Johannes Chorbacher, Anna Hellinger, Jonas Klopf, Alexandra Friedrich, Holger Helten
{"title":"Thienyl flanked bis(aminoborane)s as inorganic–organic hybrid AIEgens","authors":"Johannes Chorbacher, Anna Hellinger, Jonas Klopf, Alexandra Friedrich, Holger Helten","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04257g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04257g","url":null,"abstract":"A series of <em>p</em>-phenylene-bridged bis(aminoborane)s with terminal thienyl or phenyl modification has been prepared, which function as organic–inorganic hybrid AIEgens with pronounced aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) characteristics.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"99 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195353","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}
Kun An, Mengqing Liu, Jingxia Wang, Masayoshi Nishiura, Xuefeng Cong, Zhaomin Hou
{"title":"Synthesis of [1,3]-thiasilolanes via rare-earth-catalysed intramolecular α-C(sp3)-H silylation of alkyl sulphides with hydrosilanes","authors":"Kun An, Mengqing Liu, Jingxia Wang, Masayoshi Nishiura, Xuefeng Cong, Zhaomin Hou","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04330a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04330a","url":null,"abstract":"The intramolecular α-C(sp3)-H silylation of alkyl sulfides with hydrosilanes has been achieved for the first time by the use of halfsandwich rare-earth catalysts. This transformation smoothly proceeds without the need for a H2 acceptor, offering an efficient and selective protocol for the synthesis of a new family of heterocyclic [1,3]-thiasilolanes.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"115 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195355","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":"Shaping the Future of Energetic Materials: Breakthroughs, Barriers, and Emerging Frontiers","authors":"Abhishek Kumar Yadav, Srinivas Dharavath","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04730g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04730g","url":null,"abstract":"Energetic materials constitute a distinct category of functional compounds that combine the remarkable intensity of high-energy chemistry with demanding requirements for safety, operational efficiency, and environmental responsibility. The field is currently undergoing a dynamic transformation, driven by an increasingly interdisciplinary approach that integrates synthetic organic chemistry, materials science, and computational design strategies. Despite significant progress, several critical challenges remain, including balancing high performance with low sensitivity, easy and cost-effective synthesis, and expanding the functional versatility of these materials. In this feature article, we provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in nitrogen-rich energetic materials, emphasizing their structural diversity, synthetic strategies, and applications in primary explosives, insensitive secondary explosives, and thermally stable energetic systems. Apart from nitrogen-rich energetic compounds, special attention is given to emerging classes such as energetic coordination compounds and energetic metal-organic frameworks (EMOFs), which exemplify the convergence of molecular design with supramolecular architecture. We also discuss key physicochemical and performance parameters such as density, thermal stability, heat of formation, detonation pressure, detonation velocity, impact sensitivity, and friction sensitivity of representative compounds. Finally, we highlight current limitations and outline future directions for the development of safer, smarter, and more sustainable energetic materials through a deeper understanding of structure–property relationships.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195359","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":"Odor-based individual authentication","authors":"Wataru Tanaka, Chaiyanut Jirayupat, Haruka Honda, Jiangyang Liu, Takuro Hosomi, Tsunaki Takahashi, Takeshi Yanagida","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02465j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02465j","url":null,"abstract":"In response to growing demands for secure and user-friendly individual authentication methods, biometric technologies have seen widespread adoption, offering advantages over traditional password- or card-based systems. While current biometric systems primarily rely on physical traits such as fingerprints and facial structures, these modalities remain susceptible to theft and duplication. Human odor, composed of complex volatile organic compound (VOC) profiles unique to each individual, is a promising alternative based on chemical information that is inherently more difficult to forge. This review article presents a comprehensive overview of human odor-based individual authentication, focusing on skin and breath odors, which can be easily and noninvasively collected. We examine the origins and characteristics of human odor components and review measurement techniques, including the canine olfactory systems, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and gas sensor arrays. Furthermore, we discuss key challenges and potential solutions for implementing odor-based authentication systems, underscoring their promise for secure, noninvasive personal identification.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195361","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":"Palladium-catalyzed Heck/polyfluoroarylation of alkene-tethered carbamoyl chlorides with polyfluoroarenes.","authors":"Chen Chen, Zi-Yi Wang, Xin-Yu Hu, Xiao-Xu Zhang, Yan-Ping Zhu, Chunjie Ni, Bolin Zhu","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04604a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04604a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We developed a Pd-catalyzed Heck/polyfluoroarylation cascade to synthesize polyfluoroarylated oxindoles with all-carbon quaternary centers from alkene-tethered carbamoyl chlorides. The reaction was extended to a three-component one-pot protocol using amines, BTC, and polyfluoroarenes, with preliminary asymmetric results achieved.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197481","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":"Pore confined trimerization of terephthalonitrile in MAF-5","authors":"Xiong-Hai Chen, Lu Jiang, Xue-Wen Zhang, Xing-Tian Qiu, Dong-Dong Zhou, Hao-Long Zhou, Rui-Biao Lin, Xiao-Chun Huang, Jie-Peng Zhang","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04880j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04880j","url":null,"abstract":"The nitrile trimerization reaction of terephthalonitrile requires catalysts and temperature above 400 o C, and yields polymers. Being confined in a metal-organic framework MAF-5, the reaction temperature lowers to 240 o C without using catalysts, and the product becomes a unitary trimer.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195357","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}
Ken Rapady, Jian Yang, Stéphane Brandès, Nicolas Desbois, Laurie ANDRE, Claude P Gros
{"title":"3D Cobalt Corrole-based Zr-MOF for the Selective Adsorption of Carbon Monoxide","authors":"Ken Rapady, Jian Yang, Stéphane Brandès, Nicolas Desbois, Laurie ANDRE, Claude P Gros","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04145g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04145g","url":null,"abstract":"Two 3D MOFs based on a triphenylcorrole and their cobalt-metalated analogs (CoCorr-MOF) are presented. They show a hexagonal morphology, homogeneous particles size, and a microporosity with a specific area of 390 and 304 m² g-1, respectively. The CoCorr-MOF presents a better affinity for CO than for other interferents (N2, CO2 and O2). It demonstrates a CO sorption capacity of 7.2 cm3 g-1 with high selectivity.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195362","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}
Yingying Wang,Lujie Nie,Lei Wang,Jiajun An,Miaolu He,Xilin Yue,Yongtao Lv,Rui Miao,Xudong Wang
{"title":"Selective ion separation in electrosorption systems: progress in material development and mechanism exploration.","authors":"Yingying Wang,Lujie Nie,Lei Wang,Jiajun An,Miaolu He,Xilin Yue,Yongtao Lv,Rui Miao,Xudong Wang","doi":"10.1039/d5cc04042f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc04042f","url":null,"abstract":"Water scarcity remains a critical barrier to achieving global sustainable development. Capacitive deionization (CDI) has emerged as a promising water treatment technology owing to its low energy consumption, operational simplicity, and environmental compatibility. Nevertheless, its practical deployment is hindered by substantial challenges, including inadequate ion selectivity, limited desalination performance, and insufficient system stability in complex aqueous environments. This review offers a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in CDI, with a particular focus on enhancing ion selectivity through the synergistic optimization of ion exchange membranes and electrode materials. It explores the development of monovalent-selective membranes, structural engineering of functionalized electrodes, and the refinement of operational parameters. Moreover, it elucidates the mechanisms by which emerging functional materials-such as MXenes, graphene, and Prussian blue analogs-accelerate desalination kinetics and improve cycling durability. Future directions are identified, including the design of three-dimensional composite electrodes and multifunctional membranes that integrate high selectivity with robust antifouling properties. Additionally, this review consolidates commonly used performance metrics in CDI systems. Altogether, it provides a solid theoretical framework and outlines viable technological strategies to address existing limitations, paving the way for more efficient, economical, and sustainable CDI applications.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145194744","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":"Seeded Control of Symmetry-Directed Diverse Chiral π-Stacked Benzothiadiazole Assemblies with Leucine-based Diamide Units","authors":"Saeko Yamada, Naoto Inai, Soichiro Ogi, Takeshi Yanai, Shigehiro Yamaguchi","doi":"10.1039/d5cc05008a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc05008a","url":null,"abstract":"Symmetrical and unsymmetrical incorporation of leucine-derived diamides with identical chirality into a benzothiadiazole-containing aryleneethynylene enables seeded control of three distinct chiral π-stacked assemblies. Theoretical studies indicate that the orientation of benzothiadiazole units contributes to this diversity, highlighting how substitution patterns and kinetic control program structurally ordered complexity in π-conjugated supramolecular systems.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195358","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":"Photocurable polymer-based tubular micromotors: advancing toward life science applications","authors":"Saki Batori, Teruyuki Komatsu","doi":"10.1039/d5cc05216e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc05216e","url":null,"abstract":"Micromotors—micrometer-scale objects capable of autonomous motion in aqueous environments—have emerged as promising tools in microtechnology and microrobotics. Among their structural variants, hollow tubular architectures are particularly attractive due to their multifunctional surfaces. A key challenge lies in advancing their practical application in life sciences. This review highlights recent progress in photocurable polymer-based tubular micromotors. Acrylic-resin tubes incorporating platinum nanoparticles (Pt tubes) were fabricated through a template-assisted process combining photopolymerization with wet layer-by-layer assembly. Protein-functionalized Pt tubes propel in H2O2 solutions via O2 bubble generation, while catalase-modified tubes exhibit light-tunable propulsion. Remarkably, Pt tubes also self-propel in aqueous ammonia borane (NH3BH3) through H2 bubble release, enabling lectin-coated micromotors to capture live cells without damage. Moreover, urease-driven tubes wrapped with doxorubicin-loaded liposomes demonstrate efficient anticancer activity under near-infrared irradiation. These findings underscore the potential of photocurable polymer-based tubular micromotors as versatile platforms for future biological and biomedical applications.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195363","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}