{"title":"A signal amplifier engineered via a cleavable stochastic bipedal DNA walker","authors":"Chuipeng Kong, Qianfan Yang, Feng Li","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02775f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02775f","url":null,"abstract":"Bipedal DNA walkers (BDWs) are highly efficient signal amplifiers for biomolecular analysis but are of limited activation strategies for non-nucleic acid targets. Herein, we report a cleavable BDW design that effectively expands the target sets of this class of signal amplifiers. Specifically, we first demonstrated that folded DNA structures at the 3` end of BDW are highly efficient steric blockers capable of fully deactivating BDW. Using a RNA cleaving DNAzyme serving both as a steric blocker and a target cleavable motif, we successfully engineered a signal amplifier for uranyl ions with a limit of detection at 1.0 nM. Our study enriches the design rules for engineering DNA nanomachines as highly efficient biosensors.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165204","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}
Jin-Fa Chen, Yuxuan Wang, Bingbing Shi, Hong Yao, Tai-Bao Wei, Qi Lin
{"title":"A V-Shaped Small Molecule-Based Crystalline Nonporous Supramolecular Organic Framework for Capturing Benzene-Based Contaminants","authors":"Jin-Fa Chen, Yuxuan Wang, Bingbing Shi, Hong Yao, Tai-Bao Wei, Qi Lin","doi":"10.1039/d5cc01950h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc01950h","url":null,"abstract":"A V-shaped small molecule based on 1, 10-phenanthroline is synthesized by Suzuki-Miyaura reaction. This molecule can self-assemble into 3D nonporous supramolecular organic framework in the crystalline form. Using this crystal material can achieve the adsorption of benzene-based pollutants.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165657","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":"Gigawatt-hour to terawatt-hour salt cavern supercapacitor and supercapattery","authors":"Tingting Jiang, Jingjie Li, George Zheng Chen","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06169a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06169a","url":null,"abstract":"The advancement of energy technology has led to a notable increase in the contribution from renewable energy sources to the global energy supply and consumption landscape. Nevertheless, although inexhaustible and clean, the intermittency and instability of these energy sources present significant challenges to their wider deployment, necessitating the development of robust energy storage systems. Also, it is historical that the demand for power supply also varies significantly between day and night, and between different time zones, requesting large scale storage capacity for not only load levelling but also power supply security. In this article, salt caverns, which offer a sealable and unmatched large space and are currently employed for storage of compressed energy gases, are proposed for construction of giga- to tera-watt-hour scale supercapacitors and supercapatteries as an effective storage solution to renewable energy farms and national and international power grids. Following an introduction to salt caverns and their uses for storage of nature gas, hydrogen and carbon dioxide, the potential is explored for construction of supercapacitors and supercapatteries in salt caverns. The discussion is specially focused on aqueous electrolytes that can be formed by utilising the salty water or brine from the construction of the salt cavern, and the respective electrode materials suitable for such aqueous electrolytes. Further, calculations and analyses are given on the prospects of construction and application of giga- to tera-watt-hour supercapacitor and supercapattery in salt caverns. Last, but not the least, foreseeable challenges on such unprecedented ultra-large scale electrochemical energy storage are discussed with possible solutions.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165658","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":"Monoethanolamine and microalgae collaboration enhances carbon sequestration and accumulation of high-value eicosapentaenoic acid","authors":"Qingling Liu, Zhiyong Liu, Qian Shen, Yuyong Hou, Bicheng Deng, Maliheh Safavi, Xuewu Guo, Lei Zhao","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02429c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02429c","url":null,"abstract":"CO<small><sub>2</sub></small> chemical fixation technology has a well-established history, yet the absorbed CO<small><sub>2</sub></small> remains unused and unconverted. To address this limitation, monoethanolamine microalgae collaboration (MMC) was developed for the valorization of CO<small><sub>2</sub></small>. The MMC has exhibited an enhanced capacity for CO<small><sub>2</sub></small> capture and conversion into valuable organic chemicals, including eicosapentaenoic acid.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144153987","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}
Santosh J. Gharpure, Krishna Suraj Gupta, Rakhi Yadav
{"title":"Lewis Acid-Promoted Cascade Reactions of Cyclopropenes: A Unified Approach to Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclic Ethers and Oxaspirolactones","authors":"Santosh J. Gharpure, Krishna Suraj Gupta, Rakhi Yadav","doi":"10.1039/d5cc00925a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc00925a","url":null,"abstract":"Lewis acid promoted 5/6-exo trig hydroalkoxylation/reduction cascade of ω-hydroxy cyclopropenes gave eLewis acid promoted 5/6-exo trig hydroalkoxylation/reduction cascade of -hydroxy cyclopropenes gave expeditious, stereoselective access to THF/THP derivatives. Monoester substituted -hydroxy cyclopropenes on treatment with catalytic Bi(OTf)3 lead to [5,5]/[6,5] oxaspirocyclic lactones. This unified strategy relies on generation of transient donor-acceptor (D-A) cyclopropanes from -hydroxy cyclopropene precursors. This approach allows for the sequential addition of two nucleophiles in ‘one pot’ process for the synthesis of THP derivatives. The utility of this methodology is demonstrated in the stereoselective synthesis of homologue of (±)-civet.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144153988","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":"Artificial amidase with modifiable active sites and designable substrate selectivity for aryl amide hydrolysis.","authors":"Mohan Lakavathu, Yan Zhao","doi":"10.1039/d5cc01868d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc01868d","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hydrolases are used by cells to process key biomolecules including peptides and esters. Previous synthetic mimics of proteases generally only hydrolyze highly active ester derivatives. We report a synthetic catalyst with an acid/base dyad in its active site that hydrolyzes aryl amides under near physiological conditions. The aspartic protease mimic achieves substrate selectivity by its imprinted active site, which is tunable through different template molecules used during molecular imprinting. It can be designed to maintain or override the intrinsic activities of aryl amides in a predictable manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144155293","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}
Kouzhu Zhu, Jingjing Qiao, Haoxiang Jiang, Zhigang Hu, Kai Wang
{"title":"An Activatable Molecular Probe for Early Detection of Obesity-Associated Aminopeptidase N Activity in Vivo and in Serum","authors":"Kouzhu Zhu, Jingjing Qiao, Haoxiang Jiang, Zhigang Hu, Kai Wang","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02029h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02029h","url":null,"abstract":"This study develops an activatable optical probe (APNP) for specific detection of aminopeptidase N (APN), a key enzyme in obesity progression. APNP demonstrates high sensitivity, selectivity, and pH stability, enabling real-time monitoring of APN activity in vivo. Using diet-induced obese mice, we show APNP can detect metabolic dysfunction before histological changes occur, highlighting its diagnostic potential.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165203","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":"Visible-light-induced radical switching using benzothiazolyl sulfides for geminal carbon–carbon bond formation","authors":"Naoya Hasegawa, Kahono Shibata, Haruto Hijikata, Tetsuya Sengoku","doi":"10.1039/d5cc01998b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc01998b","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a 2-benzothiazolylthio group as a novel auxiliary for radical switching. Using an acridinium-based photocatalyst, carbon radicals are generated from α-C–H bonds in sulfides, which are subsequently coupled with electron-deficient alkenes. This approach enables efficient access to γ,γ-disubstituted α-amino acid derivatives via two sequential photoredox reactions.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144153916","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":"Scaling-up green chemistry: bridging innovation and industrial applications.","authors":"Gregory Chatel","doi":"10.1039/d5cc00026b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc00026b","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This Feature Article reviews recent advances in green chemistry, with a focus on scaling up both conceptually and industrially. We particularly discuss the contributions to circular economy principles through solvent replacement, non-conventional activation technologies, and the valorization of waste and biomass. The article also outlines strategies to transition lab-scale innovations into widespread and impactful industrial applications, highlighting opportunities and challenges associated with this transition.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144155263","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":"Carbon-supported uniform RuAgW nanoparticles with high activity and CO resistance toward alkaline hydrogen oxidation.","authors":"Hao Yang, Chunxiao Chai, Mengting Chen, Yongpeng Li, Zhongyu Qiu, Tiantian Li, Jiahuan Li, Desheng Wang, Shuo Han, Mengyu Yang, Xiaoxia Gao, Rui Gao, Yang Lv, Yujiang Song","doi":"10.1039/d5cc01855b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc01855b","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>RuAgW/C demonstrates an excellent mass specific exchange current density (<i>j</i><sub>0,m</sub>) of 442.9 A g<sub>Ru</sub><sup>-1</sup> superior to that of Pt/C (329.7 A g<sub>Pt</sub><sup>-1</sup>) toward the alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) primarily owing to weakened hydrogen binding energy (HBE) and strengthened hydroxide binding energy (OHBE).</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144155259","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}