Ruzal Sitdikov, Luca Meyer, Pavlo Nikolaienko, Oscar Verho
{"title":"Cobaltaelectro-Catalyzed C-H Acyloxylation of Aromatic and Vinylic Amide Derivatives at Room Temperature","authors":"Ruzal Sitdikov, Luca Meyer, Pavlo Nikolaienko, Oscar Verho","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04394h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04394h","url":null,"abstract":"Herein, we report a mild and efficient cobalt-catalyzed electrochemical method for the regioselective C-H acyloxylation of aromatic and vinylic amides, utilizing 8-aminoquinoline as the directing group. Notably, this protocol requires no stoichiometric oxidants and operates at room temperature in an undivided cell setup, providing sustainable access to a diverse range of ortho-acyloxylated products with broad functional group tolerance.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203596","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}
Tongxin Qiao, Wenli Hao, Li Peng, Baowei Wu, Yuyu Guo, Junhua Kuang, Tianwei Xue, Yanyin Wu, Han Han, Shuliang Yang, Jun Li
{"title":"Optimized Copper Interfaces with Trianglamine for Enhanced Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction","authors":"Tongxin Qiao, Wenli Hao, Li Peng, Baowei Wu, Yuyu Guo, Junhua Kuang, Tianwei Xue, Yanyin Wu, Han Han, Shuliang Yang, Jun Li","doi":"10.1039/d5cc05454k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc05454k","url":null,"abstract":"We employ an innovative surface modification strategy using trianglamine (TA) to construct an amino-functionalized Cu-TA catalyst via in situ electrochemical reduction. The extended π-conjugation system and -NH- groups in TA molecules effectively stabilize Cu+ sites, facilitating the formation of key intermediates (*COOH, and *CHO) and enhancing the C-C coupling process.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203602","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}
Chunyan Wei, Yaowu Zhang, Haoxuan Ren, Bin Xu, Wenjing Tian
{"title":"Advances in AIE-based solid-state fluorescent photoswitches.","authors":"Chunyan Wei, Yaowu Zhang, Haoxuan Ren, Bin Xu, Wenjing Tian","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04695e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04695e","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Photoswitchable molecules exhibit remarkable advantages, including rapid response, reversibility, and fatigue resistance, and hold tremendous potential for applications in fields such as anti-counterfeiting, super-resolution imaging, optical information storage, and sensing. Compared to their solution-state counterparts, solid-state fluorescent photoswitches offer advantages such as enhanced stability and ease of processing/integration, representing a more desirable form for practical applications. However, the restricted molecular packing in the solid state often hinders the photoisomerization of the photochromic units, leading to compromised photochromic performance. The integration of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) motifs with fluorescent photoswitches is an effective strategy for achieving high-performance solid-state fluorescent photoswitches. The twisted conformations of AIE luminogens (AIEgens) provide the necessary spatial freedom for the photoisomerization of the photochromic units in the solid state, thereby successfully overcoming the limitations imposed by molecular packing and enabling efficient solid-state fluorescent photoswitching. This review summarizes the representative types of solid-state fluorescent photoswitchable molecular systems developed in recent years based on this strategy, along with their applications. It aims to provide guidance for the design of novel solid-state photoswitchable systems and is significant for deepening the understanding of their stimulus-responsive mechanisms, developing new materials, and expanding their application scope.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145204990","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}
Irena Padniuk, Otilia Stoica, Remi Blieck, Rafal Zuzak, Mariusz Krawiec, Antonio M. Echavarren, Szymon Godlewski
{"title":"On-Surface Synthesis of Oxygen-Doped Analogues of Higher Acenes","authors":"Irena Padniuk, Otilia Stoica, Remi Blieck, Rafal Zuzak, Mariusz Krawiec, Antonio M. Echavarren, Szymon Godlewski","doi":"10.1039/d5cc03454j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc03454j","url":null,"abstract":"We report the on-surface synthesis of furanoacenes on Au(111). Based on combination of bond-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy (BR-STM), scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations two isomers are identified and their self-assembly, as well as structural and electronic properties are analyzed in detail.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203599","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}
Tsz-Lam Cheung, Carlson Alexander, Huishan Li, David Parker
{"title":"Divergent late stage functionalisation of luminescent europium(III) complexes for targeting and imaging applications","authors":"Tsz-Lam Cheung, Carlson Alexander, Huishan Li, David Parker","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04784f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04784f","url":null,"abstract":"An efficient approach to six functionalised europium(III) complexes based on a common alkyne intermediate is exemplified by syntheses with morpholino and triphenylphosphonium moieties exhibiting a dominant lysosomal localisation profile, two dye conjugates showing intramolecular energy transfer, and two competitive antagonists, including Vismodegib that binds to a G-protein coupled receptor in the Hedgehog signalling pathway and Masupirdine, designed to target the serotonin GPCR.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203607","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":"Recent developments in the use of fluorinated esters as activated intermediates in organic synthesis","authors":"Daniel Bonn, William D. G. Brittain","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04851f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04851f","url":null,"abstract":"Carboxylic acids are versatile synthetic building blocks however often require activation in order to partake in a range of transformations. Activation through the formation of esters gives a characteristically less reactive intermediate in subsequent reactions compared to other related functionalities (e.g. acyl chlorides). Fluorinated ester functional groups offer the ability to significantly modulate the electronics of the system to allow for reactions to occur under mild conditions and hence offer new activation modes starting directly from carboxylic acids. This review highlights examples of this class of esters as promising synthetic handles and their use in further procedures from isolated forms or through in-situ generation.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203608","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":"Highly efficient electrooxidation of biomass-based furfuryl alcohol to 6-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyrano-3-one over Zn-Al bimetallic oxides","authors":"Zhenbing Xie, Qiangqiang Guo, Jiaxi Duan, Yongzan Yang, Haishan Xu, Tianyu Xiao, Weixia Zhu, Haoran Wu, Yiyong Mai","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04433b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04433b","url":null,"abstract":"ZnO(x)/Al2O3 composites with nanocrystalline-amorphous structure were synthesized via a co-precipitation strategy for the efficient electrooxidation of biomass-based furfuryl alcohol to high-value-added 6-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyrano-3-one. High selectivity (87.0%) and faradaic efficiency (79.7%) were achieved. The potential mechanism was proposed.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"115 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203603","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":"Efficient long-lived circularly polarized luminescence from cholesteric liquid crystalline polymer networks","authors":"Peipei Guan, Shihan Yu, Yonggang Yang, Hongkun Li","doi":"10.1039/d5cc05004a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc05004a","url":null,"abstract":"A series of polymer network films were fabricated via in-situ photopolymerization of cholesteric liquid-crystalline mixtures doped with triphenylamine-based luminophores. The films show efficient long-lived circularly polarized luminescence with luminescence dissymmetry factors up to -0.93, emission lifetimes up to 763 ms and quantum yields up to 80.0%.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203648","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}
Sandip Maiti, Charles Patriot Roy, Syed Ramizul Kabir, Jyotirmayee Dash
{"title":"Rh(II)-catalyzed synthesis of furo[2,3-b]indoles from 3-diazooxindoles and electron-rich arylacetylenes","authors":"Sandip Maiti, Charles Patriot Roy, Syed Ramizul Kabir, Jyotirmayee Dash","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04468e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04468e","url":null,"abstract":"We report a Rh(II)-catalyzed synthesis of fully aromatic furoindoles via cyclopropenation of 3-diazooxindoles with arylacetylenes, followed by in situ rearrangement. A unique aspect of this transformation is the unprecedented activation of the otherwise inert C-2 oxygen atom of the diazooxindole moiety, providing a mild and efficient route from isatins to pharmaceutically relevant furoindole frameworks.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"115 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203651","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}
Dana M. Feldman, Igor Zimmermann, Sebastian A. Sanden, Ulf-Peter Apfel, Patrick L. Holland, Simon Suhr, Wiebke Wiesner, Kevinjeorjios Pellumbi
{"title":"Integrating Salen Complexes into Gas Diffusion Electrodes for CO2 Electroreduction: Considerations for Employing Molecular Precatalysts in Heterogeneous Electrolyzers","authors":"Dana M. Feldman, Igor Zimmermann, Sebastian A. Sanden, Ulf-Peter Apfel, Patrick L. Holland, Simon Suhr, Wiebke Wiesner, Kevinjeorjios Pellumbi","doi":"10.1039/d5cc03236a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc03236a","url":null,"abstract":"Transition metal salen complexes (Co, Ni, Cu) are studied as precatalysts for CO₂-to-CO electroreduction in zero-gap electrolyzers. Performance depends strongly on metal choice and electrode characteristics. XPS, UV-Vis, comparisons to simple metal salts, and a RHE-ZGE half-cell setup shed light on precatalyst decomposition and inform methodologies for molecular electrocatalyst heterogenization.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203601","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}