{"title":"Strained spiro heterocycles as potential bioisosteres: an update on the synthesis of heteroatom-containing spiro[2.3]hexanes and spiro[3.3]heptanes","authors":"Philipp Natho, Marco Colella and Renzo Luisi","doi":"10.1039/D5CC00656B","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5CC00656B","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The interest of medicinal chemists in strained spiro heterocycles has continuously risen, given their potential as non-classical three-dimensional bioisosteres, as it has been shown that their inherent structural characteristics can impose beneficial physicochemical properties on lead compounds (<em>e.g.</em>, metabolic stability, lipophilicity). In particular, strained spiro heterocycles containing at least one four-membered ring are in demand, as the inclusion of a small ring results in a more rigid and denser molecular space, whereas the inclusion of a heteroatom allows for placement of an exit vector orthogonal to the neighbouring carbon-centered exit vectors. The continuous development of new strained spiro heterocycles, their site-specific functionalisation, and their application as bioisostere is thus imperative. This review provides an overview of progress since 2014 with a particular focus on heteroatom-containing spiro[2.3]hexanes and spiro[3.3]heptanes.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" 36","pages":" 6579-6594"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/cc/d5cc00656b?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143832322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joshua Nicks, Cosmin Mudure, Jordan James, Alexander McDougall, William O. H. Hughes, John Spencer, Tina Düren, Andrew D Burrows
{"title":"Particle Size Effects on Vapour Uptake and Release Dynamics in Metal-Organic Frameworks","authors":"Joshua Nicks, Cosmin Mudure, Jordan James, Alexander McDougall, William O. H. Hughes, John Spencer, Tina Düren, Andrew D Burrows","doi":"10.1039/d4cc03125c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc03125c","url":null,"abstract":"Reducing the particle size of the metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) MIL-68(In) and ZIF-8 leads to increased adsorption of volatile semiochemical guests. Opposing trends were observed in release dynamics, with the release rate of isobutyl acetate increasing with particle size for MIL-68(In) and decreasing for ZIF-8, which can be attributed to the lower diffusion barriers through channels in comparion to moving between discrete pores.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143832068","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":"Computational Approaches to Electrolyte Design for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries","authors":"Shuang Wan, Shunshun Zhao, Weiting Ma, Shimou Chen","doi":"10.1039/d5cc01310k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc01310k","url":null,"abstract":"Theoretical calculations have shown great potential as an instructional, reliable, and robust tool for designing and optimizing electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries. However, there is still a lack of clear understanding of the design principles and synergistic effects between each component of electrolytes, including lithium salts, solvents, additives, etc., especially on how to optimize each part of electrolytes from atomic scale and molecular scale. In this review, we cover the quantum chemistry in lithium salt selection, functional additive design, solid electrolyte interphase film study, and reaction mechanism speculation; molecular dynamics simulation in solvation structure, interphase simulation, and dendrite growth study; and high throughput simulation in functional electrolyte screening. Meanwhile, the limitations of each type of simulation are discussed. Finally, the conclusions and outlook regarding theoretical calculations for electrolyte design of lithium-ion batteries are presented.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"121 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831990","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}
Le Mai Hong Tham, Imam Sahroni, Ghina Kifayah Putri, Taiga Kodama, Muhammad Fadil, Takeru Nakahara, Ami Takase, Muhammad Sohail Ahmad, Armando T. Quitain, Yusuke Inomata, Prasert Reubroycharoen, Tetsuya Kida
{"title":"Deuteration of organic compounds by electrolysis of glucose-heavy water using a graphene oxide membrane reactor","authors":"Le Mai Hong Tham, Imam Sahroni, Ghina Kifayah Putri, Taiga Kodama, Muhammad Fadil, Takeru Nakahara, Ami Takase, Muhammad Sohail Ahmad, Armando T. Quitain, Yusuke Inomata, Prasert Reubroycharoen, Tetsuya Kida","doi":"10.1039/d5cc01646k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc01646k","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the cost-effective synthesis of deuterium-labelled compounds <em>via</em> electrolysis of glucose-heavy water (D<small><sub>2</sub></small>O) employing a proton-conducting graphene oxide membrane (GOM) with Pt/C and IrO<small><sub>2</sub></small>/Al<small><sub>2</sub></small>O<small><sub>3</sub></small>. C(sp<small><sup>3</sup></small>)–H bonds of mono, double, and triple methyl groups in aromatic compounds were successfully deuterated with high deuterium incorporation (%) and excellent yield (%).","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831992","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":"Deep-blue amplified spontaneous emission and lasing in colloidal silicon nanoclusters","authors":"Hiroyuki Yamada, Tohru Tsuruoka, Tadaaki Nagao, Naoto Shirahata","doi":"10.1039/d5cc01428j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc01428j","url":null,"abstract":"We report for the first time the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and lasing from blue-emitting silicon nanoclusters. The lasing threshold is determined as 1.8 mJ per pulse and the emission peaks at 434 nm. The laser-induced emission experiments demonstrated in this study encourage further development of solution-processed fabrication of a colloidal silicon quantum dot laser.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831991","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}
Yuting Xie, Longbang Di, Lei Gao, Bolong Hong, Song Gao, Zhouguang Lu, Yonggang Wang, Jinlong Zhu, Songbai Han, Ruqiang Zou
{"title":"Understanding the role of microstructure and grain boundaries in governing the ionic conductivity of NASICON-type solid-state electrolytes","authors":"Yuting Xie, Longbang Di, Lei Gao, Bolong Hong, Song Gao, Zhouguang Lu, Yonggang Wang, Jinlong Zhu, Songbai Han, Ruqiang Zou","doi":"10.1039/d5cc00899a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc00899a","url":null,"abstract":"NASICON-type Li<small><sub>1.3</sub></small>Al<small><sub>0.3</sub></small>Ti<small><sub>1.7</sub></small>(PO<small><sub>4</sub></small>)<small><sub>3</sub></small> solid-state electrolytes were sintered at 850–1050 °C to study the impact of sintering temperature on ionic conductivity. Microstructural and impedance analysis reveal grain boundary resistance as the main limiting factor, offering insights for optimizing all-solid-state battery performance.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"122 25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819785","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}
Ke Lu, Yu-Xiao Chen, Jie-Sheng Hu, Zhi-Kun Liu, Xin-Li Shi, Meng Yu, Alyona A. Starikova, Jun Tao
{"title":"Spin-State Modulation by Host−Guest Chemistry with Cucurbiturils","authors":"Ke Lu, Yu-Xiao Chen, Jie-Sheng Hu, Zhi-Kun Liu, Xin-Li Shi, Meng Yu, Alyona A. Starikova, Jun Tao","doi":"10.1039/d5cc00979k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc00979k","url":null,"abstract":"The host-guest binding of Cucurbit[7]uril to a methylpyridinium-functionalized Co(II)-terpyridine complex shifts the spin equilibrium to the low-spin state (ΔT1/2 = 77 K) via secondary coordination sphere perturbation, providing new insights into tuning spin-crossover behaviors.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819786","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}
Jia yi Chen, Junjie Wu, Hong rui Chen, Yangwei Zhu, Yiyang Zong, Yaoyuan Gao, Xiaohua Zheng, Yu Jiang
{"title":"A Conjugated molecule based on tetra-fused thienoisoindigo ribbon for NIR-II photothermal cancer therapy","authors":"Jia yi Chen, Junjie Wu, Hong rui Chen, Yangwei Zhu, Yiyang Zong, Yaoyuan Gao, Xiaohua Zheng, Yu Jiang","doi":"10.1039/d5cc01712b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc01712b","url":null,"abstract":"Water-soluble nanoparticles (NPs) based on the well-defined 4ThIID molecules, namely 4ThIID NPs, were prepared. Benefiting from the strong NIR-II absorption and high photothermal conversion properties of 4ThIID, the ε1064 × PTCE1064 value of 4ThIID NPs reaches 9.18 × 104, which is the highest value among the reported NIR-II photothermal small molecules. In vivo experiments show that 4ThIID NPs can effectively inhibit the growth of tumors in mouse models under the irradiation of a 1064 nm laser.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819779","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":"Growth Kinetics Controlling of CsPbX3 Nanocrystals through Spatial Confinement Effect","authors":"Wanying Zhang, Zhiqing Wang, Fen Li, Zixin Gu, Keqiang Chen, Guogang Li","doi":"10.1039/d5cc01340b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc01340b","url":null,"abstract":"Controlling CsPbX₃ (X = Cl, Br, I) nanocrystal growth is challenging due to subsecond ionic metathesis. Here, spatial confinement at the hexane-acetonitrile interface enables precise kinetic control, achieving ultra-wide PL tunability (434-520 nm for CsPbBr₃, 541-662 nm for CsPbI₃) from blue-violet to green and yellow-green to deep red.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819774","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}
Yu-Chao Liu, Dun-Xu Cao, Qi-Yang Ban, Wen-Jie Ma, Bin Xiao
{"title":"Catalytic acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols using cobalt(I) pincer complexes supported by a P–GeH–P ligand","authors":"Yu-Chao Liu, Dun-Xu Cao, Qi-Yang Ban, Wen-Jie Ma, Bin Xiao","doi":"10.1039/d5cc01050k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc01050k","url":null,"abstract":"We report a novel P–GeH–P pincer ligand and its cobalt(<small>I</small>) complex, which catalyzes the acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols. The Ge–Co complex, featuring a reactive Ge–H bond, shows distinct catalytic properties compared to silicon-based analogues. Moreover, the complex enables the one-pot synthesis of 2-quinolone derivatives, highlighting its potential in organic synthesis.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143822510","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}