Songyi Gao, Xiaoai Liu, Ming Lang, Yu Xiong, Chao Peng, Ye Guo, Shiyong Peng
{"title":"Synthesis of Novel Cyclonona[c]furan Frameworks via Gold(I)-Catalyzed Heterocyclization/(6 + 3) Cycloaddition Cascade of Yne-enones with Hexahydropyrimidines.","authors":"Songyi Gao, Xiaoai Liu, Ming Lang, Yu Xiong, Chao Peng, Ye Guo, Shiyong Peng","doi":"10.1002/asia.70357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.70357","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A gold(I)-catalyzed heterocyclization/(6 + 3) cycloaddition cascade between yne-enones and hexahydropyrimidines is reported, offering a modular platform for the synthesis of structurally novel 1,5-diazonane-fused cyclonona[c]furan frameworks in moderate to good yields under mild conditions. Both tricyclic and tetracyclic products are accessible from cyclic yne-enones. Moreover, the asymmetric version has been demonstrated at the proof-of-concept level, delivering 50% ee using the chiral H<sub>8</sub>-BINOL-derived phosphoramidite ligand L7.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e70357"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145230923","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}
Nirmiti Mate, Afrin Asmat, Sunil Agrahari, Shaikh M Mobin
{"title":"Unleashing the Multifunctionality of Carbon Dots for Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation: Recent Advances and Diverse Applications.","authors":"Nirmiti Mate, Afrin Asmat, Sunil Agrahari, Shaikh M Mobin","doi":"10.1002/asia.70342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.70342","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, solar-driven evaporators have gained attention as a sustainable approach to water treatment. Utilizing photothermal materials for solar evaporation represents a sustainable and practical strategy to mitigate water scarcity by leveraging the abundance of solar energy. The efficient solar-to-thermal is crucial and has been widely investigated, with the development of solar absorber materials emerging as a compelling focus due to their excellent photothermal performance. The carbon dots (CDs) have recently gathered considerable attention for their potential application in this domain. CDs exhibit several desirable properties, including broadband light absorption, high photothermal conversion efficiency, tunable surface functionalities, facile integration into substrates, ease of synthesis, and accessibility to abundant raw materials, making them a suitable candidate for this application. In this review, a brief introduction to the solar evaporator, including the mechanism and key components in solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) devices, is given, followed by a strategy of CDs synthesis, sources of CDs precursors, and their incorporation into various substrates. Moreover, the potential application of CD-based evaporators in evaporation, desalination, water purification, electricity generation, and the removal of microbes is highlighted. This study concludes by exploring the current limitations and prospective advancements in CD-assisted solar evaporation research.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e70342"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145230926","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":"Infrared Photovoltaic-Battery Hybrid Systems Enabled by Colloidal Quantum Dots.","authors":"Hong Ji, Renjun Liu, Peter Smowton, Bo Hou","doi":"10.1002/asia.202401958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202401958","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Photovoltaic-battery (PV/B) hybrid energy systems have gained global attention due to the depletion of fossil fuels and environmental concerns. PV systems play a crucial role in sustainable power generation as they produce clean, environmentally-friendly energy directly from sunlight. Compared to the first-generation silicon PVs, which are ineffective for wavelengths beyond 1100 nm, and the high-cost second-generation III-V semiconductors, Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) stand out as a key material in the latest generation of PVs. They offer the advantage of absorbing light in the near-infrared (NIR) range at a significantly lower cost. Current PV/B systems often integrate silicon PVs with lithium-ion batteries or direct photobatteries and have demonstrated reliable performance. Although substantial academic work has focused on NIR CQD-based PVs and batteries, research directions in NIR PV/B hybrid systems remain somewhat disorganized and uneven. This review focus on: (i) providing a detailed analysis of CQDs, including their chemical and physical properties and their applications in NIR PV cells, and (ii) summarizing literature on past and current NIR CQDPVs and batteries that could be used in PV/B systems, synthesizing diverse sources of information. This article seeks to offer new insights and identify potential future research directions for professionals in the field.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e01958"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197486","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":"NOTIFICATION: A Triphenyl Amine-Based Solvatofluorochromic Dye for the Selective and Ratiometric Sensing of OCl<sup>-</sup> in Human Blood Cells.","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/asia.70332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.70332","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e70332"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197512","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}
Day-Shin Hsu, Wen-Hsin Lin, Pui-Wai Un, Li-Ying Wang
{"title":"NHC/Urea Cocatalyzed Intramolecular Stetter Reaction to Construct Bicyclic and Tricyclic Spirocarbocycles.","authors":"Day-Shin Hsu, Wen-Hsin Lin, Pui-Wai Un, Li-Ying Wang","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500864","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An NHC/urea-cocatalyzed intramolecular Stetter reaction is described. Various cyclic enone-aldehydes and enone-benzaldehydes were exposed to an N-heterocyclic carbene and urea in toluene in the presence of 4 Å molecular sieves, whereupon the intramolecular Stetter reaction proceeded smoothly at room temperature to give the corresponding bicyclic and tricyclic 1,4-diketones in 27%-96% yields. The ring size of the spiro compounds could be easily controlled by using different cyclic enones or by altering the length of the carbon tether. Both cyclic enone-benzaldehydes and cyclic enones tethered with a four-carbon side chain aldehyde gave the desired products, whereas substrates bearing a five-carbon side chain aldehyde resulted a complicated mixture of the products. The presence of a substituent in the cyclic enone moiety caused a decrease in the yields. An asymmetric intramolecular Stetter reaction was also attempted, and 94% ee was achieved when using an aromatic aldehyde as the substrate. The reaction of an aliphatic aldehyde led to poor yield and lower ee.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00864"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197535","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}
Nunavath Ramakrishna, Subhasish Sahoo, Prasanjit Agasti, Aswin Burma, Aman Mishra, Rajanikanta Rana, Saroj L Samal
{"title":"Intercalation Induced Structural Transition and Magnetic Properties in Ni<sub>x</sub>NbS<sub>2</sub>.","authors":"Nunavath Ramakrishna, Subhasish Sahoo, Prasanjit Agasti, Aswin Burma, Aman Mishra, Rajanikanta Rana, Saroj L Samal","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500796","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the effect of Ni intercalation on the structure and magnetic properties of Ni<sub>x</sub>NbS<sub>2</sub>. Pristine NbS<sub>2</sub> crystallizes in the rhombohedral 3R phase, which undergoes a structural transition to a mixture of hexagonal (2H) and rhombohedral (3R) phases with Ni intercalation in the range of 0 < x < 0.15 and finally to pure 2H phase in the range of 0.15 ≤ x ≤ 0.25. Further Ni intercalation in NbS<sub>2</sub>, in the range of 0.33 ≤ x ≤ 0.4, the 2H phase transforms to an ordered superstructure (Space Group: P6<sub>3</sub>22) with lattice parameters of √3a<sub>o</sub> × √3a<sub>o</sub> × 1c<sub>o</sub>. Raman studies shows Ni-S stretching vibration peak at 492.3 cm<sup>-1</sup> suggesting strong bonding of Ni with the host NbS<sub>2</sub> lattice. XPS studies further confirm the charge transfer from Nb to Ni in the Ni intercalated compounds. Theoretical studies show that the 3R phase has lower total energy for pristine NbS<sub>2</sub> while for the intercalated compound, Ni<sub>0.25</sub>NbS<sub>2</sub>, the 2H phase has lower total energy. Magnetic properties study shows a distinct antiferromagnetic transition at 78 K for Ni<sub>0.33</sub>NbS<sub>2</sub>, and a kink at 30 K for Ni<sub>0.25</sub>NbS<sub>2</sub> suggesting a weak ordering, while no magnetic ordering is observed for Ni<sub>0.15</sub>NbS<sub>2</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00796"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197490","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":"K<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub>/DMSO-Mediated Organic Transformations: A Comprehensive Report.","authors":"Pragati Kushwaha, Rashi","doi":"10.1002/asia.70351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.70351","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The pursuit of sustainable and efficient methodologies for C─C and C─X bond formations, as well as other complex functionalizations, remains a fundamental goal in modern organic chemistry. In recent years, potassium persulfate (K<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub>) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) catalytic system has attracted considerable attention owing to its environmentally benign nature, high efficiency, affordability, and mild reaction conditions. This catalytic combination has been effectively employed in a wide range of transformations, including cyclization, C─C/C─X coupling, oxygenation, and deoxygenation reactions, etc. These successes have firmly established K<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub>/DMSO as a green, efficient, and versatile system for organic transformations. This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments utilizing this catalytic system, mechanistic insights, synthetic applications, and outlining future directions. With this, it aims to serve as a key resource for further development to more sustainable approaches in modern organic synthetic chemistry.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e70351"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197510","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}
Dong Bo Fu, Gao Jun Liu, Jing Rui Chen, Xue Yang, Ting Guo Yan, Ping Chuan Ma, Le Yu
{"title":"Self-assembled Aramid-Based Nanofiber Separator for High Safety Lithium Metal Batteries.","authors":"Dong Bo Fu, Gao Jun Liu, Jing Rui Chen, Xue Yang, Ting Guo Yan, Ping Chuan Ma, Le Yu","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Higher safety standards are essential for the development of high-energy-density batteries within the rapidly advancing electric vehicle and large-scale energy storage industries. Herein, we report a novel, simple, and successive process to coat the 1,3,5-triaminophenoxybenzene (TAB) covalently crosslinked poly (p-phenylene terephthamide) (PPTA) onto commercial polyethylene (PE) as separators (denoted as PPTA/TAB@PE) for high safety lithium (Li) metal batteries (LMBs). Without any additional binder, the PPTA/TAB nanofiber coating layer sticks to porous PE separators by physical anchoring, improving the heat resistance and mechanical properties of the composite separators. Meanwhile, migration routes for Li-ions are guaranteed by the porous structure assembled of the fibrillar units during the nonsolvent induced phase separation. The designed PPTA/TAB@PE separator shows a high Li-ion transference number of 0.65. As a result, the symmetric Li||Li cell with PPTA/TAB@PE separator demonstrates stable Li plating and stripping. The associated Li||LiFePO<sub>4</sub> and Li||LiNi<sub>0.8</sub>Co<sub>0.1</sub>Mn<sub>0.1</sub>O<sub>2</sub> half cells exhibit high capacity, excellent rate performance, and remarkable cycling stability, significantly surpassing those of cells using commercial separator. This research presents an innovative method for designing functionalized separators to enhance the performance of LMBs.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00859"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197520","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":"Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Truncated Artificial Analogues of Amphidinol 3.","authors":"Yoko Yasuno, Yuma Wakamiya, Yusuke Mita, Yuki Yamashita, Nobuaki Matsumori, Tohru Oishi","doi":"10.1002/asia.70353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.70353","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Structure-activity relationship studies of artificial analogues of amphidinol 3 (AM3) were conducted. Based on the truncated molecule corresponding to the C21-C67 section of AM3, which elicited comparable antifungal activity to the parent compound, its stereoisomers were synthesized from polyol, bis-THP, and polyene units via Suzuki-Miyaura coupling and Julia-Kocienski olefination. Variants at both polyol and polyene termini were also synthesized. Evaluation of the antifungal activity of the analogues revealed the importance of the stereochemistry of the bis-THP core, which is a conserved region among amphidinol congeners. In addition, structural differences of the polyene terminus highly affected the antifungal activity in the case of the truncated analogues, contrary to the naturally occurring congeners. The C22-C67 analogue, only one-carbon shorter at the polyol terminus, elicited no antifungal activity. Therefore, the minimum structure to elicit antifungal activity was elucidated to be the C21-C67 section of AM3.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e70353"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197482","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":"A Review: Collaborative Enhancement Strategies with Blue-Emitting Quantum Dot Materials.","authors":"Yue Chen, Yuting Bai, Zunxian Yang, Xudong Jiang, Benfang Liu, Jiajie Hong, Zhezhou Fang, Jinzhu Gao, Zheyu Zhou, Runsen Yu, Zhiyu Yuan, Tailiang Guo, Fushan Li, Yongyi Chen, Zhenzhen Weng","doi":"10.1002/asia.202500860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500860","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Blue-emitting QDs are highly desirable for next-generation optoelectronic applications because of their exceptional color purity and spectrally tunable emission. However, their PLQY and device EQE lag significantly behind those of red and green QDs. This shortfall originates from a synergistic interplay of three fundamental factors: (i) the high density of surface defects and dangling bonds inherent to the small particle dimensions required for blue emission; (ii) the deep valence-band position arising from the wide bandgap, which imposes a pronounced interfacial charge-injection barrier; and (iii) the additional energetic barriers introduced by core-shell interfaces or insulating organic ligands. Collectively, these mechanisms markedly amplify non-radiative recombination and Auger losses. This review summarizes recent advancements in enhancing blue-emitting QD efficiency through multifaceted strategies encompassing precursor engineering, elemental doping, core-shell structure optimization, alloying engineering, surface passivation, and ligand design. Moreover, we highlight the synergistic integration of these approaches-exemplified by dual-precursor kinetic-strain coupling protocols, stress-locked gradient-alloy/dual-shell (CdZnSeS/ZnSe/ZnS) architectures, ligand-exchange cascade passivation schemes to realize high-performance blue QDs tailored for advanced optoelectronic devices such as high-resolution displays, solid-state lighting, and photovoltaic systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":145,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry - An Asian Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e00860"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145190461","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}