{"title":"[5]Helicene-Embedded Cycloparaphenylene Nanohoops with Möbius Topology: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Aromaticity.","authors":"Huiji Yang, Shengzhu Guo, Weijie Guo, Lin Liu, Xiaoyu Liu, Jing He, Yanqing Fan, Zhe Lian, Xiaonan Li, Shu Huang, Xuebo Chen, Ying Wang, Hua Jiang","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The relationship between Möbius topology and aromaticity still remains elusive, which is largely due to the related synthetic challenges and, further, the scarcity in both the quantity and the diversity of the constructed Möbius systems. In this work, we report the synthesis of [4n]Möbius conjugated all-carbon nanohoops ([5]H-[7,8]CPPs) by utilizing a [5]helicene unit as a hidden writhe and a masked aromatic unit to overcome the strain inherited from Möbius topology. X-ray analyses reveal that [5]H-[7,8]CPPs contain a [5]helicene moiety and an oligoparaphenylene unit, clearly exhibiting Möbius topology. Photophysical investigations demonstrated that [5]H-[7,8]CPPs exhibited moderately high fluorescence quantum yields, significantly higher than those of pristine [5]helicene and [7,8]CPPs. Chiroptical studies revealed that [5]H-[7,8]CPPs displayed an obvious Cotton effect in circular dichroism and bright circularly polarized luminescence, indicating efficient transfer of chirality from the [5]helicene to the overall carbon nanohoops. Importantly, theoretical investigations reveal that, though possessing a Möbius topology and a 4n π-electron array in the neutral state, [5]H-[7,8]CPPs fundamentally exhibit local Hückel aromaticity, while their dications, with a 4n + 2 π-electron in the conjugation circuits, show Hückel in-plane global aromaticity, deviating from the Heilbronner prediction. The results may help us to better understand the complicated relationship between Möbius topology and aromaticity.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00205"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144223821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sudhir D Jagadale, Sidhanath V Bhosale, Sheshanath V Bhosale
{"title":"Unveiling the Pyridine Functionalized Dicyanostilbene/Reduced Graphene Oxide Electrode Materials for High Performance Symmetric Supercapacitors.","authors":"Sudhir D Jagadale, Sidhanath V Bhosale, Sheshanath V Bhosale","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500125","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pseudocapacitors (PSCs) are attractive alternatives with great potential in the next generation of electrical energy storage (EES) devices. So far, PSCs are mainly fabricated using inorganic transition metal oxides. To overcome the cost and stability issues of such PSCs, organic electrode materials available from renewable sources are attracting researchers' attention. In this study, to enhance the electrochemical performance of PSCs, we non-covalently functionalized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) substrate with a redox-active (2Z,2'Z)-2,2'-(1,4-phenylene)bis(3-(pyridin-4-yl)acrylonitrile) (DCBS), yielding the composite electrode systems. The presence of the pyridine ring system in combination with the nitrile (─C≡N) functional group provides an additional contribution of faradaic reversible redox reactions and stability of the DCBS/rGO electrode in PSC performance. Significantly, our DCBS/rGO composite electrode-based three-electrode supercapacitor (SC) device exhibited excellent specific capacitance of 318.98 F g<sup>-1</sup> at 0.5 A g<sup>-1</sup> current density. Moreover, in symmetric supercapacitor (SSC) cell configuration, the DCBS/rGO at 0.5 A g<sup>-1</sup> current density displayed C<sub>sp</sub> as high as 135.10 F g<sup>-1</sup> and an energy density of 24.31 Wh kg<sup>-1</sup> at 1080 W kg<sup>-1</sup> power density. The SSC device showed great C<sub>sp</sub> retention (98.3%) after 10000 galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) cycles at a current density of 3 A g<sup>-1</sup>. The present investigation underscores the DCBS/rGO based electrode materials offer ideas to improve the charge storage capacity, device stability and energy density for supercapacitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00125"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144223830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingyu Zhai, Xiao Li, Kun Xi, Huibing Shi, Tao Gao, Xiaomin Zhang, Shiyang Niu, Yunfei Li, Fenghong Tang, Deming Zhao, Wenjiao Ji, Wenjie Li, Qinzhi Lai, Yuanhui Cheng
{"title":"A Wide-Temperature-Range Electrolyte for all Vanadium Flow Batteries.","authors":"Jingyu Zhai, Xiao Li, Kun Xi, Huibing Shi, Tao Gao, Xiaomin Zhang, Shiyang Niu, Yunfei Li, Fenghong Tang, Deming Zhao, Wenjiao Ji, Wenjie Li, Qinzhi Lai, Yuanhui Cheng","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500607","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The all-vanadium flow battery (VFB) has emerged as a highly promising large-scale, long-duration energy storage technology due to its inherent advantages, including decoupling of power and capacity, high safety, scalability, long cycle life, and environmental compatibility. However, the practical application of VFB systems is hindered by the poor thermal stability of vanadium electrolytes under extreme temperatures, where precipitation occurs at high temperatures (≥40 °C) and low temperatures (≤10 °C), severely limiting their geographical adaptability. This study proposes a wide-temperature-range (WTR) electrolyte by introducing four organic/inorganic additives, comprising benzene sulfonate, phosphate salts, halide salts, and imidazole into the conventional vanadium electrolyte. The operational temperature of vanadium electrolyte was extended to -5∼45 °C. Electrochemical characterization confirmed that WTR-electrolyte has comparable performance to the conventional electrolyte at 100 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>, while not sacrificing performance. Furthermore, the WTR-electrolyte can not only be stored in the temperature range of -5∼45 °C, but also can stably operate at -5 °C and 45 °C. This work provides a viable strategy for designing WTR vanadium electrolytes, offering critical insights to advance the deployment of vanadium-based energy storage systems in diverse climatic environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00607"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144214476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José L. Gómez Chávez, Matías O. Miranda, Dr. Emilio L. Angelina, Dr. Silvana C. Pamies, Prof. Nélida M. Peruchena, Dr. Andre N. Petelski
{"title":"Cover Feature: Supramolecular Polymers of Amino Triazines vs. Amino Pyrimidines in Aqueous Solution: How Key Interactions Control their Thermodynamic Stability (Chem. Asian J. 10/2025)","authors":"José L. Gómez Chávez, Matías O. Miranda, Dr. Emilio L. Angelina, Dr. Silvana C. Pamies, Prof. Nélida M. Peruchena, Dr. Andre N. Petelski","doi":"10.1002/asia.202581002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202581002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The cover illustrates the behavior of two supramolecular systems derived from aminotriazine (AT) and aminopyrimidine (AP) moieties in the presence of water and sodium cations. As demonstrated by our molecular dynamics analyses, the AT-based system remains stable in aqueous solution, whereas the AP-based system undergoes complete disassembly. Additional computational experiments suggest that the stability of the latter could be modulated by adjusting the pH or through charge screening effects. More details can be found in article number e202401905 by Andre N. Petelski and co-workers.<figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":"20 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/asia.202581002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144190663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deciphering the Role of Spin-Polarization in Oxygen Evolution via Chiral Mixed Mn/Fe/Ni/Co-Based Transition Metal Oxide.","authors":"Utkarsh Utkarsh, Sachidananda Sahu, Anujit Balo, Dibyendu Barik, Koyel Banerjee Ghosh","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a crucial role in energy storage and conversion technologies. However, its higher overpotential challenges the scientific community to overcome it. Recent advancements in OER demonstrate that inducing spin-polarization at the anode either employing chiral molecular modification or magnetic substrate, augmentation of OER is possible. Adopting this idea, we evaluated the effect of chiral molecular modification of mixed-transition metal-based spinel oxide on the spin-polarized charge transfer during OER. Chiral molecular functionalization of the catalyst has been carried out using chiral analogs of phenylalanine, which enhances the stability and catalytic activity of the catalyst by controlling the electron's spin utilizing the chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect. The experimental results show that the chiral molecule integrated catalyst decreases the overpotential by ∼200 mV at 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> with respect to the achiral one. Moreover, it increases the current density by ∼2 times at 2.1 V (vs. RHE) and decreases hydrogen peroxide production significantly compared to its achiral analog. The results of these studies are explained by controlling the spin-polarization of the anodic current during water oxidation employing CISS effect. Hence, this study opens new avenues for enhancing the performance of the catalysts for sustainable energy applications utilizing spin-polarized charge transfer.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00137"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144197850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jagandeep S Saraya, Nicholas G Horton, Michael J Capperauld, Evan Zakaria, Derek K O'Flaherty
{"title":"A Versatile Disulfide-Containing Solid-Support Strategy for 3'-Modifiers in Oligonucleotides: Introducing Modular Tandem Oligonucleotide Synthesis.","authors":"Jagandeep S Saraya, Nicholas G Horton, Michael J Capperauld, Evan Zakaria, Derek K O'Flaherty","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500537","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chemical modifications of oligonucleotides are routinely employed to enhance their functional properties. Amino-modifiers serve as versatile chemical handles for postsynthetic (bio)conjugation, nucleic acid immobilization on solid supports, and investigations into nonenzymatic genome replication relevant to the origins of life, to name a few. Here, we report a cost-effective, disulfide-containing solid-support linkage that enables the on-column synthesis of nucleic acids with 3'-amino or 3'-phosphate modifications. The orthogonality of this solid-support linker facilitates an on-column protecting group strategy, enabling the synthesis of DNA and RNA containing 3'-amino-2',3'-dideoxyribosides from commercial unprotected mononucleosides. Additionally, we present an on-column deprotection protocol for DNA and RNA, prior to cleavage from the solid support, eliminating the precipitation step typically required in conventional RNA workflows, leading to higher recovery for certain strands. Expanding on our previous work, we introduce a versatile modular tandem oligonucleotide synthesis (mTOS) approach, allowing selective release of downstream strands from the one directly bound to the solid-support via the disulfide-containing linker. Together, these advances in solid-support design and oligonucleotide synthesis unlock new opportunities in bioconjugation, biotechnology, and the study of prebiotic replication mechanisms, broadening the utility of chemically modified nucleic acids across research disciplines.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00537"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144197849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front Cover: Rotaxane-Based Mechanochromic Mechanophore Enabled by Amide Bond Formation (Chem. Asian J. 10/2025)","authors":"Yuto Yoshida, Prof. Yoshimitsu Sagara","doi":"10.1002/asia.202581001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202581001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rotaxane-based supramolecular mechanophores exhibit reversible fluorescence switching under mechanical force. This study demonstrates that amide formation between succinimidyl and amine groups offers a reliable approach to construct rotaxane axles, yielding mechanoresponsive properties comparable to those of previously reported rotaxane mechanophores synthesized via Cu(I)-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition. More details can be found in article number e202401826 by Yuto Yoshida and Yoshimitsu Sagara.<figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":"20 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/asia.202581001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144190662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Embossing Redox-Active Nickel(II) Complexes on Pencil Graphite Electrodes for Frugal Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production.","authors":"Sangharaj Diyali, Nilankar Diyali, Madhumita Samanta, Subhajit Saha, Gopal Sarkar, Subhamay Paramanik, Suraj Kumar Agrawalla, Chandra Shekhar Purohit, Bhaskar Biswas","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This work focuses on developing a pencil graphite electrode (PGE) as the working electrode through the electrocatalytic activities of rationally designed coordination-driven electrocatalysts toward sustainable hydrogen production. Upon careful treatment, a normal wooden pencil ($1/INR85) can be transformed into a standard working electrode ($180/INR15000). In this context, the PGE has evolved as the working electrode with rationally designed nickel(II) complexes Ni-L<sup>Me</sup> and Ni-L<sup>Ph</sup> obtained through one-pot synthesis between alkyl-thiosemicarbazide and acenaphthylene-1,2-dione and nickel(II) acetate. X-ray crystallography analysis reveals that both the nickel complexes adopt an isostructural square planar coordination geometry. The PGE/Ni-L<sup>Me</sup> and PGE/Ni-L<sup>Ph</sup> in aqueous 0.5 M H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> rendered an overpotential of about 0.48 and 0.41 V vs. RHE with a Tafel slope of 149 and 101 mV per decade, respectively. Chronopotentiometry and constant potential electrolysis ensure excellent durability and electrocatalytic hydrogen production with 95% and 98% faradaic efficiency, respectively, for Ni-L<sup>Me</sup> and Ni-L<sup>Ph</sup>. Crystal engineering approaches attribute the higher electrocatalytic activities of Ni-L<sup>Ph</sup> over Ni-L<sup>Me</sup> to its higher surface area and planarity. The high propensity of strong stacking interactions between the extensive π-electronic conjugated network of PGE and square planar nickel complexes leads to a perfect synergism and facilitates rapid electron transport with high electrocatalytic efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00203"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144197851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances in Multichromophoric Metal-Free FRET Macrocycles and 2D Metallacycles.","authors":"Vidushi Gupta, Sanchita Sengupta","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500363","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review highlights the recent advances in the development of multichromophoric, metal-free covalent macrocycles and 2D metallacycles exhibiting Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) that imparts emergent functions to these structures. The design strategies and synthetic methodologies for multichromophoric macrocycles and their structural diversities have been discussed. A covalent synthetic approach in macrocycle design ensures rigidity and precise chromophoric arrangement while a metal coordination driven self-assembly strategy provides facile access to dynamic structures of 2D metallacycles with tunable (opto)electronic properties. Despite synthetic challenges, macrocyclic architecture offer structural rigidity and minimized excitation traps compared to linear counterparts. This review highlights the key synthetic strategies for metal-free covalent macrocycles, including condensation, templated cyclization, Prato's reaction, and copper-catalyzed azide/alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC), alongside noncovalent approaches. The discrete nature, size and shape, and photophysical properties of these multichromophoric FRET macrocycles have been leveraged for various applications such as biomedicine, sensing, in vivo imaging, and photocatalysis and their future applications for host-guest chemistry, nanoreactors for photocatalysis, and optoelectronics are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00363"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144186109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficient and Diastereoselective Syntheses of C-6 Homologues of DMJ, DNJ Iminosugars.","authors":"Kanchan Maurya, Krishna P Kaliappan","doi":"10.1002/asia.202401877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202401877","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herein we present a simple and efficient strategy for the syntheses of d-mannose- and d-ribose-derived six-membered cyclic nitrones through a stereoselective intramolecular aza-Michael addition. These nitrones serve as common intermediates in the construction of biologically active glycosidase inhibitors, such as 6-homo-4-epi-1-deoxynojirimycin and 6-homo-5-epi-1-deoxymannonojirimycin, and further utilized in cycloaddition reactions with various dipolarophiles, yielding isoxazolidines with excellent regio- and stereoselectivity. This versatile strategy allows for the collective stereoselective total syntheses of various alkaloids, demonstrating its broad applicability in synthetic chemistry.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e01877"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144172225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}