{"title":"Effects of C5-polycyclic aromatic substituent of pyrimidine nucleosides on the detection of specific bases in the DNA using fluorescence","authors":"Juri Kamimura, Hiroaki Ozaki","doi":"10.1093/chemle/upaf102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/chemle/upaf102","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The fluorescence spectra of the synthesized C5-substituted pyrimidine nucleosides with polycyclic aromatic substituents indicated that they were sensitive to environmental factors. The fluorescence of oligonucleotides containing these nucleosides was measured when double-stranded DNA was formed. When the oligonucleotide containing the nucleoside with a 2-phenanthryl group was hybridized with a fully matched sequence, the fluorescence intensity was 17 times higher than that when 2-phenanthryl-modified oligonucleotide was hybridized with a mismatched sequence.","PeriodicalId":9862,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry Letters","volume":"54 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147907739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A simple method for preparation of poly(2,2′-bithiophene) flexible electrochromic devices in ionic liquids","authors":"Yudi Cao, Qingshan Chen, Lei Wang, Mingqing Yang, Shiyu Zhang, Chunhui Niu, Yong Lv","doi":"10.1093/chemle/upaf021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/chemle/upaf021","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this study, we develop a simple method for efficiently preparing poly(2,2′-bithiophene) flexible electrochromic devices. The poly(2,2′-bithiophene) films are fabricated in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate. The poly(2,2′-bithiophene) films are characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope, and ultraviolet-visible absorbance spectroscopy. The poly(2,2′-bithiophene) films exhibit electrochromic behavior, transitioning from an orange-red color in its reduced state to a dark green upon oxidation, particularly pronounced in the near-infrared region. Further studies demonstrate that poly(2,2′-bithiophene) films exhibits flexibility, allowing it to be bent and folded. This method for fabricating poly(2,2′-bithiophene) films shows promising potential for future applications.","PeriodicalId":9862,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry Letters","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147893848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chemistry LettersPub Date : 2024-12-10eCollection Date: 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1093/chemle/upae234
Masanari Shibata, Osami Shoji, Yuichiro Aiba
{"title":"Recognition of mismatched sites in double-stranded DNA by a pair of partially noncomplementary peptide nucleic acids.","authors":"Masanari Shibata, Osami Shoji, Yuichiro Aiba","doi":"10.1093/chemle/upae234","DOIUrl":"10.1093/chemle/upae234","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have successfully achieved efficient recognition of mismatched sites in double-stranded DNA through the formation of an invasion complex by using partially noncomplementary peptide nucleic acids (PNAs). Owing to mismatches between 2 PNAs used for invasion, the undesired PNA/PNA duplex, which inhibits invasion complex formation, was destabilized. This approach overcame an inherent challenge in PNA invasion, in particular, undesired PNA/PNA duplex formation resulting from PNA complementarity, thereby enhancing overall invasion efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":9862,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry Letters","volume":"53 12","pages":"upae234"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11640769/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142827352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chemistry LettersPub Date : 2024-10-30eCollection Date: 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1093/chemle/upae204
Goh Sennari, Hiroki Yamagishi, Richmond Sarpong
{"title":"C-H functionalization of camphor through emerging approaches.","authors":"Goh Sennari, Hiroki Yamagishi, Richmond Sarpong","doi":"10.1093/chemle/upae204","DOIUrl":"10.1093/chemle/upae204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Camphor and related monoterpenoid natural products have served as versatile \"chiral pool\" materials in organic chemistry for over half a century. Historically, many researchers have used a variety of transformations involving orchestrated rearrangements of the bornane skeleton to functionalize the camphor framework, expanding the utility of this chiral building block. Recent developments in C-H functionalization methodologies provide myriad opportunities to derivatize the camphor framework in a selective and predictable fashion. In this review, a short summary of the methods for functionalization of the camphor scaffold using rearrangement chemistry is provided followed by a discussion of emerging methods for directed C-H functionalizations that provide diverse new ways to derivatize the camphor framework.</p>","PeriodicalId":9862,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry Letters","volume":"53 11","pages":"upae204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11580201/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142709266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tin Oxides as a Negative Electrode Material for Mg-Ion Batteries","authors":"Keito Yamamoto, Takuya Kawai, Masahiro Shimizu","doi":"10.1093/chemle/upae177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/chemle/upae177","url":null,"abstract":"SnO as a negative electrode material for Mg-ion batteries exhibited a larger capacity of 540 mA h g−1 at the first cycle than that of pure Sn, despite the lower 88 wt.% Sn content. XRD patterns and XPS spectra revealed the alloying/de-alloying with Sn formed by the reduction during the first charging. The greater capacity is attributed to the shorter Mg diffusion length in the resulting fine Sn particles. MgO matrix played a role in maintaining the high capacity for more than 10 cycles by diminishing the Sn agglomeration.","PeriodicalId":9862,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry Letters","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142248893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemometrics-assisted functionalization of boronic acid-derived supramolecules","authors":"Yuji Kubo, Kaede Kawaguchi, Masato Ito","doi":"10.1093/chemle/upae181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/chemle/upae181","url":null,"abstract":"Chemometrics is a useful technique to analyze large amounts of data collected to generate insights and predict behaviors, being applied to boronate supramolecules. Boronic acid-based dynamic covalent bond with diols and catechols is a great advantage for multivariate analysis, involving calibration and prediction of the % ee of enantiomeric analytes using chiral boronates. Chemometrics-assisted quantitative structure-property relationship analysis has also been applied to room-temperature phosphorescence behavior of boronate assemblies. This review highlights the effectiveness of chemometrics in experimental material chemistry.","PeriodicalId":9862,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry Letters","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142248892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulating oxidation states of Cu nanowires for enhanced catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol","authors":"Zhong Li, Yongchen Chao, Kaiyue Sun, Junyang Cao, Dan Sun, Dengfeng Wu","doi":"10.1093/chemle/upae176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/chemle/upae176","url":null,"abstract":"Constructing highly efficient and low-cost catalysts is crucial for the reduction reaction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP). Herein, we provide a simple processing method, including vacuum storage, natural oxidation and heating oxidation, which effectively regulates the surface oxidation state of copper nanowires and obtains copper nanowires with different oxidation states (such as Cu, Cu2O, and CuO). Research has found that CuNW-N (Cu nanowires for vacuum stotage) catalysts with a surface composition of 67.9% Cu0, 20.6% Cu+, and 11.5% Cu2+exhibit the best catalytic performance for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), and their reaction rate constant reach 0.791 min-1. This work provides a feasible catalyst preparation strategy for the efficient catalytic reduction of 4-NP.","PeriodicalId":9862,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry Letters","volume":"408 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preliminary studies on ion-pair extractions of Zr, Hf, Nb, and Ta using extractants having tertiary N atom from H2SO4 and HF","authors":"Yuji Sasaki, Masashi Kaneko, Masahiko Matsumiya","doi":"10.1093/chemle/upae164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/chemle/upae164","url":null,"abstract":"Ion-pair extraction enables the recovery of anionic metal ions, such as pertechnetate and chlorinated rhodium ions, by protonated extractants with tertiary amino N atom in their structures. We expand this technique for other anionic species dissolved in different mineral acids. Extractions of Zr, Hf, Nb, and Ta, metal anions present in sulfuric and hydrofluoric acids (H2SO4 and HF), are examined. Zr and Hf in H2SO4, and Zr, Hf, Nb, and Ta in HF can be extracted by ion-pair extraction using NTAamide (nitrilotriacetamide), methylimino-N, N’-dioctylacetamide (MIDOA), and trioctylamine (TOA). Basic information about their extraction behavior was obtained through this study.","PeriodicalId":9862,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry Letters","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neural Network Potential Calculations for Melamine Adsorption onto Pt (111) Comparing with Density Functional Theory","authors":"Kohei Tada","doi":"10.1093/chemle/upae173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/chemle/upae173","url":null,"abstract":"The investigation on Pt-adsorbed melamine is important in elucidating the effect of molecular decoration on enhancement of catalytic performance for fuel cells, and is an interesting system where covalent stabilisation between the surface and molecule competes with resonance destabilisation by the coordination. The present work discussed whether graph neural network potentials can predict the adsorption structure with the competition. The most stable structure predicted by preferred potential was consistent with that by density functional theory but underestimated resonance destabilisation.","PeriodicalId":9862,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry Letters","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Piyapatch Techasarintr, Liu Yin, Yong Wang, Peipei Xiao, Samya Bekhti, Junko N Kondo, Toshiyuki Yokoi
{"title":"Effective incorporation of Ti atom into TS-1 zeolite assisted with oxalic acid additive","authors":"Piyapatch Techasarintr, Liu Yin, Yong Wang, Peipei Xiao, Samya Bekhti, Junko N Kondo, Toshiyuki Yokoi","doi":"10.1093/chemle/upae170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/chemle/upae170","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of introducing oxalic acid into the mother gel of TS-1 zeolite on the crystallization behavior and physiochemical properties was investigated. The addition of oxalic acid with a buffering action significantly accelerated the crystallization process of TS-1, while simultaneously inhibiting the formation of anatase. The resultant TS-1 zeolites displayed enhanced performance in catalyzing the epoxidation of 1-hexene with H2O2 as an oxidant.","PeriodicalId":9862,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142226438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}