Dr. Jian Li, Jia-Xin Wu, Tao Liu, Jian Yang, Mei-Ling Wei, Chuang Yang, Dr. Qiubing Dong, Prof. Dr. Zheng Yin, Prof. Dr. Mohamedally Kurmoo, Prof. Dr. Ming-Hua Zeng
{"title":"Innentitelbild: Multiple Structural and Phase Transformations of MOF and Selective Hydrocarbon Gas Separation in its Amorphous, Glass Phase States (Angew. Chem. 9/2025)","authors":"Dr. Jian Li, Jia-Xin Wu, Tao Liu, Jian Yang, Mei-Ling Wei, Chuang Yang, Dr. Qiubing Dong, Prof. Dr. Zheng Yin, Prof. Dr. Mohamedally Kurmoo, Prof. Dr. Ming-Hua Zeng","doi":"10.1002/ange.202502039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202502039","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The first wide-view image of multiple structural and phase transformations in MOFs is presented by Ming-Hua Zeng and co-workers in their Research Article (e202411150). The MOFs exhibit dynamic chemistry covering crystal-crystal and crystal-amorphous-liquid-glass-crystal evolution. The disordered hierarchical pores in amorphous and glassy MOFs enable efficient separation of C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>/C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> and C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>6</sub>/C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub> gases mixtures.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202502039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143475374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anna Wuttig","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ange.202501445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202501445","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>“I am most proud of my group when we follow the molecules, wherever they may take us, and, at the same time, maximize the impact of our findings… My favorite job in the lab is when seemingly disparate sets of data start to make sense in light of new thinking…”</i> Find out more about Anna Wuttig in her Introducing… Profile.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202501445","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143475479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marcus W. Drover","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ange.202501753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202501753","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>“The most rewarding aspect of being a scientist is pursuing fundamental curiosity-driven research simply because you wonder ‘what if…?’ followed by the thrill of figuring out what you've made!… I get my best ideas when I'm running on a treadmill…”</i> Find out more about Marcus Drover in his Introducing… Profile.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202501753","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143475480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prof. Dr. Yoshio Ando, Taiju Hoshino, Nozomi Tanaka, Dr. Mark M. Maturi, Yusuke Nakazawa, Dr. Takumi Fukazawa, Prof. Dr. Ken Ohmori, Prof. Dr. Keisuke Suzuki
{"title":"Frontispiz: Total Syntheses of β- and γ-Naphthocyclinones","authors":"Prof. Dr. Yoshio Ando, Taiju Hoshino, Nozomi Tanaka, Dr. Mark M. Maturi, Yusuke Nakazawa, Dr. Takumi Fukazawa, Prof. Dr. Ken Ohmori, Prof. Dr. Keisuke Suzuki","doi":"10.1002/ange.202580662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202580662","url":null,"abstract":"<p>After half a century from their isolation, the first total syntheses of β- and γ-naphthocyclinones, the pyranonaphthoquinone hetero-dimers, have been accomplished, as reported by Yoshio Ando et al. in their Communication (e202415108). These natural red pigments are produced by soil bacteria collected at a volcano crater in Cameroon. This image illustrates a volcano, their home ground, and the key reactions for constructing the bicyclic structure by employing rhodium (Rh) and sulfur (S).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202580662","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143248814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inga-Alexandra Bischoff, Bernd Morgenstern, Michael Zimmer, Dr. André Schäfer
{"title":"Frontispiz: Schwere Pentaisopropylcyclopentadienyltriylene und deren heterobimetallische Komplexe","authors":"Inga-Alexandra Bischoff, Bernd Morgenstern, Michael Zimmer, Dr. André Schäfer","doi":"10.1002/ange.202580661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202580661","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In their Research Article (e202419688), André Schäfer and co-workers report the synthesis and structures of pentaisopropylcyclopentadienyl gallium(I), -indium(I) and -thallium(I) and explore their donor ability in the formation of heterobimetallic complexes. A series of tungsten pentacarbonyl complexes, as well as a heterobimetallic polydecker were isolated.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202580661","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143248813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BERICHTIGUNG: Correction to “Chiral Isochalcogenourea-Catalysed Enantioselective (4+2) Cycloadditions of Allenoates”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ange.202501948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202501948","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A revised Supporting Information (SI) file for this manuscript has been provided correcting the following issue: All the calculations supporting the experimental observations have been carried out for toluene as the solvent (which was the solvent in the experiments). In the main manuscript this was correctly stated but in the SI we accidentally stated THF as the solvent considered for the calculations. This mistake was now corrected throughout the whole SI.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202501948","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143475651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photoacids and Photobases: Applications in Functional Dynamic Systems","authors":"Dr. Anna Yucknovsky, Prof. Nadav Amdursky","doi":"10.1002/ange.202422963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202422963","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Brønsted photoacids and photobases are a unique class of molecules that undergo a major change in their p<i>K</i><sub>a</sub> values between their ground and excited states, resulting in donating or accepting a proton, respectively, but only after light excitation. This property of photoacids/photobases makes them an attractive tool for light-gating various dynamic processes. Here, we review the use of this property to manipulate functional dynamic systems with light. We discuss how a proton transfer event that can happen upon light excitation from a photoacid to a chemical moiety of a certain system or, vice versa, from the system to a photobase, can result in a shift in the equilibrium of the system, resulting in some dynamicity. We detail various systems, including self-assembly processes of nanostructures, self-propulsion of droplets, catalysis for hydrogen evolution or CO<sub>2</sub> capturing, nanotechnological devices based on enzymatic processes, and changes in proton-conducting ionophores and materials. We detail the basic guidelines for using Brønsted photoacids and photobases in a desired system and conclude with the current technological gaps in further using these molecules.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202422963","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143475790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stefano Crespi","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ange.202500414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202500414","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>“The most exciting thing about my research is being able to control the motion of billions of molecules in a small flask using just light… I recharge my batteries by going climbing…”</i> Find out more about Stefano Crespi in his Introducing… Profile.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202500414","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jinze Hou, Dr. Weiwei Xie, Long Shang, Shuang Wu, Yuewei Cui, Dr. Yixin Li, Prof. Zhenhua Yan, Prof. Kai Zhang, Prof. Yong Lu, Prof. Jun Chen
{"title":"Nanocrystals with Aggregate Anionic Structure Enable Ion Transport Decoupling of Chain Segment Movement in Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrolytes","authors":"Jinze Hou, Dr. Weiwei Xie, Long Shang, Shuang Wu, Yuewei Cui, Dr. Yixin Li, Prof. Zhenhua Yan, Prof. Kai Zhang, Prof. Yong Lu, Prof. Jun Chen","doi":"10.1002/ange.202418783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202418783","url":null,"abstract":"<p>All-solid-state polymer electrolytes are promising for lithium batteries, but Li<sup>+</sup> transport in these electrolytes relies on amorphous chain segment movement, leading to low Li<sup>+</sup> mobility and poor mechanical strength. Here we propose a novel Li<sup>+</sup> transport mechanism mediated by PEO<sub>3</sub>:LiBF<sub>4</sub> nanocrystals (NCPB) with the aggregate (AGG) anionic structure, which enables a change from amorphous to crystalline phase dominated ion transport in all-solid-state PEO/LiBF<sub>4</sub> electrolyte. Experiments and simulations reveal that the interaction between Li<sup>+</sup> and F in NCPB with AGG anionic structure simultaneously restricts anion transport and reorients anions within the free volume of NCPB, resulting in a three-coordination intermediate to facilitate Li<sup>+</sup> transport. The unique Li<sup>+</sup> transport mechanism through NCPB makes the PEO/LiBF<sub>4</sub> electrolyte with a high Li<sup>+</sup> transference number (0.73) and remarkably increased mechanical strength (storage modulus >100 MPa) at 45 °C. As a result, the Li|LiFePO<sub>4</sub> batteries with the ultrathin self-supported PEO/LiBF<sub>4</sub> electrolyte (10 μm) exhibit significantly improved cycle life (97 % @ 468 cycles) compared to those with PEO/LiTFSI electrolyte (failed @ 68 cycles). This work demonstrates a novel ion transport mechanism for achieving selective and rapid Li<sup>+</sup> transport.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143475821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Betül Ceylan, Jennifer Adam, Sabrina Toews, Frank Kaiser, Jonas Dörr, Daniel Scheppa, Dr. Jan-Niklas Tants, Alexandria Smart, Julian Schoth, Susanne Philipp, Elke Stirnal, Dr. Jan Ferner, Dr. Christian Richter, Dr. Sridhar Sreeramulu, Prof. Dr. Neva Caliskan, Prof. Dr. Andreas Schlundt, Prof. Dr. Julia E. Weigand, Prof. Dr. Michael Göbel, Dr. Anna Wacker, Prof. Dr. Harald Schwalbe
{"title":"Optimization of Structure-Guided Development of Chemical Probes for the Pseudoknot RNA of the Frameshift Element in SARS-CoV-2","authors":"Betül Ceylan, Jennifer Adam, Sabrina Toews, Frank Kaiser, Jonas Dörr, Daniel Scheppa, Dr. Jan-Niklas Tants, Alexandria Smart, Julian Schoth, Susanne Philipp, Elke Stirnal, Dr. Jan Ferner, Dr. Christian Richter, Dr. Sridhar Sreeramulu, Prof. Dr. Neva Caliskan, Prof. Dr. Andreas Schlundt, Prof. Dr. Julia E. Weigand, Prof. Dr. Michael Göbel, Dr. Anna Wacker, Prof. Dr. Harald Schwalbe","doi":"10.1002/ange.202417961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202417961","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Targeting the RNA genome of SARS-CoV-2 is a viable option for antiviral drug development. We explored three ligand binding sites of the core pseudoknot RNA of the SARS-CoV-2 frameshift element. We iteratively optimized ligands, based on improved affinities, targeting these binding sites and report on structural and dynamic properties of the three identified binding sites. Available experimental 3D structures of the pseudoknot element were compared to SAXS and NMR data to validate its dominant folding state in solution. In order to experimentally map in silico predicted binding sites, NMR assignments of the majority of nucleobases were achieved by segmental labeling of the pseudoknot RNA and isotope-filtered NMR experiments at 1.2 GHz, demonstrating the value of NMR spectroscopy to supplement modelling and docking data. Optimized ligands with enhanced affinity were shown to specifically inhibit frameshifting without affecting 0-frame translation in cell-free translation assays, establishing the frameshift element as target for drug-like ligands of low molecular weight.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202417961","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143475852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}