{"title":"An aqueous zinc-ion battery with an organic-inorganic nanohybrid cathode featuring high operating voltage and long-term stability.","authors":"Saad Zafar, Muskan Sharma, Soumyasri Nikhilesh Mahapatra, Bimlesh Lochab","doi":"10.1039/d4cc05484a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc05484a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cathode materials with both high capacity and high operating voltage are essential for advancing aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs). Conventional high-capacity materials, such as vanadium-based compounds, typically deliver low discharge voltages. In contrast, organic cathodes show high operating voltages but often exhibit limited capacity. The present study focuses on developing hybrid cathodes composed of organic (amino PEG amine, APA) and inorganic (ammonium vanadium oxide, NVO) components, referred to as APA-NVO, featuring a dual energy-storage mechanism specifically designed to achieve a wide operating voltage of 1.9 V and provide exceptionally durable ZIBs.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143044956","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}
Mengru Liu, Xianghao Kong, Shuaifeng Li, Ning Ye, Zhanggui Hu, Yicheng Wu, Conggang Li
{"title":"Designing rare earth borates as UV nonlinear optical crystals exhibiting strong second-harmonic generation responses.","authors":"Mengru Liu, Xianghao Kong, Shuaifeng Li, Ning Ye, Zhanggui Hu, Yicheng Wu, Conggang Li","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06664b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06664b","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two new rare earth borate NLO crystals, K<sub>6</sub>NaSrY<sub>2</sub>B<sub>15</sub>O<sub>30</sub> and Rb<sub>7</sub>BaLu<sub>2</sub>B<sub>15</sub>O<sub>30</sub>, were successfully designed and synthesized, which feature NLO-active [B<sub>5</sub>O<sub>10</sub>] groups and [Y/LuO<sub>6</sub>] polyhedra. They exhibit notably short UV absorption cutoff edges below 200 nm, wide band gaps exceeding 6.2 eV, and strong second-harmonic generation intensities that are comparable to KDP. These findings suggest that both compounds are promising NLO candidates in the short-wave UV window.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143044957","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}
Yannick Kraemer, Alexander M Stephens, Jón Atiba Buldt, Aurelius Young, Connor P McLoughlin, James C Fettinger, Lauren M Holder, Cody Ross Pitts
{"title":"Strain-release trifluoromethoxylation and pentafluorosulfanoxylation of [1.1.0]bicyclobutanes: expanded access to fluorinated cyclobutane hybrid bioisosteres.","authors":"Yannick Kraemer, Alexander M Stephens, Jón Atiba Buldt, Aurelius Young, Connor P McLoughlin, James C Fettinger, Lauren M Holder, Cody Ross Pitts","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06616b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06616b","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Methods for formal bromo-trifluoromethoxylation and bromo-pentafluorosulfanoxylation of [1.1.0]bicyclobutanes using AgOCF<sub>3</sub> or AgOSF<sub>5</sub> and 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin are disclosed. These represent complementary strategies to the syntheses of SF<sub>5</sub>- and CF<sub>3</sub>SF<sub>4</sub>-containing cyclobutanes previously reported from our laboratory, ultimately enabling comparative structural studies and <i>in vitro</i> ADME profiling for various fluorinated cyclobutanes.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143044959","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":"Potassium-telluroether interactions: structural characterisation and computational analysis.","authors":"Novan A G Gray, James F Britten, David J H Emslie","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06539e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06539e","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dissolution of the potassium complex [K(ATe<sub>2</sub><sup>Tripp2</sup>)(dme)<sub>2</sub>] (1-Te) in THF, layering with hexanes, and cooling to -30 °C afforded X-ray quality crystals of [K(ATe<sub>2</sub><sup>Tripp2</sup>)(THF)<sub>3</sub>] (2-Te). The K-TeR<sub>2</sub> distances in 2-Te are substantially shorter than those in 1-Te, and DFT and QTAIM calculations support the presence of K-TeR<sub>2</sub> interactions, providing the first unambiguous examples of s-block-telluroether bonding. Attempts to prepare bulk quantities of 2-Te afforded [K(ATe<sub>2</sub><sup>Tripp2</sup>)(THF)<sub>2</sub>] (3-Te), and further drying yielded [K(ATe<sub>2</sub><sup>Tripp2</sup>)(THF)] (4-Te) and [K(ATe<sub>2</sub><sup>Tripp2</sup>)]<sub><i>x</i></sub> (5-Te). The selenium analogues of 2-Te, 3-Te and 4-Te (2-Se, 3-Se and 4-Se), were also prepared, and 2-Te, 2-Se, 3-Se and 5-Te were crystallographically characterised.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143044958","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":"Metal-free four-component coupling of cyclic diarylchloronium salts, tetrahydrothiophene, amines and carbon dioxide","authors":"Bangxiong Kang, Wei Li, Huanfeng Jiang, Chaorong Qi","doi":"10.1039/d4cc05919k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc05919k","url":null,"abstract":"A four-component coupling reaction of cyclic diarylchloronium salts, tetrahydrothiophene, amines and CO2 has been reported for the first time under transition metal-free conditions, giving rise to a range of structurally diverse and useful sulfur-containing carbamates in high yields with excellent regioselectivities.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"371 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143031387","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":"Interfacial creation of positively charged sites in LaPO₄/Fe₃(PO₄)₂ heterojunctions for high-current-density oxygen evolution","authors":"Sitong Liu, Yudi Zhang, Wen Sun, Junqiang Wang, Dengsong Zhang, Juntao Huo, Guowei Li","doi":"10.1039/d5cc00018a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc00018a","url":null,"abstract":"The creation of positively charged active sites is crucial for enhancing the adsorption of negatively charged hydroxide ions, thereby improving the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER). We engineered LaPO₄/Fe₃(PO₄)₂ heterojunctions with a low flat-band potential, facilitating interfacial charge transfer and generation of positively charged holes, resulting in a highly active and stable OER catalyst at 500 mA cm⁻².","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"206 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143031388","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}
Tim Lippold, Julia Kosolapowa, Niko T Flosbach, Robert Herzhoff, Axel Griesbeck, Mathias Siegfried Wickleder
{"title":"Thiolate-CLPG (Chemiluminescent Protecting Groups) based on coumaranone thiolcarbamates","authors":"Tim Lippold, Julia Kosolapowa, Niko T Flosbach, Robert Herzhoff, Axel Griesbeck, Mathias Siegfried Wickleder","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06150k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06150k","url":null,"abstract":"The base-induced oxidative release of aromatic and aliphatic thiols from novel coumaranone-thiolurethanes 3a-3e is quantitative and accompanied by blue or green light chemiluminescence which is long-lasting over the total release period. Thus, these compounds serve as base-oxidation-labile protecting groups that decompose with strong visible luminescence and subsequent release of the protected thiolate as leaving group. Thiolate release and CL are timely decoupled for aliphatic substituted compounds 3c-3e but appear to compete for aromatic compounds 3a,b which leads to a decrease in CL intensities.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143035053","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":"Tailoring the oxidation of benzyl alcohol and its derivatives with (photo)electrocatalysis","authors":"Jingjing Qiu, Tucker Forbes, Timothy Lin","doi":"10.1039/d4cc04822a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc04822a","url":null,"abstract":"The electrochemical oxidation of alcohol molecules has gained significance as a key anode reaction, offering an alternative to the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for hydrogen (H<small><sub>2</sub></small>) production and carbon dioxide (CO<small><sub>2</sub></small>) reduction. The (photo)electrochemical oxidation of benzyl alcohol and its derivatives serves as an important model system, not only because benzyl alcohol oxidation is a critical industrial process, but also because it offers valuable insights into electrocatalytic biomass conversion. Tailoring this reaction through electrochemical and photoelectrochemical methods using heterogeneous noble and transition metal electrocatalysts presents a green approach and the potential for uncovering new reaction mechanisms. This review article positions the electrochemical oxidation of benzyl alcohol as an alternative to the OER to produce H<small><sub>2</sub></small>, highlighting recent mechanistic studies involving noble and transition metal electrocatalysts. Furthermore, we discuss the electronic substituent effects on this reaction, which have been well-explored in organic oxidation pathways but remain underexplored in (photo)electrocatalytic contexts.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143031402","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}
Marceline Humbert, Arnaud Clerc, Karinne Miqueu, Julien Monot, Blanca Maria Martin Vaca, Didier Bourissou
{"title":"Hydrogermylation of Alkynes via Metal-Ligand Cooperative Catalysis","authors":"Marceline Humbert, Arnaud Clerc, Karinne Miqueu, Julien Monot, Blanca Maria Martin Vaca, Didier Bourissou","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06374k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06374k","url":null,"abstract":"E–H Bond activation (E = B, Ge, Sn) with a (PNS)Pd complex has been investigated theoretically and experimentally. Et3GeH readily adds across the Pd/S bond. Subsequent transfer to C≡C bonds enables catalytic hydrogermylation. The reaction is most regio and stereoselective with terminal alkynes. Downstrean derivatization of silyl-functionalized vinyl germanes is exemplified.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143026821","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}
Sven Ullrich, Santhanalaxmi Kumaresan, Marina G Rahman, Bishvanwesha Panda, Richard Morewood, Christoph Nitsche
{"title":"Assembling branched and macrocyclic peptides on proteins.","authors":"Sven Ullrich, Santhanalaxmi Kumaresan, Marina G Rahman, Bishvanwesha Panda, Richard Morewood, Christoph Nitsche","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06442a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06442a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A two-step, biocompatible strategy enables site-specific generation of branched and macrocyclic peptide-protein conjugates. Solvent-exposed cysteines on proteins are modified by a small bifunctional reagent at near-physiological pH, followed by cyanopyridine-aminothiol click reactions to create branched or macrocyclic peptide architectures. This method offers design strategies for next-generation protein therapeutics.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143027442","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}