{"title":"Azobenzene-derived coordination polymer enables integrated dilute CO2 capture and electrolysis at industrial current densities","authors":"Hui-Mian Zhou, Yong-Yuan Gui, Da-Gang Yu","doi":"10.1007/s11426-026-3464-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-026-3464-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"69 9","pages":"4770 - 4771"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148986826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decarboxylative functionalization with redox-active esters in a single-electron transfer manner","authors":"Siyu Xia, Zhongxuan Cai, Shengyu Zhuang, Jin Xie","doi":"10.1007/s11426-026-3403-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-026-3403-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent years, we have witnessed the emergence of efficient and practical radical-involving reactions enabled by <i>N</i>-(acyloxy)phthalimide (NHPI) esters as redox-active intermediates. The preparation of carboxylic acids as redox-active esters (RAEs) has emerged as a powerful strategy to overcome the inherent limitations of direct decarboxylative functionalization. This review summarizes the recent advances in decarboxylative transformations of RAEs initiated by single-electron transfer (SET) under photoredox, electrochemical, and thermally driven catalytic conditions. These new activation modes have enabled diverse formation of C–C and C–X (X = B, N, O, F, Si, P, S, Ge) bonds, including decarboxylative alkylation, alkenylation, alkynylation, arylation, acylation, and heteroatom functionalization.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"69 10","pages":"5467 - 5481"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149176535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial modulation of photoreactivity in isoreticular metal-organic frameworks: comparative insights into single-component, multivariate, and core-shell systems","authors":"Ziyue Liu, Qi Liu, Jianping Lang","doi":"10.1007/s11426-026-3410-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-026-3410-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) incorporating multiple functional groups provide modular platforms for tailoring physical properties and photochemical reactivity. We report the synthesis and comparative photoreactivity analysis of a set of iso-reticular Zn(II)-based MOFs constructed from 1,4-bis[2-(3-pyridyl)ethenyl]benzene and benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate linkers bearing diverse substituents. These frameworks, comprising single-component, multivariate (MTV), and core-shell architectures, undergo [2+2] photocycloaddition in the solid state via a single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation under UV irradiation. Real-time photoreaction dynamics were monitored by laser scanning confocal microscopy, revealing functional group-dependent variations in emission behavior and reaction kinetics. MTV-MOFs exhibit two distinct photoreactivity patterns: either consistent with, or markedly divergent from, the predicted linear combination of the respective single-component analogues, suggesting non-trivial linker-linker interactions. In contrast, core-shell MOFs retain the intrinsic photoreactivity and luminescence profiles of each domain, indicative of minimal interfacial coupling. These findings underscore the critical influence of linker identity, spatial arrangement, and compositional distribution on MOF photoreactivity, providing valuable insights for the rational design of photoresponsive crystalline materials.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"69 10","pages":"5643 - 5651"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149176536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jun-Yu Li, Fu-Qi Mi, Jiang-Jie Zhang, Tao Huang, Zi-Yi Guo, Qiao Yao, Liang-Liang Yan, Teng Zhang
{"title":"Binuclear copper catalytic sites confined in a metal-organic framework for monooxygenase-mimetic C(sp3)–H oxidation","authors":"Jun-Yu Li, Fu-Qi Mi, Jiang-Jie Zhang, Tao Huang, Zi-Yi Guo, Qiao Yao, Liang-Liang Yan, Teng Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s11426-026-3415-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-026-3415-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The ultimate catalytic activity of metalloenzymes relies on both primary and secondary coordination spheres of the active site, which is hard to mimic in synthetic catalytic systems. Introduction of flexible tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) side chains to a UiO-67 metal-organic framework (MOF) enables the installation of non-covalently interacted, self-adaptive binuclear copper sites that synergistically activate O<sub>2</sub>, and the confined MOF pore space rich in aromatic functionalities engages organic substrates through multiple non-covalent interactions. Taking advantage of both structural features, the resulting UiO-67-TMEDA-Cu catalyst replicates the catalytic pocket of methane monooxygenase and drives aerobic C(sp<sup>3</sup>)–H oxidation under mild, additive-free conditions, exhibiting activity significantly surpassing that of its mononuclear analog and a homogeneous binuclear control catalyst lacking spatial confinement. Kinetic studies and theoretical calculations revealed that the binuclear copper pair catalyst exhibited higher activity than its mononuclear counterpart by lowering the energy demands of O–O bond cleavage and hydrogen atom abstraction, while the MOF cavity further reduces the binding energy between organic substrates and Cu<sub>2</sub> sites. This work thus demonstrates the great potential of engineering non-covalently interacted, synergistic metal pairs within MOFs to achieve enzyme-like selectivity and activity for advanced catalytic transformations.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"69 9","pages":"5095 - 5102"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148987113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhen Yang, Xiandong He, Glib Baryshnikov, Bin Zhu, Chengjie Li, Shijun Li, Hans Ågren, Qizhao Li, Yongshu Xie, Yuguang Ma
{"title":"Benzothiadiazole-containing heptapyrrin: modulation of diradical character and photothermal conversion via metal coordination","authors":"Zhen Yang, Xiandong He, Glib Baryshnikov, Bin Zhu, Chengjie Li, Shijun Li, Hans Ågren, Qizhao Li, Yongshu Xie, Yuguang Ma","doi":"10.1007/s11426-026-3456-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-026-3456-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Conjugated polypyrroles have attracted intensive attention due to their unique properties, and they have emerged as potential platforms for stabilizing radicals. With the purpose to construct stable polypyrrole radicals, a benzothiadiazole unit has been incorporated into a heptapyrrin framework to afford <b>1</b>. Thus, <b>1</b> exists as a singlet ground state diradical with a narrow singlet-triplet energy gap (Δ<i>E</i><sub>S-T</sub>) of −3.17 kcal mol<sup>−1</sup>. On this basis, <b>1</b> has been coordinated with Pd(II) and Ni(II) salts to afford binuclear complexes <b>1-Pd</b> and <b>1-Ni</b>. Notably, <b>1-Ni</b> retains the diradical character with a narrowed Δ<i>E</i><sub>S-T</sub> of −0.65 kcal mol<sup>−1</sup>, whereas <b>1-Pd</b> is a closed-shell species. As a result, <b>1, 1-Pd</b>, and <b>1-Ni</b> exhibit intense near-infrared-II (NIR-II) absorption bands at 1076, 1283, and 1309 nm, respectively, enabling them to function as NIR-II photothermal conversion materials. Thus, <b>1</b> and diradical species <b>1-Ni</b> show relatively high photothermal conversion efficiencies (<i>η</i>) of 37.6% and 38.6%, respectively. Whereas, closed-shell derivatives of <b>1</b> such as the oxidized (<b>1-ox</b>), reduced (<b>1-re</b>) and coordination (<b>1-Pd</b>) species exhibit lowered efficiencies of 24.8%, 26.5%, and 30.9%, respectively. These results provide insight into developing stable open-shell oligopyrroles as efficient photothermal materials, with the efficiencies further enhanced by coordination with transition metal ions while retaining the open-shell character.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"69 10","pages":"5762 - 5767"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149176799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jin-Yu Guo, Man Cao, Gai-Gai Wu, Yu-Jin Zhong, Xiao-Meng Hu, Shi-Bo Lu, Jie Wu, Xuan Guo, Shuang-Quan Zang
{"title":"Bio-inspired bifunctional Im-Ln@MOFs nanocomposites enabling instant visual tracking and ambient catalytic detoxification of nerve agent simulants","authors":"Jin-Yu Guo, Man Cao, Gai-Gai Wu, Yu-Jin Zhong, Xiao-Meng Hu, Shi-Bo Lu, Jie Wu, Xuan Guo, Shuang-Quan Zang","doi":"10.1007/s11426-026-3393-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-026-3393-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>High-efficiency degradation and immediate detection of organophosphorus (OPs) nerve agents under realistic, dry conditions are of paramount significance in emerging applications. While the synthetic integration of these two distinct functions within a single material platform remains a big challenge, it is highly desirable. Herein, by mimicking phosphotriesterase’s active site and applying the lanthanides (Ln<sup>3+</sup>) luminescence mechanism, bifunctional materials <b>Im-Ln@MOF-808</b> (Ln = Eu/Tb) are designed that enable visual recognition and detoxification of a nerve agent simulant, dimethyl 4-nitrophenyl phosphate (DMNP), under ambient, unbuffered, and solvent-free conditions. The metallization of the Zr<sub>6</sub>-oxo clusters of MOF-808 with Ln<sup>3+</sup> allows for exhibiting intense fluorescence in the solid state. Notably, the ingeniously introduced Im not only provides OH<sup>−</sup> for nucleophilic attack and regenerates catalytically active Zr<sub>6</sub> sites during the hydrolysis but also dramatically enhances the 4f-5d transition probabilities and the radiative transition rate of Ln<sup>3+</sup>. After contact with OPs, obvious fluorescence quenching happens by the dissociation of Ln–Im bonds, with a sensitive fluorescence quenching response with detection limits as low as 0.328 and 0.168 µM, respectively. This work illustrates, for the first time, the feasibility of simultaneous fluorescence detection and solid-phase decontamination of nerve agents using a single material, providing new insights for developing practical protective countermeasures.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"69 9","pages":"5121 - 5129"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148986658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}