Dr. Simon Pascal, Dr. Angélina Torres Ruiz, Aerin E. Baker, Prof. Douglas A. Vander Griend, Michel Giorgi, Aurélien Planchat, Prof. Denis Jacquemin, Dr. Olivier Siri
{"title":"Inside Front Cover: Metastable Macrocyclic Bis-Meisenheimer Adduct (Angew. Chem. 38/2025)","authors":"Dr. Simon Pascal, Dr. Angélina Torres Ruiz, Aerin E. Baker, Prof. Douglas A. Vander Griend, Michel Giorgi, Aurélien Planchat, Prof. Denis Jacquemin, Dr. Olivier Siri","doi":"10.1002/ange.202518392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202518392","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A pocket watch illustrates the reversible capture of cyanide by an azacalixarene macrocycle. Acting as a chemical fuel, cyanide forms a metastable Meisenheimer dianion that slowly reverts to the parent macrocycle. The clockwork symbolises this dissipative cycle, where molecular design and non-covalent interactions govern the metastability of the adduct. Details of the study are reported by Simon Pascal et al. in their Research Article (e202511037).\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 38","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202518392","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145062828","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}
Mariah A. Cook, Jonathan D. Smailys, Ke Ji, Shelby M. Phelps, Jasmine N. Tutol, Wantae Kim, Whitney S. Y. Ong, Weicheng Peng, Caden Maydew, Y. Jessie Zhang, Sheel C. Dodani
{"title":"NitrOFF: An Engineered Fluorescent Biosensor to Illuminate Nitrate Transport in Living Cells","authors":"Mariah A. Cook, Jonathan D. Smailys, Ke Ji, Shelby M. Phelps, Jasmine N. Tutol, Wantae Kim, Whitney S. Y. Ong, Weicheng Peng, Caden Maydew, Y. Jessie Zhang, Sheel C. Dodani","doi":"10.1002/ange.202508058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202508058","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The duality of nitrate is nowhere better exemplified than in human physiology—a detrimental pollutant but also a protective nutrient—particularly as connected to nitric oxide. Aside from limited insights into nitrate uptake and storage, foundational nitrate biology has lagged. Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors can address this gap with real-time imaging, but such technologies for mammalian cell applications remain rare. Here, we designed and engineered a biosensor fusing the green fluorescent protein EGFP and the nitrate recognition domain NreA from <i>Staphylococcus carnosus</i>. Seven rounds of directed evolution and 15 mutations resulted in NitrOFF. NitrOFF has a high degree of allosteric communication between the domains reflected in a turn-off intensiometric response (<i>K</i><sub>d</sub> ≈ 9 µM). This was further reinforced by X-ray crystal structures of apo and nitrate-bound NitrOFF, which revealed a large-scale conformational rearrangement changing the relative positioning of the domains by 68.4°. This dramatic difference was triggered by the formation of a long helix at the engineered linker connecting the two domains, peeling the β7 strand off the EGFP and thus extinguishing the fluorescence upon nitrate binding. Finally, we highlighted the utility of NitrOFF to monitor exogenous nitrate uptake and modulation in the human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cell line.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 40","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172032","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}
{"title":"Inside Front Cover: Reversing Pt/C Degradation Via Ni(OH)2-Wrapping Induced Spreading of Electric Field for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (Angew. Chem. 39/2025)","authors":"Yuzhu Chen, Jiajun She, Zizhun Wang, Wenwen Li, Fuxi Liu, Qing Liang, Kexin Song, Zhou Jiang, Xu Zou, Wei Zhang, Weitao Zheng","doi":"10.1002/ange.202518397","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ange.202518397","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Porous Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> (red, cyan and white balls integrated crystal) spatially confined Pt (silvery balls)-rich nanocages (resembling water plants with spores) form a dispersed surface electric field, achieving undifferentiated adsorption of solvent molecules (blue balls) in IHP and reversing the problem of catalyst degradation caused by the specific adsorption of solvent molecules in alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (white balls for hydrogen). This phenomenon was validated by Wei Zhang, Xu Zou and Weitao Zheng et al. in their Research Article (e202509268).\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 39","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202518397","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145129445","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}
Dr. Lei Chen, Dr. Tomás Nicolás-García, Dr. Igor Rončević, Prof. Dr. Guillaume De Bo
{"title":"Force-Induced Ring Flipping in a Threaded Pillar[5]Arene","authors":"Dr. Lei Chen, Dr. Tomás Nicolás-García, Dr. Igor Rončević, Prof. Dr. Guillaume De Bo","doi":"10.1002/ange.202516485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202516485","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Pillar[<i>n</i>]arenes are popular macrocycles used in various supramolecular systems and materials due to their unique host–guest properties and ease of synthesis. Their pillar shape originates from the cyclic arrangement of methylene-bridged hydroquinone groups. They usually exist in one of two conformations where all the hydroquinone rings are oriented in the same direction (left or right), which is the source of their planar chirality. However, the controlled formation of pillar[<i>n</i>]arenes with intermediate conformations, for example, where only one ring is inverted, remains a challenge. Here we show how mechanical force can be used to reach this elusive conformation via the force-induced flipping of a single hydroquinone ring in a pillar[5]arene-based rotaxane. We show that the flipping motion can be controlled with the shape of the stopper and the axle, as well as with the nature of the pillar[5]arene substituents. This flipping behavior acts as a mechanical damper by slowing the scission of the polymer under tension. These results show how mechanical force can be used to access synthetically challenging supramolecular architectures, and we anticipate that this new dampening mechanism will prove useful in the formation of tougher materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 41","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202516485","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145230704","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":"Frontispiece: Reduction of CO2 Accompanying ATP Synthesis in Polydopamine Microreactors Covered by Lipid Bilayers with ATPase","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ange.202583502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202583502","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In their Communication (e202509835), Junbai Li et al. report a microreactor that incorporates biomimetic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction, reducing agent (NADH) regeneration, and ATP synthesis modules. It uses formic acid reduced from CO<sub>2</sub> as a driving force to synthesize ATP, achieving biomimetic carbon fixation. This microreactor has the potential to serve as the power unit of artificial cells.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 35","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202583502","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144897459","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}
Dr. Jeffry Setiadi, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Frank Biedermann, Prof. Dr. Werner M. Nau, Prof. Dr. Michael K. Gilson
{"title":"Outside Front Cover: Thermodynamics of Water Displacement from Binding Sites and its Contributions to Supramolecular and Biomolecular Affinity (Angew. Chem. 35/2025)","authors":"Dr. Jeffry Setiadi, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Frank Biedermann, Prof. Dr. Werner M. Nau, Prof. Dr. Michael K. Gilson","doi":"10.1002/ange.202516888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202516888","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The binding of a hard non-interacting sphere to a macrocyclic cavity has been investigated to expose the importance of cavity water as determinant of supramolecular and biomolecular binding affinity in aqueous solution. The results demonstrate that the thermochemical properties of water molecules present inside different macrocyclic receptors can largely increase or decrease their binding affinities, for example, for the popular host cucurbit[8]uril, as reported by Jeffry Setiadi, Frank Biedermann, Werner M. Nau, and Michael K. Gilson in their Research Article (e202505713).\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 35","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202516888","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144897496","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":"A Fluorogenic Hydrazino-Pictet–Spengler Reaction in Live Cells","authors":"Kaleena Basran, Prof. Nathan W. Luedtke","doi":"10.1002/ange.202510959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202510959","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Lipid peroxidation generates diverse aldehydic lipids associated with oxidative stress and signaling, yet methodologies capable of their detection in live cells are currently lacking. Here, we report a fluorogenic hydrazino-Pictet–Spengler (HIPS) probe for lipidic aldehydes “FLipA-HIPS” that generates bright, wash-free fluorescent reaction products in vitro and in cellulo. FLipA-HIPS is essentially nonfluorescent but reacts with aldehydes to give an environmentally sensitive fluorophore with a higher quantum yield in SDS micelles as compared to aqueous buffer alone. FLipA-HIPS reacts with lipidic aldehydes to give 10- to 25-fold higher fluorescence intensities than reactions containing either short-chain aliphatic or aromatic aldehydes in aqueous buffer. Confocal microscopy shows that live cells pretreated with potassium bromate or the aldehydic phospholipid “POVPC” display rapid and selective FLipA-HIPS staining that co-localizes with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), consistent with the ER's known role in accumulating lipidic aldehydes. These results demonstrate that HIPS reactions can exhibit useful fluorogenic properties for aldehyde biosensing applications in live cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 40","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202510959","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172025","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}
Samuel S. Veroneau, Jacob S. Mohar, Mrinal Bhunia, Hannah Farber, Alexander L. Laughlin, Robert W. Voland, Alexandra Bacon, Michael R. Gau, Kyle M. Lancaster, Daniel J. Mindiola
{"title":"Carbon Dioxide Capture and Functionalization from a Molecular Ti(III) Oxo Anion","authors":"Samuel S. Veroneau, Jacob S. Mohar, Mrinal Bhunia, Hannah Farber, Alexander L. Laughlin, Robert W. Voland, Alexandra Bacon, Michael R. Gau, Kyle M. Lancaster, Daniel J. Mindiola","doi":"10.1002/ange.202511532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202511532","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Carbon dioxide capture and functionalization sequesters carbon dioxide in more robust products and offers a viable route to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We present herein a unique molecular Ti<sup>III</sup> oxo anion that reversibly binds CO<sub>2</sub> to allow both its sequestration and functionalization. The reduction of [(PN)<sub>2</sub>Ti═O] (<b>1</b>) [PN = (2-P<sup>i<i>i</i></sup>Pr<sub>2</sub>-4-methylphenyl)(mesityl)amide] with KC<sub>8</sub> and 2.2.2-cryptand (crypt) resulted in formation of [K(crypt)][(PN)<sub>2</sub>Ti═O] (<b>2</b>), which was fully characterized and shown to contain a Ti-centered radical. Complex <b>2</b> reacts with Al(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub> to form [K(crypt)][(PN)<sub>2</sub>Ti{O(Al(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>}] (<b>3</b>), which can be independently prepared from [K(crypt)][(PN)<sub>2</sub>Ti(OCP)] and Al(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>. Whereas <b>1</b> does not react with CO<sub>2</sub>, <b>2</b> rapidly captures the gas (1 atm, 25 °C) to produce a Ti<sup>III</sup> carbonate [K(crypt)][(PN)<sub>2</sub>Ti(κ<sup>2</sup>-O<sub>2</sub>C═O)] (<b>4</b>). Chemical and electrochemical oxidation of <b>4</b> releases CO<sub>2</sub> to regenerate <b>1</b> while a soluble organic carbonate [Me<sub>3</sub>SiOC(O)OSiMe<sub>3</sub>, Me = CH<sub>3</sub>] is obtained from reaction of <b>4</b> with ClSiMe<sub>3</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 40","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202511532","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172026","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}
Jun Yang, Yusheng Yang, Huizhe Wang, Steven H. Liang, Chongzhao Ran
{"title":"Molecular Afterglow of Lophine-Based Luminophore and Its Imaging Applications","authors":"Jun Yang, Yusheng Yang, Huizhe Wang, Steven H. Liang, Chongzhao Ran","doi":"10.1002/ange.202507174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202507174","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Lophine, the first chemiluminescent compound discovered in history, has rarely been applied for in vivo imaging since its discovery in 1877. In this report, we demonstrate that lophine's chemiluminescence emission could be significantly enhanced by caging the imidazole moiety via molecular afterglow mechanism. Notably, our study revealed a rare superoxide anion-mediated luminescence. Our novel probes JIMI-11 and JIMI-12 could be used for in vivo mouse imaging. Compared to its uncaged form JIMI-6, JIMI-11 exhibited a significant enhancement (126-fold) in vitro and a 190-fold higher emission signal in vivo. JIMI-11 selectively accumulates in white adipose tissues (WAT) and can be used to monitor changes in WAT mass in a mouse model of type-1 diabetes. Additionally, it can assess the therapeutic effects of Semaglutide in a mouse model of diet-induced obesity. Lastly, we designed JIMI-12 with a reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) responsive moiety as the caging group and demonstrated its utility for in vivo imaging of ROS in a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory mouse model. Our studies suggest that re-designing lophine-based probes could unlock their potential for both in vitro and in vivo applications. The ability to switch from chemiluminescence to molecular afterglow introduces a novel approach to designing imaging probes.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 41","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145230810","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}
{"title":"Optical Force Monitoring in Polymeric Materials with a Coumarin-Based Mechanophore","authors":"Yang Li, Jess M. Clough","doi":"10.1002/ange.202513283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202513283","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Optical mechanophores offer a powerful platform for the real-time, nondestructive detection of mechanically induced damage in polymers. However, the exploitation of mechanophores for fundamental investigations of deformation processes and the prediction of failure in technologically critical applications has been constrained by their responsivity to other stimuli, laborious synthesis, and limited control of their photophysical and mechanical properties. Here, we report a cyclobutane-based mechanophore that activates a fluorescent coumarin dye through the application of mechanical stress in solution and in the solid state. We demonstrate the preparation of the mechanophore in two synthetic steps, its incorporation into linear and crosslinked polymers, and its thermal and photochemical stability, establishing the basis for a new class of mechanophores with tunable spectral and mechanical characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 41","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202513283","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145230811","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}