ChemPlusChemPub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202500057
Wenjie Zhai, Jiayi Wang, Ruili Liang, Xiaoli Fan, Xuewei Tao, Jianping He, Yachao Jin, Mingdao Zhang, Li Song
{"title":"Facile and Rapid Synthesis of Ultra-Low-Loading Pt-Based Catalyst Boosting Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production.","authors":"Wenjie Zhai, Jiayi Wang, Ruili Liang, Xiaoli Fan, Xuewei Tao, Jianping He, Yachao Jin, Mingdao Zhang, Li Song","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202500057","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cplu.202500057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of a low-cost hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst is crucial for the implementation of hydrogen production via water electrolysis. Herein, a facile and rapid electrodeposition method to synthesize an ultra-low-loading platinum-based catalyst in a short time of 120 s without any other chemical additive is reported. A functionalized nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube (F-N-CNT) is utilized as a carbon support to controllably and effectively anchor the Pt species. With partially oxidized and unzipped, the surface of F-N-CNT is characterized with zig-zag graphene-like nanodomains, which provide enriched deposition sites for Pt species and act as a buffer preventing the agglomeration and overloading of the Pt. Due to rational design of the interfacial chemical environment, the optimized Pt/F-N-CNTs catalyst possesses an ultra-low loading of 1.37 wt% but delivers a prominent HER activity superior to commercial 20 wt% Pt/C. Therefore, this work provides a novel approach to preparing the Pt-based catalyst with outstanding activity and rational loading.</p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":" ","pages":"e2500057"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143727290","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}
ChemPlusChemPub Date : 2025-03-27DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202500193
Péter Szuroczki, Gábor Mikle, Rafael T Aroso, Zoe A Arnaut, Sara M A Pinto, Rui M B Carrilho, Attila Bényei, László Kollár, Mariette M Pereira
{"title":"Unlocking New Porphyrin Aminoacid Bioconjugates with a Pd-Catalyzed Carboxamide Synthesis.","authors":"Péter Szuroczki, Gábor Mikle, Rafael T Aroso, Zoe A Arnaut, Sara M A Pinto, Rui M B Carrilho, Attila Bényei, László Kollár, Mariette M Pereira","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202500193","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cplu.202500193","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study introduces a novel approach for the one-step preparation of carboxamide porphyrin-amino acid bioconjugates via palladium/xantphos-catalyzed aminocarbonylation of 5,15-dibromo-10,20-diphenylporphyrin and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-bromophenyl)porphyrin, under relatively mild conditions (70-100 °C, 1 atm CO), using natural amino acid methyl ester derivatives as N-nucleophiles. This optimized methodology leads to different families of amphiphilic porphyrin bioconjugates containing between one and four amino acids through carboxamide bonds, with isolated yields up to 71%. The resulting porphyrin-amino acid conjugates incorporate glycine, alanine, phenylalanine, and valine, offering tunable molecular weights and functional properties tailored to diverse applications. Comprehensive characterization using proton nuclear magnetic resonance (<sup>1</sup>H-NMR), UV-Visible absorption, fluorescence spectroscopy, and singlet oxygen quantum yields highlights the potential of these conjugates as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy and microbial inactivation. To the best of one's knowledge, this is the first application of a one-step aminocarbonylation reaction for porphyrin functionalization, providing a more straightforward approach compared with traditional multistep methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":" ","pages":"e2500193"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143717684","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}
ChemPlusChemPub Date : 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202500036
Suman Nayak, Nanjundan Raghul, Abhijit Saha, Rabindranath Lo, Priyadip Das
{"title":"pH and Medium Polarity-Induced Self-Assembly of Fmoc-Tryptophan into Multiple Superstructures: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigations.","authors":"Suman Nayak, Nanjundan Raghul, Abhijit Saha, Rabindranath Lo, Priyadip Das","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202500036","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cplu.202500036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Self-assembly of functionalized molecular building blocks is an effective and resource-saving bottom-up technique to generate multiple superstructures with various functionality and morphologies. The nature of the molecule and the factors controlling the overall self-assembly process are extremely vital in fundamental aspects of self-assembly, which deliver insights into the fabrication of multiple assemblies with specific functionality. The self-assembly of suitably functionalized amino acids leads to the formation of diverse structures with distinct properties, making them ideal bio-organic scaffolds for various applications. The present study reports, the pH and solvent polarity-induced self-assembly of 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc)-Tryptophan into various self-assembled superstructures with morphological individualities, explore the plausible pathway of morphological transformation of Fmoc-Trp into multiple superstructures having a wide range of well-defined morphologies, including spheres, hollow spheres, nanoflowers, nanosheets, nanorods, and cube-like structures, as characterized through conventional microscopic techniques. Detailed UV-vis, fluorescence, powder X-ray diffraction analysis, and Fourier transform infrared analyses reveal significant insights into the intermolecular interactions, which trigger the overall self-assembly process. The computational studies, including full geometry optimization and molecular dynamics simulations, are conducted to investigate the aggregation properties of modified amino acids (Fmoc-Trp). These studies highlight the crucial role of π-π stacking and hydrogen bonding in tuning the overall self-assembly with morphological variation.</p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":" ","pages":"e2500036"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707874","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":"Multifactor Multilevel Optimization of MOF Derivatives for Promoting Catalyst Fabrication.","authors":"Peiwei Zhao, Yuqing Zhang, Lele Gao, Yu Wang, Yimin Sun, Shizhong Luo, Ruirui Yun","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202500110","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cplu.202500110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Designing catalysts with high performance on the heterogeneous catalysis fields has puzzled many scientists due to the multifarious repeated experiments which takes most of their time. Herein, a multifactor and multilevel experimental design with an artificial neural network has been performed to optimize the catalyst synthesis tactic. During the process, five factors within one experiment are considered to establish a neural network model to pick out the optimal synthesis condition. Excitingly, the as-synthesized catalyst according to the above strategy displays superior catalytic activity to the other similar synthesis tactics. This work not only fabricates a catalyst with extremely catalytic performance but also provides new insights into constructing catalysts with special function efficiently.</p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":" ","pages":"e2500110"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707869","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}
ChemPlusChemPub Date : 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202500154
Mathias S Neumann, Sofie K Jensen, Rikke Frederiksen, Sissel S Andersen, Kasper M Beck, Jan O Jeppesen
{"title":"Kinetic Studies Reveal that the Secondary Station Impacts the Rate of Motion of Cyclobis(Paraquat-p-Phenylene) in Out-of-Equilibrium [2]Rotaxanes.","authors":"Mathias S Neumann, Sofie K Jensen, Rikke Frederiksen, Sissel S Andersen, Kasper M Beck, Jan O Jeppesen","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202500154","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cplu.202500154","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Control of movement in artificial molecular machines relies on the formation of out-of-equilibrium states that can subsequently interconvert to their ground states. However, a detailed description of molecular machines that are out of equilibrium is a challenge because they are often too short-lived to be characterized. Herein, the synthesis of two cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) [2]rotaxanes that incorporate a redox-active monopyrrolotetrathiafulvalene unit as the primary station and either a hydroquinone or a xylyl moiety as the secondary station is described. It is shown that the bistable [2]rotaxanes can be pushed out of equilibrium by an oxidation/reduction cycle and since a steric barrier is located between the two stations, the out-of-equilibrium states of the [2]rotaxanes can be physically isolated as solids. This allows to make detailed spectroscopic and electrochemical investigations of the [2]rotaxanes in both the di-oxidized and un-oxidized states. The outcome of the studies shows that the replacement of the secondary hydroquinone station with a xylyl station has no impact on the thermodynamic properties but has a significant effect on the kinetic properties of the [2]rotaxanes illustrating that the nature of the secondary station can be used to control the speed of [2]rotaxane-based molecular machines.</p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":" ","pages":"e2500154"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707855","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":"Open-Chain Tetrapyrroles Meet Metal Ions in the Functional Molecular Material Science.","authors":"Aninda Ghosh, Sandipa Bhandari, Hiroyuki Furuta, Masatoshi Ishida","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202500090","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cplu.202500090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Open-chain tetrapyrroles and their analogues, consisting of four pyrrole rings linked by methylene or methine carbons, originate from natural and synthetic pathways. These compounds exhibit unique structural flexibility due to their extended π-conjugation and tunable coordination with metal ions, enabling precise control over electronic and geometric properties. Such structural versatility makes them promising candidates for chiroptical, optoelectronic, and biorelated applications. By modulating metal coordination and molecular design, their functionalities can be tailored for circularly polarized luminescence, ion sensing, photothermal conversion, and chiral devices. This review highlights recent advancements in open-chain tetrapyrrole-based materials, emphasizing their structure-property relationships and potential for next-generation functional materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":" ","pages":"e2500090"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143690662","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}
ChemPlusChemPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202500001
John Alake, Darko Kwabena Adu, Blessing Wisdom Ike, Rajshekhar Karpoormath
{"title":"Fabrication And Assessment Of A Ternary Composite Of Cobalt Oxide, Cadmium Sulphide And Carbon Nanotube As A Disposable Sensor For The Sensitive Monitoring Of Tamsulosin In Serum.","authors":"John Alake, Darko Kwabena Adu, Blessing Wisdom Ike, Rajshekhar Karpoormath","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202500001","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cplu.202500001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tamsulosin is an α<sub>1A</sub> blocker used to manage lower urinary tract symptoms in prostate hyperplasia patients. Research has shown a marked variation in patients' response to the drug, which may require continuous therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) to aid in dose manipulations for better treatment outcomes. Electrochemical sensors are the least explored for tamsulosin. Here, we report the first exploration of a facile synthesis and electrochemical study of a ternary nanocomposite of cobalt oxide nanoparticles, cadmium sulfide nanorods, and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CdS/MWCNT/SPE) and its application for the detection of tamsulosin in serum. A precipitation oxidation and hydrothermal methods were used to synthesise Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles and CdS/MWCNT, respectively. Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> and CdS/MWCNT masses were dispersed in deionised water and sonicated to obtain Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CdS/MWCNT. The fabricated sensor recorded the lowest-ever detection limits of 2.06×10<sup>-9</sup> and 3.89×10<sup>-9</sup> for CV and SWV from a linear range of 5 to 50 μM. The sensor showed remarkable selectivity in the presence of multiple interfering agents, and the average recovery was 96.4, with an RSD of 1.38 %. This study is the first to report a composite of Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, CdS and MWCNT and the first disposable tamsulosin sensor. As a disposable sensor, the current sensor offers portability and miniaturisation for point-of-care applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":" ","pages":"e202500001"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143661706","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}
ChemPlusChemPub Date : 2025-03-18DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202500033
Krzysztof Dzieszkowski, Miłosz Pawlicki
{"title":"Open-Shell States in Dynamic Diradicaloids.","authors":"Krzysztof Dzieszkowski, Miłosz Pawlicki","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202500033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202500033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The open-shell organic and carbon-based systems, with either a doublet, triplet or higher spin-states, play a key role in contemporary research, opening potential applicability for several crucial fields. Among those derivatives, specific attention has been given to p-phenylene-based systems derived from the original Thiele hydrocarbon. These systems stabilize an open-shell diradicaloid resonance structure with a thermally accessible triplet state and are derived from a quinone-benzene (Clar's sextet) equilibrium. In our discussion, we very carefully choose examples which focus on fundamental derivatives that merge diatropic subunits, ready to stabilize two unpaired electrons via a dynamic modulation of geometry. This process provides an additional factor to the resonance energy of aromatics, mostly responsible for stabilization of two unpaired electrons.</p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":" ","pages":"e202500033"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143655792","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}
ChemPlusChemPub Date : 2025-03-18DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400754
Davide Corinti, Elisabetta Gabano, Barbara Chiavarino, Maria Elisa Crestoni, Domenico Osella, Simonetta Fornarini
{"title":"Protonation of Pt(IV) Anticancer Complexes Assayed by Vibrational Ion Spectroscopy.","authors":"Davide Corinti, Elisabetta Gabano, Barbara Chiavarino, Maria Elisa Crestoni, Domenico Osella, Simonetta Fornarini","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202400754","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cplu.202400754","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Platinum(IV) complexes are being studied as potential alternatives to traditional platinum(II)-based chemotherapy drugs. They promise reduced side effects and potential for oral administration. In fact, a preliminary reduction in the cellular medium is recognized as a crucial step for activation. However, a deeper understanding of the protonation sites and substitution behavior of Pt(IV) complexes is needed, considering that ligand hydrolysis may compete with reduction-mediated activation, particularly in acidic environments such as the stomach. In this study, we investigated protonated Pt(IV) complexes with equatorial ligands common to widely used Pt(II) drugs containing square planar geometry, such as cisplatin and carboplatin. The additional axial substituents in the octahedral coordination sphere of Pt(IV) include different combinations of hydroxido and acetato ligands. Mass spectrometry-based methods, including collision-induced dissociation (CID) and infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy, supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, were employed. Structural characterization revealed that protonation preferences are influenced by the type and position of the ligands. Notably, protonation is generally favored on the carboxylato ligands; however, the carboplatin-derived complex exhibited a mixed population of protomers, highlighting the significance of both axial and equatorial ligand configurations in shaping the prototropic equilibria happening in solution.</p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":" ","pages":"e202400754"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143655798","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}
ChemPlusChemPub Date : 2025-03-17DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202580303
Fatma Pinar Gordesli-Duatepe, Begümnur Küçükcan, Özge Sağlam
{"title":"Cover Feature: Effect of UV Light Exposure Duration on the Removal of Exfoliation Agent Residues in Two-Dimensional Perovskite Nanosheets: An AFM Study (ChemPlusChem 3/2025)","authors":"Fatma Pinar Gordesli-Duatepe, Begümnur Küçükcan, Özge Sağlam","doi":"10.1002/cplu.202580303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202580303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The cover feature shows</b> AFM detection of exfoliation agent residue removal on perovskite nanosheet-based nanofilms after UV exposure. AFM measurements, performed using a silicon probe, reveal how surface properties evolve with UV exposure duration, influencing nanosheet homogeneity and adhesion. The findings highlight the need to optimize UV exposure duration for effective residue removal while preserving surface quality. More details can be found in the Research Article by Fatma Pinar Gordesli-Duatepe, Özge Sağlam, and Begümnur Küçükcan (DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400678).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":148,"journal":{"name":"ChemPlusChem","volume":"90 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cplu.202580303","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143632970","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}