{"title":"A biothiols and H2O2 responsive fluorescence probe for selective cancer imaging","authors":"Nan Yin, Guixin Qin, Yuting Wang, Jiali Tang, Xin Yao, Qingling Xu","doi":"10.1002/bkcs.12811","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bkcs.12811","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Identification of cancer from normal tissues is important for early diagnosis of cancer. Combined detection of multiple tumor markers is important for accurate diagnosis. It is urgent to develop fluorescent probes that are responsive to multiple cancer characterizations for selective cancer imaging. Herein, we designed a novel near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe (<b>IRAPA</b>) using a hemi-cyanine skeleton as fluorophore and 3-acrylamidopropanoic ester as recognizing unit that is responsive to both oxidative and reductive molecules. <b>IRAPA</b> has faint fluorescence emission as the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) process is blocked. H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>, glutathione (GSH) and cysteine (Cys) can individually induce the hydrolysis of ester bond and give fluorescent NIR <b>IROH</b>. <b>IRAPA</b> shows low cytotoxicity and produces strong fluorescence specifically in cancer cells/tissues. While the normal cells/tissues showed very weak fluorescence. Moreover, <b>IRAPA</b> shows higher differences between cancer and normal cells compared to probes that only response to biothiols or ROS.</p>","PeriodicalId":54252,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society","volume":"45 3","pages":"252-258"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139055802","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}
Jiwon Jeong, Daewon Shim, Myung-Ho Choi, Kang Min Ok, Tae-Soo You
{"title":"Effect of co-substitution on complex thermoelectric compounds: The Zintl phase Ba1-xSrxZn2-yCuySb2 system","authors":"Jiwon Jeong, Daewon Shim, Myung-Ho Choi, Kang Min Ok, Tae-Soo You","doi":"10.1002/bkcs.12806","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bkcs.12806","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Three co-substituted quaternary and quinary Zintl phases belonging to the Ba<sub>1-<i>x</i></sub>Sr<sub><i>x</i></sub>Zn<sub>2-<i>y</i></sub>Cu<sub><i>y</i></sub>Sb<sub>2</sub> (<i>x</i> = 0, 0.09; 0.24 ≤ <i>y</i> ≤ 0.42) system were prepared by the molten Pb metal-flux method. Co-substitution using the cationic Sr and anionic Cu for Ba and Zn was initially applied to lower the thermal conductivities and to improve the electric conductivities of these title compounds simultaneously. The homogeneities of single-phase products were verified by powder x-ray diffraction analysis, and the BaCu<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>-type orthorhombic crystal structures with the Ba/Sr and the Zn/Cu mixed-sites were refined by single crystal x-ray diffraction analysis. Structural selectivity for the observed BaCu<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>-type phase was rationalized by the radius ratio of cationic and anionic elements, where <i>r</i><sub>+</sub>/<i>r</i><sub>−</sub> > 1. DFT calculations using the three structural models revealed that the Sr and Cu substitutions can increase the structural stability and the hole carrier concentration. A series of temperature-dependent electrical transport property measurements for BaZn<sub>1.76</sub>Cu<sub>0.24</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub> and Ba<sub>0.91</sub>Sr<sub>0.09</sub>Zn<sub>1.70</sub>Cu<sub>0.30</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub> successfully proved that the co-substitution using Sr and Cu enhanced electrical conductivities, but reduced the Seebeck coefficients resulting in the slight change in power factor.</p>","PeriodicalId":54252,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society","volume":"45 2","pages":"165-170"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139031380","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":"Cover Picture: Optimized Stereoselective and Scalable Synthesis of Five-Membered Cyclic trans-β-Amino Acid Building Blocks via Reductive Amination (BKCS 12/2023) Jungwoo Hong, Wonchul Lee, Hee-Seung Lee","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/bkcs.12571","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bkcs.12571","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Unnatural β-amino acids play pivotal roles in organic synthesis, drug development, and peptide chemistry. Highlighting their significance, the study by Jungwoo Hong, Wonchul Lee, and Hee-Seung Lee presents an optimized, scalable method for producing enantiopure five-membered cyclic trans-β-amino acid building blocks. More details are available in the article by Jungwoo Hong, Wonchul Lee, Hee-Seung Lee\u0000 \u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":54252,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society","volume":"44 12","pages":"959"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bkcs.12571","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138822614","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}
Gyu-Hee Kim, Keonho Yoon, Chihyung Lee, Minwoo Nam, Doo-Hyun Ko
{"title":"Molecular structural descriptor-assisted machine learning for organic photovoltaics with perylenediimide acceptors","authors":"Gyu-Hee Kim, Keonho Yoon, Chihyung Lee, Minwoo Nam, Doo-Hyun Ko","doi":"10.1002/bkcs.12810","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bkcs.12810","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have evolved over the last two decades, the discovery of new materials and optimization of numerous considerations for high-performance devices remain challenging. To reduce these laborious processes and expedite the advancement of OPVs, we constructed machine learning (ML) models that predict photovoltaic parameters. We designed a unique descriptor that divides the molecular structure into smaller units and translates them into a concise matrix. This allows the ML model to easily track structural units and understand which units are important for predicting target performance, enabling the ML model to prioritize crucial units. Therefore, without requiring additional data from measurements or calculations, the ML models can extract chemical properties from molecular structural information and accurately predict the photovoltaic parameters. The ML models that predict the photovoltaic parameters, including the open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current density, fill factor, and power conversion efficiency, all show remarkably superior prediction performance, with Pearson correlation coefficients exceeding 0.68. Consequently, in this article, we propose a highly precise and reliable predictive OPV-ML platform that can robustly screen for unnecessary experiments and accelerate OPV development.</p>","PeriodicalId":54252,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society","volume":"45 2","pages":"125-130"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138714802","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":"Photoluminescence properties of Eu2+-activated thiogallate phosphors","authors":"Young-Sik Cho, Moon-Su Bok, Young-Duk Huh","doi":"10.1002/bkcs.12805","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bkcs.12805","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This work analyzes the crystal structural properties and photoluminescence properties of six Eu<sup>2+</sup>-activated thiogallates: CaGa<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub>:Eu<sup>2+</sup>, SrGa<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub>:Eu<sup>2+</sup>, EuGa<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub>, BaGa<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub>:Eu<sup>2+</sup>, Sr<sub>2</sub>Ga<sub>2</sub>S<sub>5</sub>:Eu<sup>2+</sup>, and Eu<sub>2</sub>Ga<sub>2</sub>S<sub>5</sub>. Photoluminescence parameters such as the absorption energy (<i>E</i><sub>abs</sub>), emission energy (<i>E</i><sub>em</sub>), zero-phonon line energy (<i>E</i><sub>0</sub>), Stokes shift (Δ<i>S</i>), and red shift (<i>D</i>) are discussed. This work is the first report on the photoluminescence parameters of these six Eu<sup>2+</sup>-activated thiogallates and therefore provides important information about these materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":54252,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society","volume":"45 2","pages":"157-164"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138692809","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}
Neeraj Kumar Mishra, Amitava Rakshit, Kyeongwon Moon, Pargat Singh, In Su Kim
{"title":"Tandem annulation and dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine imines in catalytic C(sp2)–H functionalization","authors":"Neeraj Kumar Mishra, Amitava Rakshit, Kyeongwon Moon, Pargat Singh, In Su Kim","doi":"10.1002/bkcs.12809","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bkcs.12809","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The synthesis and functionalization of privileged nitrogen heterocycles has emerged as a central topic in drug discovery and material science. In this context, the tandem C–H functionalization and intramolecular annulation has received prodigious attention, as it is able to expedite the construction of heteroaromatic frameworks beyond conventional C–H functionalization. In general, significant effort has been made to develop the [3 + 2] dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine imines with π-unsaturated compounds. Moreover, the [3 + 3], [4 + 3], [3 + 2 + 2], and [5 + 3] cycloaddition reactions of azomethine imines with various dipolarophiles have been demonstrated. To date, however, the combination of catalytic C–H functionalization and intramolecular cyclization using azomethine imines as both directing groups and dipolar units has been less explored. This review focuses on recent progress toward the catalytic tandem C–H functionalization and dipolar cycloaddition of azomethines imines with a range of coupling partners.</p>","PeriodicalId":54252,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society","volume":"45 2","pages":"131-144"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138685652","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":"Dimensionality reduction in diffusion–reaction systems","authors":"Kihyun Park, Taejun Kim, Hyojoon Kim","doi":"10.1002/bkcs.12808","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bkcs.12808","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The generalized solutions of the dimensionality reduction problem in diffusion–reaction systems have been found for the first time by rigorously decoupling probability functions. Numerically exact results are obtained by straightforwardly applying the generalized solution to three models: protein-DNA binding model (3D-1D reduction), surface-mediated diffusion (3D-2D reduction), and line-mediated diffusion cases (2D-1D reduction). The results are confirmed by Monte Carlo simulations.</p>","PeriodicalId":54252,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society","volume":"45 2","pages":"178-182"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138685680","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}
Mingi Kim, Kanghee Cho, Yung Ju Seo, Junhyeok Choi, Namkyun Kim, Ilsup Shin, Kang Mun Lee
{"title":"A geometric key for enhancing the radiative efficiency of ortho-carboranyl luminophores: Indolocarbazole- and m-terphenyl-ortho-carboranes","authors":"Mingi Kim, Kanghee Cho, Yung Ju Seo, Junhyeok Choi, Namkyun Kim, Ilsup Shin, Kang Mun Lee","doi":"10.1002/bkcs.12804","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bkcs.12804","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, we introduce two <i>ortho</i>-carboranyl compounds, namely <b>ICzCB</b> and <b><i>m</i>TPCB</b>, which exhibit different planarity in their appended π-conjugated aromatic groups, to investigate the influence of geometric effects on the regulation of the radiative efficiency. Both the compounds are fully characterized, revealing distinct geometric differences (planarity) in their single-crystal structures. While <b>ICzCB</b> presents strong ICT-based emission in the solid (film) state, <b><i>m</i>TPCB</b> displays dual emission in the high- and low-energy regions that originates from locally excited (LE)- and ICT-based processes, respectively. Quantitative analysis of the photophysical characteristics of the compounds shows that the ICT-based radiative efficiency in <b>ICzCB</b> is higher than that in <b><i>m</i>TPCB</b>. Consequently, these findings demonstrate that the planarity of the π-conjugated aryl group appended on <i>o</i>-carborane, which is represented by planar <b>ICzCB</b> and distorted <b><i>m</i>TPCB</b>, is an important key to control the ICT-based radiative decay efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":54252,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society","volume":"45 2","pages":"101-109"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138562109","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}
Bonhyeop Koo, Hyejin Lee, Kisung Park, Sunwook Hwang, Hochun Lee
{"title":"Li-ion hopping conduction enabled by associative Li-salt in acetonitrile solutions","authors":"Bonhyeop Koo, Hyejin Lee, Kisung Park, Sunwook Hwang, Hochun Lee","doi":"10.1002/bkcs.12802","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bkcs.12802","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To date, ionic conduction in nonaqueous electrolytes has been explained through the vehicle-type migration mechanism. Yet, new research hints at another conduction mode: ion-hopping, seen in highly concentrated solutions with multi-coordinating solvents. Our research uncovers that Li-ion hopping conduction also occurs in monodentate acetonitrile (AN) electrolytes, enabled by a highly associative Li-salt. Using techniques like pulse-field gradient NMR, Raman spectroscopy, and dielectric relaxation spectroscopy, we examined AN solutions with lithium trifluoroacetate (LiTFA) and lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI). Results showed that Li-ion diffusion in LiTFA-AN was faster due to an anion-bridge structure formed by the associative nature of LiTFA. In contrast, the LiFSI-AN solution demonstrated slower Li-ion movement. In practical applications, like LiFePO<sub>4</sub> symmetric cells, 4 M LiTFA-AN outperformed 1 M LiTFA-AN in rate performance, despite its lower ionic conductivity. This challenges the belief that associative Li-salts are unsuitable for battery electrolytes and prompts reconsideration of other associative Li-salts.</p>","PeriodicalId":54252,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society","volume":"45 2","pages":"92-100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138526713","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}
Yeon Ju Kim, Myoung Eun Jung, Ju Yeong Lee, Yun-Han Lee, Gildon Choi, Moon-Kook Jeon
{"title":"Synthesis and biological evaluation of (2-aminosulfonylpyridin-6-yl)pyrazolopyrimidinone derivatives as Wee1 inhibitors for cancer treatment","authors":"Yeon Ju Kim, Myoung Eun Jung, Ju Yeong Lee, Yun-Han Lee, Gildon Choi, Moon-Kook Jeon","doi":"10.1002/bkcs.12791","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bkcs.12791","url":null,"abstract":"<p>For an analog-based design of novel Wee1 inhibitors, we profiled in vitro ADMET and in vivo PK properties of adavosertib. Based on the properties of adavosertib, we aimed to improve its metabolic stability by designing a novel target compound <b>1a</b> with an aminosulfonyl group instead of the 2-hydroxypropan-2-yl moiety in adavosertib. Derivatives of target compound <b>1a</b> were synthesized and evaluated for Wee1 enzyme inhibition and liver microsomal phase I stability. We identified compound <b>1a</b> as a sub-nanomolar Wee1 inhibitor and 10 additional compounds with one-digit nanomolar Wee1 inhibitory activity, among which seven compounds including <b>1a</b> exhibited improved metabolic stabilities compared with adavosertib. However, MDA-MB-231 cell growth inhibitory activities of all synthesized compounds and Wee1 substrate phosphorylation inhibitory activities of selected compounds were inferior to adavosertib overall. Moreover, the representative compound <b>1a</b> exhibited low permeability, which may be the reason for the low cellular activities of compound <b>1a</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":54252,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society","volume":"45 1","pages":"60-66"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bkcs.12791","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138526778","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}