hideaki Ogata, Takayuki Uchihashi, Sotaro Fujii, Yoshihiro Sambongi, Shun Hirota","doi":"10.1002/chem.202582704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202582704","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Cover Feature</b> shows the construction of a nanoporous supramolecular assembly. The bandages at the corners of regular triangles represent the covalent linkage of the N and C termini of the cytochrome <i>c</i> trimer by sortase A-mediated ligation. The cyclic regular-triangle trimers with central holes are stacked into a nanoporous supramolecular structure with two pores of diameters of 16 and 30 Å. More information can be found in the Research Article by S. Hirota and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202404736).\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":144,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - A European Journal","volume":"31 27","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/chem.202582704","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143949784","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}
{"title":"Cover Feature: Supramolecular Matter Through Crystal Engineering: Covalent Bond Formation to Postsynthetic Modification","authors":"Changan Li, Leonard R. MacGillivray","doi":"10.1002/chem.202582703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202582703","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Shine on organic crystals</b>. The Cover Feature illustrates how the organic solid state can be recast not just as a medium for structure but as a reactive stage for molecular synthesis and a form of supramolecular matter. The Review by C. Li and L. R. MacGillivray (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202500756) highlights how merging post-synthetic modification methods with supramolecular chemistry creates new opportunities in solid-state synthesis, allowing chemists to precisely construct organic molecules that are challenging to obtain by using solution methods.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":144,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - A European Journal","volume":"31 27","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/chem.202582703","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143949782","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}
Nidal Saleh, Valerio Zullo, Estefanía Sucre-Rosales, Lorenzo Arrico, Francesco Zinna, Gennaro Pescitelli, Céline Besnard, Eric Vauthey, Jérôme Lacour
{"title":"Front Cover: Tethered Enantiopure Boramidines for Advanced Chiroptical Studies","authors":"Nidal Saleh, Valerio Zullo, Estefanía Sucre-Rosales, Lorenzo Arrico, Francesco Zinna, Gennaro Pescitelli, Céline Besnard, Eric Vauthey, Jérôme Lacour","doi":"10.1002/chem.202582701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202582701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Front Cover</b> shows a boramidine chromophore being excited by a linearly polarized UV wave (purple). The molecule is capable of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) represented as a CP blue wave coming from the enantiopure H8-BINOL moiety. A blurred mirror reinforces the concept of chirality, since the antipodal enantiomer is also excited and emits CPL. In their Research Article (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202500490), N. Saleh, E. Vauthey, J. Lacour and co-workers report the synthesis, characterization, and photophysical analysis of novel BINOL- and H8-BINOL-tethered boramidines, leveraging the chiral perturbation strategy for CPL material design. These enantiopure compounds, prepared in a concise three-step synthesis, exhibit high fluorescence quantum yields <i>ϕ</i> (up to 95% in N₂-saturated solutions) and luminescence dissymmetry factors (|<i>g</i><sub>lum</sub>| ∼10<sup>‒3</sup>). Transient absorption spectroscopy and quantum-chemical calculations provide insight into their singlet–triplet spin-orbit coupling and intersystem crossing mechanisms. Cover image by Estefanía Sucre-Rosales and Ricardo Fernández-Terán.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":144,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - A European Journal","volume":"31 27","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/chem.202582701","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143949842","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}
{"title":"From Desferrioxamine B Umpolung to an Enantiopure Bifunctional Chelator for <sup>89</sup>Zr-immunoPET.","authors":"Laurie Zujew, Laurent Raibaut, Jean-Claude Chambron","doi":"10.1002/chem.202501114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202501114","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Promising results in preclinical diagnosis based on <sup>89</sup>Zr-immunoPET have fostered the development of efficient chelators for this tetravalent metal. Leads in this area are octadentate ligands obtained by extension of the desferrioxamine B trihydroxamic acid DFO with a fourth bidentate ligand. In the approach reported here, the latter is a natural 6-membered cyclic hydroxamic acid deriving from (L)-ornithine. Its coupling to DFO via an (L)-lysine spacer required that the genuine amine function of the DFO terminus be changed to a carboxylic acid. Such a requirement prompted us to explore short sequences of chemical transformations that would challenge total syntheses leading to the same products. As a matter of fact, the target C-terminal DFO analogue was obtained in benzyl-protected form in three steps from commercially available DFO in 16% overall yield. Our short-step approach allowed us to implement other functionalities without DFO extension: -OH, -OTs, -CHO, -C(O)CH<sub>3</sub>, and -CH═CH<sub>2</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":144,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - A European Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e202501114"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144075152","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":"Pyridyl/Phenyl-Appended Acrylonitrile π-Conjugated Molecules: Thermally Stable Organic Crystals for Amplified Spontaneous Emission.","authors":"Mahiro Nakabayashi, Takumi Matsuo, Shotaro Hayashi","doi":"10.1002/chem.202501326","DOIUrl":"10.1002/chem.202501326","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Highly solid-state emissive molecular crystals have attracted attention as gain media for organic lasers. There is a need to develop solid-state luminescent molecules with excellent solubility and thermal stability through chemical design approaches despite the structural and functional diversity of organic molecular materials toward such media. Here, we report the synthesis and properties of the t-butyl- and pyridyl or phenyl-appended cyano-β-substituted distyrylbenzenes (CDSBs). A solution process at room temperature could prepare each crystal of these molecules modified with pyridyl/phenyl. The crystal structure analysis results suggest that the difference in the pyridyl/phenyl group affects the crystal system. Solid-state emissions were similar due to the molecular structural differences affecting only the crystal structure. The emission spectrum of the crystal exhibited amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) properties with the formation of population inversion. However, the pyridyl-pyridyl interactions contributed to the thermal stability of the crystal, which was stable even under high-energy density laser irradiation. Therefore, molecular modification with the pyridyl group offers a new strategy for controlling crystal structures and rigid frameworks.</p>","PeriodicalId":144,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - A European Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e202501326"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143958426","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}
Zarik Zaheer Yusaf, Benjamin D Egleston, Gokay Avci, Kim E Jelfs, James E M Lewis, Rebecca L Greenaway
{"title":"Organic Cage Rotaxanes.","authors":"Zarik Zaheer Yusaf, Benjamin D Egleston, Gokay Avci, Kim E Jelfs, James E M Lewis, Rebecca L Greenaway","doi":"10.1002/chem.202501014","DOIUrl":"10.1002/chem.202501014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Organic cages are a robust class of molecular hosts with a myriad of applications in materials science. Despite this, there has been a paucity of explorations into the modification of their properties via external functionalization. In this work, [n]rotaxanes featuring unoccupied organic cages as stopper components and a small 2,2'-bipyridine macrocycle were constructed using the active metal template (AMT) approach. By exploiting a scrambling methodology, it was possible to synthesize cages with a defined number of interlocked components (n = 2-4). The gas uptake, solubility, and thermal properties of the interlocked systems were compared against those of their constituent, non-interlocked components. In this manner, we were able to demonstrate the potential of exploiting the mechanical bond for modulating the physiochemical properties of these molecular materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":144,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - A European Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e202501014"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144075155","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}
Tingting Feng, Rui Cai, Zhenhua Zhu, Quan Zhou, Annika Sickinger, Olivier Maury, Yannick Guyot, Amina Bensalah-Ledoux, Stéphan Guy, Bruno Baguenard, Boris Le Guennic, Jinkui Tang
{"title":"Enhanced Near-infrared Circularly Polarized Luminescence Activity in Fluorinated Binolate Ytterbium Complexes.","authors":"Tingting Feng, Rui Cai, Zhenhua Zhu, Quan Zhou, Annika Sickinger, Olivier Maury, Yannick Guyot, Amina Bensalah-Ledoux, Stéphan Guy, Bruno Baguenard, Boris Le Guennic, Jinkui Tang","doi":"10.1002/chem.202500910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202500910","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chiral lanthanide complexes hold great potential in developing advanced circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials in the near infrared (NIR) wavelength range. While various ligands, such as β-diketonates and biphenols, have been successfully used to sensitize NIR emission of lanthanide ions, little attention has been paid to regulating CPL behaviors via ligand modification. In this study, we report the synthesis, structure, luminescence and chiroptical properties of a pair of novel air-stable Shibasaki-type Yb(III) enantiomers supported by 3,3'-fluorinated binaphthol (F2BINOL). Compared to their non-fluorinated counterparts, these fluorinated complexes exhibit larger dihedral angles between the two naphthyl moieties and more distorted octahedral coordination environments around the Yb(III) ion, leading to increased overall crystal field splitting. These structural modifications result in enhanced photophysical properties: the luminescence lifetime (τobs), sensitization efficiency (ηsens) and quantum yield (QY) improve from 2.1 μs, 38% and 0.7% to 2.7 μs, 63% and 1.8%, respectively. Additionally, the dissymmetry factor (glum) and CPL brightness (BCPL) at 963 nm increase by 32% and one order of magnitude, respectively. The scope of such chemical modification is broad, encompassing a variety of BINOL derivatives, offering a unique platform to further elucidate the relationship between structural and electronic properties and CPL activity in lanthanide systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":144,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - A European Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e202500910"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143957778","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}