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Influence of polymorphism on charge transport properties in isomers of fluorenone-based liquid crystalline semiconductors

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17276C, Communication

Frederic Lincker, Andre-Jean Attias, Fabrice Mathevet, Benoit Heinrich, Bertrand Donnio, Jean-Louis Fave, Patrice Rannou, Renaud Demadrille
The role of isomerism in charge transport properties of fluorenone-based mesomorphic organic semiconductors is investigated.
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Manipulating the nanostructure of organogels generated from molecules with a 3-dimensional truxene core

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC00099G, Communication

Kuo-Pi Tseng, Ming-Tzu Kao, Tim Wen-Tin Tsai, Chia-Huei Hsu, Jerry Chun-Chung Chan, Jing-Jong Shyue, Shih-Sheng Sun, Ken-Tsung Wong
Two new truxene-based 3-dimensional (3-D) molecules can self-assemble in cyclohexane to give organogels with the vesicular and fibrillar nano-morphologies which were governed by the substitution pattern of the peripheral alkyl...
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Hyperbranched Polymeric N-Oxide: A Novel Kind of Metal-Free Photocatalyst

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30308F, Communication

Juncheng Yang, Sheng Chu, Yong Guo, Leilei Luo, Fei Kong, Ying Wang, zhigang zou
N-O band is introduced into hyperbranched polyimide photocatalysts for the first time to change their polarity and modulate electronic structure. Both of the changes help improve the photocatalytic ability of...
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Synthesis of 4,8-dialkoxy-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difuran unit and its application in photovoltaic polymer

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17708K, Communication

Jianhui Hou, Lijun Huo, Ye Huang, Benhu Fan, Xia Guo, Yan Jing, Yongfang Li
A new building block of benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difuran (BDF) was firstly designed and synthesized. The newly designed unit was applied in constructing a new photovoltaic low band gap polymer, PBDFDTBT, which exhibited...
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Engineered 3D Microporous Gelatin Scaffolds to Study Cell Migration

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17006J, Communication

Bruno De Geest
Here we present a facile method to fabricate microporous hydrogel scaffolds that can be functionalized with a growth factor gradient. These scaffolds allow studying cellular responses in a 3D environment.
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Dioxindole in asymmetric catalytic synthesis: direct access to 3-substituted 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles via 1,4-additions to nitroalkenes

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30198A, Communication

Michele Retini, Giulia Bergonzini, Paolo Melchiorre
The asymmetric Michael addition of dioxindoles (3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles, 1) to beta-substituted nitroalkenes is presented. The bifunctional primary amine-thiourea catalyst A, by means of a non covalent-based mode of activation, secures direct...
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A General Stereoselective Enamine Mediated Alkylation of alfa-Substituted Aldehydes

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17482K, Communication

Pier Giorgio Cozzi, Andrea Gualandi, Diego Pietruzziello, Enrico Emer
We herein present a general enamine-mediated alfa-alkylation of alfa-substituted aldehydes with carbenium ion for the stereoselective construction of quaternary stereogenic centers
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Magnetic enzyme nanogel (MENG): a universal synthetic route of biocatalysts

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30189J, Communication

Meng Meng Lin, Diannan Lu, Jingying Zhu, Cheng Yang, Yifei Zhang, Zheng Liu
A universal synthetic route for magnetic enzyme nanogels (MENGs) was proposed, based on electrostatic interaction driven assembly and in situ polymerization from the surface of magnetic nanoparticles, to avoid chemical...
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Reversible formal insertion of CO2 into a remote C-H bond of a ligand in a Ru(II) complex at room temperature

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17933D, Communication

Vincent T. Annibale, Datong Song
Here we report a reversible formal insertion of CO₂ into a remote C-H bond of the diazafluorenide ligand (L^-) in a Ru(II) complex which occurs at ambient temperature.
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Dual-functional click-triazole: a metal chelator and immobilization linker for the construction of a heterogeneous palladium catalyst and its application for the aerobic oxidation of alcohols

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18023E, Communication

Guofu Zhang, Yong Wang, Xin Wen, Chengrong Ding, Ying Li
A novel SBA-15 supported palladium catalyst is designed via a dual-functional click-triazole and shows promising activity for alcohol aerobic oxidation.
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A non-symmetric pillar[5]arene-based selective anion receptor for fluoride

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC00125J, Communication

Guocan Yu, Zibin Zhang, Chengyou Han, Min Xue, Qizhong Zhou, Feihe Huang
A novel non-symmetric pillar[5]arene-based anion receptor containing multiple triazole anion-binding sites was designed and synthesized. It has high affinity and selectivity for the fluoride anion. The recognition process is mainly based on the hydrogen bonding interactions between the five triazole hydrogen atoms and the anion.
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A turn-on two-photon fluorescent probe for ATP and ADP

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17629G, Communication

Alla Sreenivasa Rao, Dokyoung Kim, Hyoseok Nam, Hunho Jo, Ki Hean Kim, Changill Ban, Kyo Han Ahn
A novel two-photon fluorescent probe for ATP is developed for the first time, which is used for imaging ATP in live cells.
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A new type of entangled coordination network: coexistence of polythreading and polyknotting involved molecular braids

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17821D, Communication

Zhi-Guo Gu, Xin-Xin Xu, Wen Zhou, Chun-Yan Pang, Fei-Fei Bao, Zaijun Li
A fascinating polythreaded coordination network formed by 1D crankshaft shaped chains threading into a 2D undulated sheet in a one-over/one-under interweaving fashion was reported, in which the 2D layer exhibits an unusual polyknotted entanglement containing triple-stranded molecular braids.
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Enantioselective carbonyl-ene reaction on BINOLate/titanium catalyst encapsulated in magnetic nanoreactors

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17950D, Communication

Xiao Liu, Shiyang Bai, Yan Yang, Bo Li, Bing Xiao, Can Li, Qihua Yang
An asymmetric multicomponent catalyst encapsulated in the magnetic nanoreactor exhibits higher activity than the homogeneous counterpart, owing to the confinement effect.
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Light-controlled real time information transmitting systems based on nanosecond thermally-isomerising amino-azopyridinium salts

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17782J, Communication

Jaume Garcia-Amoros, Santi Nonell, Dolores Velasco
Amino-substituted azopyridinium methyl iodide salts transmit optical information within the time scale of nanoseconds and show oscillation frequencies up to 1 MHz.
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Et3N-promoted tandem ring-opening reaction of N-tosylaziridines with terminal alkynoates: a straightforward synthesis of functionalized enamines

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30317E, Communication

Ling-Guo Meng, Lei Wang
A tandem ring-opening reaction of N-tosylaziridines with terminal alkynoates promoted by triethylamine to generate functionalized enamines was developed.
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Thermoresponsive silver/polymer nanohybrids with switchable metal enhanced fluorescence

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18069C, Communication

Jingquan Liu, Aihua Li, Jianguo Tang, Rui Wang, Na Kong, Thomas P. Davis
In this communication successful fabrication of fluorescent silver/polymer nanohybrids with thermo-switchable metal enhanced fluorescence (MEF) has been reported.
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Rh-catalyzed intramolecular sp2 C-H bond difluoromethylenation

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30207A, Communication

Yajun Li, Jiangtao Zhu, Haibo Xie, Shan Li, Dongjie Peng, Zhengke Li, Yongming Wu, Yuefa Gong
A new Rh-catalyzed intramolecular coupling reaction of a CF₂Br group with a 2-aryl of indole or pyrrole via C-H bond activation is presented.
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Design of small molecule reagents that enable signal amplification via an autocatalytic, base-mediated cascade elimination reaction

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17566E, Communication

Hemakesh Mohapatra, Kyle M. Schmid, Scott T. Phillips
This Communication describes a small molecule reagent that autocatalytically amplifies the signal associated with an activity-based detection event.
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Bottom-up approach to build osteon-like structure by cell-laden photocrosslinkable hydrogel

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16744A, Communication

Yicong Zuo, Wenqian Xiao, Xiaoqin Chen, Yajun Tang, Hongrong Luo, Hongsong Fan
Based on photocrosslinkable PEGDMA and GelMA hydrogels, two "bottom-up" approaches ("circle-and-cross" and "layer-by-layer") were successfully developed to construct osteon-like structures with microchannel networks.
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A FRET-based probe with a chemically deactivatable quencher

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17542H, Communication

Geoffray Leriche, Ghyslain Budin, Zeinab Darwich, Denis Weltin, Yves Mely, Andrey S. Klymchenko, Alain Wagner
A new concept of a chemically deactivatable quencher is proposed for a FRET-based probe that turns-on its fluorescence by either an enzymatic cleavage or a chemical reagent (sodium dithionite).
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Nanoparticles act as protein carriers during cellular internalization

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16937A, Communication

Gerard W. Doorley, Christine K. Payne
Nanoparticles associate with serum proteins in solution and are internalized and transported through cells as a serum protein-nanoparticle complex.
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Selective capture of volatile iodine using amorphous molecular organic solids

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17716A, Communication

Pin-Shen Huang, Chih-Hong Kuo, Chang-Chih Hsieh, Yih-Chern Horng
Small intrinsic cavities within amorphous shape-persistent organic cages can enable molecular recognition of gases.
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Metal-free direct oxidative intermolecular diarylation of anilides at ambient temperature assisted by cascade selective formation of C-C and C-N bonds

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30324H, Communication

Rajarshi Samanta, Jonas Lategahn, Andrey P. Antonchick
A new mild and environmentally benign arylation of aniline derivatives mediated by hypervalent iodine is described.
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Fibrils and nanotubes assembled from a modified amyloid-[small beta] peptide fragment differ in the packing of the same [small beta]-sheet building blocks

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17118J, Communication

Jillian Madine, Hannah A. Davies, Christopher Shaw, Ian W. Hamley, David A. Middleton
Solid-state NMR measurements reveal that the peptide AAKLVFF spontaneously assembles into fibres constructed from [small beta]-sheet bilayers or nanotubes bounded by a wall of offset [small beta]-sheet monolayers. The [small beta]-sheet layers in both cases consist of antiparallel hydrogen bonded peptide [small beta]-strands.
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Simple, rapid, homogeneous oligonucleotides colorimetric detection based on non-aggregated gold nanoparticles

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16741G, Communication

Yizhen Liu, Zitong Wu, Guohua Zhou, Zhike He, Xiaodong Zhou, Aiguo Shen, Jiming Hu
A non-aggregated gold nanoparticles based colorimetry that looks at the other side of the coin.
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The Oxidation of Natural Flavonoid Quercetin

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18018A, Communication

Romana Sokolova, Sarka Ramesova, Ilaria Degano, Magdalena Hromadova, Miroslav Gal, Jan Zabka
This study explains the controversies in the literature concerning the number of electrons involved in the oxidation of quercetin. This stems from inappropriate handling samples, which require strict anaerobic conditions....
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Photocatalytic oxidation surfaces on anatase TiO2 crystal revealed by single-particle chemiluminescence imaging

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30597F, Communication

Takashi Tachikawa, Tetsuro Majima
We report a single-particle approach for studying the photocatalytic oxidation reaction on individual anatase TiO₂ particles. Single-particle kinetic and imaging analyses of the chemiluminescence (CL) emitted from the probe dye...
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Expanding the regioselective enzymatic repertoire: oxidative mono-cleavage of dialkenes catalyzed by Trametes hirsuta

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17572J, Communication

Caroline E. Paul, Aashrita Rajagopalan, Ivan Lavandera, Vicente Gotor-Fernandez, Wolfgang Kroutil, Vicente Gotor
The first report of a biocatalytic regioselective oxidative mono-cleavage of dialkenes was successfully achieved employing a cell-free enzyme preparation from Trametes hirsuta at the expense of molecular oxygen. Selected reactions...
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Amino acid ionic liquid-based facilitated transport membranes for CO2 separation

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17380H, Communication

Shohei Kasahara, Eiji Kamio, Toru Ishigami, Hideto Matsuyama
Supported liquid membranes incorporating amino acid ionic liquids remarkably facilitate the CO2 transportation under dry and low humid conditions.
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Total Synthesis of (+)-Chloranthalactone F

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17882F, Communication

Gang Zhao, Shan Qian
Sequential biomimetic elaborations, featured by CrO3-mediated oxidative lactonization, and DDQ-involved oxidative enol-lactonization, ensured the concise total synthesis of (+)-chloranthalactone F.
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Highly sensitive turn-on detection of Ag+ in aqueous solution and live cells with a symmetric fluorescent peptide

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16953C, Communication

Joung-Min Kim, Chuda Raj Lohani, Lok Nath Neupane, Youngsik Choi, Keun-Hyeung Lee
This communication presents a symmetric fluorescent peptide (K_d = 17.4 nM) for hypersensitively detecting Ag⁺ and silver nanoparticles in 100% aqueous solution by turn-on response. The peptide penetrated live HeLa cells and detected intracellular Ag⁺ by turn-on response.
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Multifunctional bioconjugation by Mortia-Baylis-Hillman reaction in aqueous medium

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17116C, Communication

Man Kin Wong, Gai Li Li, Karen Ka Yan Kung, Lan Zou, Hiu Chi Chong, Yun Chung Leung, Ka Hing Wong
An efficient approach for modular assembly of multifunctional bioconjugates from oligosaccharides, peptides and proteins with fluorescent probes/affinity tags based on Mortia-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) reaction in aqueous medium has been developed.
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Highly Efficient Synthesis of Aromatic Azos Catalyzed by Unsupported Ultra-thin Pt Nanowires

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30281K, Communication

Hongwei Gu, Lei Hu, Xueqin Cao, Liang Chen, Junwei Zheng, Jian-Mei Lu, Xuhui Sun
Aromatic azos were synthesized using supporterless ultra-thin platinum nanowires as catalysts under mild reaction condition. The reaction mechanism was proposed by time-dependent gas chromatography analysis and ReactIR which was further...
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ZIF-8 Immobilized Nickel Nanoparticles: Highly Effective Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation from Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17302F, Communication

Pei-zhou Li, Kengo Aranishi, Qiang Xu
Highly dispersed Ni nanoparticles have been successfully immobilized in the zeolitic metal-organic framework, ZIF-8, by sequential deposition-reduction methods, which show high catalytic activity and long durability for hydrogen generation from...
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The first total synthesis of (+)-mucosin

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17915F, Communication

Jozef Stec, Alan R Henderson, David R Owen, Richard J Whitby
The first total synthesis of (+)-mucosin has been completed allowing assignment of the absolute stereochemistry of the natural product. A zirconium induced co-cyclisation was utilised to install the correct stereochemistry...
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Chiroptical generation and inversion during the mirror-symmetry-breaking aggregation of dialkylpolysilanes due to limonene chirality

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17845A, Communication

Yoko Nakano, Fumiko Ichiyanagi, Masanobu Naito, Yonggang Yang, Michiya FUJIKI
Herein, we report the emergence and inversion of chiroptical handedness in chiroptically silent polysilanes during their mirror-symmetry-breaking aggregation in limonene-methanol-THF tersolvents. The inversion may arise from the opposing helical preferences...
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Assembly and Disassembly of a Zn10 High-Nuclearity Circular Helicate

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30381G, Communication

Zih-Syuan Wu, Jui-Ting Hsu, Chang-Chih Hsieh, Yih-Chern Horng
Because of the preferred binding modes of metal ions, the dianionic bis-aminothiophenolate ligand (L2-) linked by a bis(methylene)phenylene spacer reacts with Hg(II), Cd(II) and Zn(II) salts to afford neutral Hg2L2,...
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Suppression of twins in b-oriented MFI molecular sieve films under microwave irradiation

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18111H, Communication

Yi Liu, yanshuo li, Cai Rui, Weishen Yang
Twin growth in the synthesis of b-oriented MFI film is successfully suppressed by applying microwave irradiation on a continuous and b-oriented MFI seed layer relying on nucleation-related bottleneck effect. Results...
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Cyclodextrins as growth controlling agents for enhancing the catalytic activity of PVP-stabilized Ru(0) nanoparticles

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17355G, Communication

Rudy Herbois, Sebastien Noel, Bastien Leger, Lei Bai, Alain Roucoux, Eric Monflier, Anne Ponchel
Our paper reports the possibility of using cyclodextrins as additives to prepare stable and catalytically active poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)-stabilized ruthenium(0) NPs in aqueous colloidal suspensions. We show that a small amount of...
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A generalized approach for iron catalyzed chemo- and regioselective formation of anti-Markovnikov acetals from styrene derivatives

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17889C, Communication

Goutam Lahiri
Fe(BF4)2.6H2O in presence of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid and PhI(OAc)2 can efficiently catalyze the formation of chemoselective dialkyl acetals from styrene derivatives with anti-Markovnikov regioselectivity in good to high yield under mild...
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Synthesis of Tetrahydro-[German sz ligature}-Carbolines via Isomerization of N-Allyltryptamines: A Metal-Catalyzed Variation on the Pictet-Spengler Theme

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17704H, Communication

Thomas Eiland Nielsen, Sebastian T Le Quement, Erhad Ascic, Casper L Hansen
An efficient and broadly applicable alternative to the classical Pictet-Spengler synthesis of tetrahydro-[small beta]-carbolines is presented. The method relies on metal-catalyzed isomerization of allylic amines to form reactive iminium intermediates which...
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Enhanced Isosteric Heat of H2 Adsorption by Inclusion of Crown Ethers in a Porous Metal-Organic Framework

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17005A, Communication

Myunghyun P. Suh, Hye Jeong Park
This is an Accepted Manuscript, which has been through the RSC Publishing peer review process and has been accepted for publication. Accepted manuscripts are published online shortly after acceptance. This version of the article will be replaced by the fully edited, formatted and proof read Advance Article as soon as this is available.
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A novel C-5[prime or minute] substituted cinchona alkaloid-derived catalyst promotes additions of alkyl thiols to nitroolefins with excellent enantioselectivity

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17965B, Communication

Carole Palacio, Stephen J. Connon
A new bifunctional C-5[prime or minute] substituted cinchona alkaloid-based catalyst promotes the first highly enantioselective additions of alkyl thiols to nitrostyrenes.
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Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of [small beta]-trifluoromethyl pyrrolines

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18049A, Communication

Hiroyuki Kawai, Takashi Kitayama, Etsuko Tokunaga, Takashi Matsumoto, Hiroyasu Sato, Motoo Shiro, Norio Shibata
Enantioselective synthesis of [small beta]-trifluoromethylated pyrrolines has been developed by the organocatalyzed-conjugated addition of nitromethane to [small beta]-trifluoromethylated enones, followed by a nitro-reduction/cyclization/dehydration sequence in a one-pot procedure with 97-98% ees.
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A facile synthesis of cubic (Im-3m) alumina films on glass with potential catalytic activity

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18053G, Communication

Anuradha Mitra, Debrina Jana, Goutam De
Thermally stable phase pure mesoporous cubic (Im3m) alumina films were synthesized on glass substrates under ambient conditions. These cubic alumina films incorporated with Au NPs exhibited excellent catalytic property.
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High capacity, reversible alloying reactions in SnSb/C nanocomopsites for Na-ion battery applications

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17129E, Communication

Lifen Xiao, Yuliang Cao, Jie Xiao, Wei Wang, Libor Kovarik, Zimin Nie, Jun Liu
A new SnSb/C nanocomopsite based on Na alloying reactions is demonstrated as anode for Na-ion battery applications. The electrode can achieve an exceptionally high capacity (544 mAh g-1, almost doubling...
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Extending the family of Zn-based MOFs: Synthetic approaches to chiral framework structures and MOFs with large pores and channels

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17357C, Communication

Wolfgang Schmitt
Tri- and pentanuclear, kinetically stable SBUs were exploited for the preparation of the novel MOFs [Zn3(BTEB)2(DMF)2] and (Me2NH2)[Zn5(BTEB)3([small micro]3-OH)2(DMF)2]. The applied synthetic approach results in topologies that are stabilised by tritopic...
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Ruthenium-catalyzed annulation of alkynes with amides via formyl translocation

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17887G, Communication

Cui-Yan Wu, Ming Hu, Yu Liu, Ren-Jie Song, Yong Lei, Bo-Xiao Tang, Rong-Jiang Li, Jin-Heng Li
The first example of Ru-catalyzed intramolecular annulation of alkynes with amides via formyl translocation is presented.
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Separation of electrical and optical energy gaps for constructing bipolar organic wide bandgap materials

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17682C, Communication

Dehua Hu, Fangzhong Shen, He Liu, Ping Lu, Ying Lv, Dandan Liu, Yuguang Ma
An electrical and optical energy gaps separation strategy is put forward for the design of organic wide bandgap semiconductors.
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Highly sensitive fluorescent sensing for water based on poly(m-aminobenzoic acid)

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17856G, Communication

Qiliang Deng, Yanli Li, Jianhua Wu, Yang Liu, Guozhen Fang, Shuo Wang, Yukui Zhang
Highly sensitive fluorescent sensing for water based on conjugated polymer aggregation has been demonstrated for the first time.
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Synthesis of 2-aminofurans and 2-unsubstituted furans via carbenoid-mediated [3 + 2] cycloaddition

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18139H, Communication

Yaojia Jiang, Vanessa Zhong Yue Khong, Emmanuvel Lourdusamy, Cheol-Min Park
A dual synthetic manifold for 2-aminofurans and 2-unsubstituted furans has been developed based on cycloaddition of copper carbenoids with enamines.
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The acid free asymmetric intermolecular [small alpha]-alkylation of aldehydes in fluorinated alcohols

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30261F, Communication

Teck Peng Loh, Jian Xiao, Kai Zhao
The acid free asymmetric intermolecular [small alpha]-alkylation of aldehydes with alcohols has been discovered using trifluoroethanol as solvent. This unprecedented green system affords the enantioenriched functionalized aldehydes in high yields, good...
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S2 Emission from Chemically Modified BODIPYs

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30569K, Communication

Dae Won Cho, Mamoru Fujitsuka, Jung Ho Ryu, Myoung Hee Lee, Hwan Kyu Kim, Tetsuro Majima, chan im
Novel boron dipyrromethane (BODIPY) derivatives were synthesized to have significant absorption and emission in the longer wavelength region. BODIPY showed anomalous S2 emission from the second excited (S2) state at...
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Triphenylene Based Zinc Ensemble as Oxidation Inhibitor

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17802H, Communication

Vandana Kumar Bhalla, Harshveer Arora, Abhimanew Dhir, Manoj Kumar
A new triphenylene based receptor 3 has been designed and synthesized which behaves as 'turn on' sensor for Zn2+ ions. Zinc ensemble of 3 (Zn-3) has been evaluated for its...
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High Selectivity Production of Propylene from 2-Butene: Non-Degenerate Pathways to Convert Symmetric Olefins via Olefin Metathesis

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30172E, Communication

Etienne Mazoyer, Kai C. Szeto, Jean-Marie Basset, Christopher P Nicholas, mostafa taoufik
The first example of propylene production from 2-butene in promising yield is described by reacting trans-2-butene over tungsten hydrides precursor W-H/Al2O3 at 150 [degree]C and different pressures in a continuous...
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Thermally Robust Amine-Imine Nickel Catalyst Precursor for Living Polymerization of Ethylene above Room Temperature

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17154F, Communication

Haiyang Gao, Haibin Hu, Zhu Fangming, Wu Qing
New nickel complexes bearing the amine-imine ligand were successfully synthesized and used as catalyst precursors for ethylene polymerization in a living fashion. A bulky amine-imine nickel complex containing two 2,6-diisopropyl...
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SBA-15-functionalized sulfonic acid confined acidic ionic liquid: a powerful and water-tolerant catalyst for solvent-free esterifications

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17702A, Communication

Babak Karimi, Majid Vafaeezadeh
Incorporation of a hydrophobic Bronsted acid ionic liquid (HBAIL) inside the nanospace of SBA-15-Pr-SO3H lead to the highly powerful and hydrophobic super Bronsted acid catalyst. The resulting catalyst showed excellent...
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Probe sialidase substrate specificity using chemoenzymatically synthesized sialosides containing C9-modified sialic acid

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17393J, Communication

Zahra Khedri, Musleh M. Muthana, Yanhong Li, Saddam M. Muthana, Hai Yu, Hongzhi Cao, Xi Chen
A library of alph2-3- and alpha2-6-linked sialyl galactosides containing C9-modified sialic acids was synthesized from C6-modified mannose derivatives using an efficient one-pot three-enzyme system. These sialosides were used in a...
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Enzyme-free Signal Amplification in the DNAzyme Sensor via Target-Catalyzed Hairpin Assembly

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30305A, Communication

Huanghao Yang, Aixian Zheng, Juan Li, Jinru Wang, Xiaorong Song, Guo Nan Chen
A simple, highly sensitive and enzyme-free DNAzyme sensor based on target-catalyzed hairpin assembly is developed, which permits detection of 0.1 pM target DNA. Furthermore, this DNAzyme sensor is capable of...
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Polymeric Assemblies and Nanoparticles with Stimuli-Responsive Fluorescence Emission Characteristics

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17695E, Feature Article

Shiyong Liu
Fluorescent polymeric assemblies and nanoparticles (NPs) of nanoscale dimensions have become a focus of intensive investigations during the past few decades due to combined advantages such as improved biocompatibility, water...
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Chirality induction in metal-induced achiral polythiophene aggregates assisted by optically active amines and polythiophene

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17940G, Communication

Hidetoshi Goto, Yuko Yokochi, Eiji Yashima
An achiral polythiophene formed a unique optically active metal-induced supramolecular aggregate upon complexation with chiral amines or in the presence of a chiral polythiophene in a good solvent for the polymers, thus showing an induced circular dichroism.
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Double 1,4-rhodium migration cascade in rhodium-catalysed arylative ring-opening/spirocyclisation of (3-arylcyclobutylidene)acetates

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18098G, Communication

Takanori Matsuda, Yuya Suda, Akira Takahashi
1,4-Rhodium migration occurs twice during the course of the rhodium-catalysed arylative ring-opening/spirocyclisation reaction of (3-arylcyclobutylidene)acetates affording 1,1[prime or minute]-spirobiindanones.
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Practical biocatalytic desymmetrization of meso-N-heterocyclic dicarboxamides and their application in the construction of aza-sugar containing nucleoside analogs

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18012J, Communication

Peng Chen, Ming Gao, De-Xian Wang, Liang Zhao, Mei-Xiang Wang
Efficient and scalable amidase-catalyzed desymmetrization of meso-dicarboxamides produced enantiopure carbamoyl-substituted heterocyclic amino acids that are versatile intermediates for bioactive compounds.
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Porous copper zinc tin sulfide thin film as photocathode for double junction photoelectrochemical solar cells

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17652A, Communication

Pengcheng Dai, Guan Zhang, Yuncheng Chen, Hechun Jiang, Zhenyu Feng, Zhaojun Lin, Jinhua Zhan
Porous copper zinc tin sulfide thin films were prepared on flexible Mo foils. Double junction photoelectrochemical solar cells using p-type CZTS films show improved short circuit current, external quantum efficiency and power conversion efficiency.
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Discovery and structural insight of a highly selective protein kinase inhibitor hit through click chemistry

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15851A, Communication

Guoxian Gu, Huihui Wang, Pi Liu, Chenzeng Fu, Zhonghua Li, Xuefeng Cao, Yunping Li, Qinghong Fang, Feng Xu, Jie Shen, Peng George Wang
A novel bisaryl maleimide derivative hit was found in a 124-kinase-assay, which targeted three out of 124 human kinases. Structurally diversified bisaryl maleimides were prepared using click chemistry.
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Rationalizing the FS interaction discovered within a tetrafluorophenylazido-containing bola-phospholipid

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18147A, Communication

Yi Xia, Stephane Viel, Yang Wang, Fabio Ziarelli, Erik Laurini, Paola Posocco, Maurizio Fermeglia, Fanqi Qu, Sabrina Pricl, Ling Peng
A bola-lipid bearing tetrafluorophenylazido chromophore displayed puzzling ¹⁹F NMR, leading to the discovery of a FS weak interaction.
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A phosphonated triarylmethyl radical as a probe for measurement of pH by EPR

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC00025C, Communication

Benoit Driesschaert, Valerie Marchand, Philippe Leveque, Bernard Gallez, Jacqueline Marchand-Brynaert
A new water soluble phosphonated tetrathiatriarylmethyl radical has been synthesized and its application for pH measurement in a physiological range by EPR is reported.
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A split ligand for lanthanide binding: facile evaluation of dimerizing proteins

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17891E, Communication

Yue Zhao, Jianmin Gao
Split display of a high affinity lanthanide ligand allows one to monitor protein dimerization with luminescence.
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Solvent-induced single-crystal to single-crystal transformation of a 2D coordination network to a 3D metal-organic framework greatly enhances porosity and hydrogen uptake

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17298D, Communication

Liang Wen, Peng Cheng, Wenbin Lin
Exposure to CH₂Cl₂ induces single-crystal to single-crystal transformation of a 2D coordination network to a 3D metal-organic framework, leading to significant enhancement in framework stability, porosity, and H₂ uptake capacity.
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Iron(II)-catalyzed enantioselective meso-epoxide-opening with anilines

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18032D, Communication

Baptiste Plancq, Thierry Ollevier
A highly enantioselective catalytic meso-epoxide-opening reaction with anilines is described using a chiral Fe^II-bipyridine complex.
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Synthesis of graphene film from fullerene rods

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17512F, Communication

Rajanish N. Tiwari, M. Ishihara, Jitendra N. Tiwari, M. Yoshimura
We developed a facile strategy to synthesize graphene at partially low temperatures by annealing of sandwich structures.
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Germaindacenodithiophene based low band gap polymers for organic solar cells

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17996B, Communication

Zhuping Fei, Raja Shahid Ashraf, Zhenggang Huang, Jeremy Smith, R. Joseph Kline, Pasquale D'Angelo, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, James R. Durrant, Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney
Low band gap semicrystalline polymers containing a novel fused germaindacenodithiophene are reported which display promising photovoltaic performance in blends with PC₇₀BM.
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A facile route to flavone and neoflavone backbones via a regioselective palladium catalyzed oxidative Heck reaction

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18150A, Communication

Mehdi Khoobi, Masoumeh Alipour, Samaneh Zarei, Farnaz Jafarpour, Abbas Shafiee
An efficient Pd-based catalyst system for regioselective direct arylation of chromenones is developed.
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A new selective fluorogenic probe for trivalent cations

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17184H, Communication

Andrea Barba-Bon, Ana M. Costero, Salvador Gil, Margarita Parra, Juan Soto, Ramon Martinez-Manez, Felix Sancenon
A new probe based on fluorescence for detection of Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺ and Al³⁺ in organic and organic-aqueous media.
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Evidence for a reactive (alkene)peroxoiridium(III) intermediate in the oxidation of an alkene complex with O2

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17332H, Communication

Matthew R. Kelley, Jan-Uwe Rohde
Reaction of an Ir^I complex with O₂ generates an (alkene)peroxoiridium(III) intermediate whose decay and subsequent reaction with 1,5-cyclooctadiene produces 4-cycloocten-1-one.
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Ultrasensitive and selective detection of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide by target-triggered ligation-rolling circle amplification

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17422G, Communication

Yongxi Zhao, Lin Qi, Feng Chen, Yanhua Dong, Yu Kong, Yayan Wu, Chunhai Fan
An ultrasensitive fluorescence assay for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) was developed by target-triggered ligation-rolling circle amplification (L-RCA). This novel approach can detect as low as 1 pM NAD+, much lower...
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Rational Design of Nanowall Photoelectrode for Efficient Solar Water Splitting

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18188F, Communication

Yi Xie, Min Zhou, Jian Bao, Minshan Tao, Rui Zhu, Yongquan Zeng, Zongwen Wei
Alternate dielectric component is first introduced into nanowall skeleton. This novel model as an electrode can optimize the process of photon absorption, charge separation/migration and surface reaction, resulting in superior...
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A Reversible Near-Infrared Fluorescence Probe for Reactive Oxygen Species Based on Te-rhodamine

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18011A, Communication

Yuichiro Koide, Mitsuyasu Kawaguchi, Urano Yasuteru, kenjiro Hanaoka, Toru Komatsu, Masahiro Abo, Takuya Terai, Tetsuo Nagano
We have designed and synthesized a reversible near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence probe, 2-Me TeR, for reactive oxygen species (ROS), utilizing the redox properties of the tellurium (Te) atom. 2-Me TeR is...
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Fluorescent amphiphilic cellulose nanoaggregates for sensing trace explosives in aqueous solution

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30208J, Communication

Xiaohui Wang, Yanzhu Guo, Dong Li, Hui Chen, Run-Cang Sun
Novel fluorescent amphiphilic cellulose nanoaggregates sensing system is designed and applied in detecting explosives in aqueous solution. Due to the maximized interaction between sensing material and analyte within the cellulose-based...
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Efficient synthesis and physical properties of novel H-shaped 2,3,7,8-tetraazaanthracene-based conjugated molecules

Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC00015F, Communication

Yinque Liu, Fan Zhang, Chunyang He, Dongqing Wu, Xiaodong Zhuang, Minzhao Xue, Xinliang Feng
A series of novel H-shaped molecules consisting of 2,3,7,8-tetraazaanthracene core and thiophene arms have been developed. The electrochemical study reveals their typical n-type characters. The solid state packing and optoelectronic...
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Enantioselective trapping of an [small alpha]-chiral carbanion of acyclic nitrile by a carbon electrophile

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC00082B, Communication

Michiko Sasaki, Tomo Takegawa, Hidaka Ikemoto, Masatoshi Kawahata, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Kei Takeda
An [small alpha]-chiral nitrile carbanion was trapped in situ with ethyl cyanoformate to give the corresponding ester derivative in 90 : 10 er.
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Highly effective binding of neutral dinitriles by simple pillar[5]arenes

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC00153E, Communication

Xiaoyan Shu, Songhui Chen, Jian Li, Zhenxia Chen, Linhong Weng, Xueshun Jia, Chunju Li
Highly effective binding of neutral dinitriles by pillar[5]arenes and the formation of interpenetrated geometries are reported. The resulting complexes represent one of the most efficient recognition motifs based on pillararenes.
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A "one-pot" multicomponent approach to polysubstituted 4-aminopyridines

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17850H, Communication

Jiaan Shao, Wanwan Yu, Zhanying Shao, Yongping Yu
A novel domino reaction has been developed to synthesize a variety of polysubstituted 4-aminopyridines in reasonably good yields under mild conditions.
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Apolar carbohydrates as DNA capping agents

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17093K, Communication

Ricardo Lucas, Empar Vengut-Climent, Irene Gomez-Pinto, Anna Avino, Ramon Eritja, Carlos Gonzalez, Juan C. Morales
The synthesis of DNA conjugates with permethylated mono- and disaccharides covalently linked to their 5[prime or minute]-end is described. These apolar carbohydrates increase DNA stability compared to their natural carbohydrate-DNA conjugates.
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An electrochemical DNA biosensor based on the "Y" junction structure and restriction endonuclease-aided target recycling strategy

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17679C, Communication

Qing Wang, Lijuan Yang, Xiaohai Yang, Kemin Wang, Leiliang He, Jinqing Zhu, Tianyuan Su
Based on the "Y" junction structure and restriction endonuclease-aided target recycling strategy, an electrochemical biosensor for DNA detection was developed.
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Occurrence of spontaneous resolution of ketoprofen with a racemic crystal structure by simple crystallization under nonequilibrium preferential enrichment conditions

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18132K, Communication

Rajesh G. Gonnade, Sekai Iwama, Ryusuke Sugiwake, Kochunnoonny Manoj, Hiroki Takahashi, Hirohito Tsue, Rui Tamura
Nearly racemic ketoprofen was spontaneously resolved into the two enantiomers by simple crystallization under nonequilibrium preferential enrichment conditions.
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Thickness-dependent morphological behavior of dendritic (PS)2-b-PLA copolymer thin films on a SiO2 substrate

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17545B, Communication

Jung-Guk Ha, Jie Song, Jeong-Kyu Lee, Byoung-Ki Cho, Wang-Cheol Zin
In contrast to the known perpendicular ordering of conventional PS-b-PLA thin films, dendritic (PS)₂-b-PLA thin films show thickness-dependent parallel orientations, "(10)-on" and "(01)-on", which mostly reside at the bottom and top regions, respectively.
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A palladium-catalyzed three-component reaction for the preparation of quinazolin-4(3H)-imines

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18001D, Communication

Guanyinsheng Qiu, Gang Liu, Shouzhi Pu, Jie Wu
A novel and efficient route for the preparation of quinazolin-4(3H)-imines via a palladium-catalyzed three-component reaction of carbodiimide, isocyanide, and nucleophile is described. The palladium-catalyzed isocyanide insertion is believed to be the key step during the reaction process.
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Vortex fluidic exfoliation of graphite and boron nitride

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17611D, Communication

Xianjue Chen, John F. Dobson, Colin L. Raston
Graphite and boron nitride flakes are "top down" exfoliated into monolayer sheets by shearing in vortex fluidic films of N-methyl-pyrrolidone (NMP).
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A turn-on fluorogenic probe for detection of MDMA from ecstasy tablets

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17823K, Communication

Daniel Moreno, Borja Diaz de Grenu, Begona Garcia, Saturnino Ibeas, Tomas Torroba
A fluorogenic probe that discriminates primary or secondary biogenic amines is developed for the detection of MDMA from ecstasy tablets.
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Synthesis and evaluation of triazole-linked poly([varepsilon]-caprolactone)-graft-poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) copolymers as potential drug carriers

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30191A, Communication

Brieuc Guillerm, Vincent Darcos, Vincent Lapinte, Sophie Monge, Jean Coudane, Jean-Jacques Robin
Well-defined graft copolymers were obtained using a copper catalysed azide-alkyne Huisgen's cycloaddition click reaction from both biocompatible and non-toxic poly([varepsilon]-caprolactone) and poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) homopolymers.
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Hollow spherical mesoporous phosphosilicate nanoparticles as a delivery vehicle for an antibiotic drug

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17181C, Communication

Swapan K. Das, Manas K. Bhunia, Debrup Chakraborty, Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh, Asim Bhaumik
A new synthetic strategy for hollow sphere mesoporous phosphosilicate nanoparticles (HSMPSNPs) with a positively charged framework has been designed, which successfully encapsulate the antibiotic drug tetracycline and its controlled release at desired physiological pH.
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Magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles coupled with a fluorescent Eu complex for dual imaging applications

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18122C, Communication

Pinxian Xi, Kai Cheng, Xiaolian Sun, Zhengzhi Zeng, Shouheng Sun
The water soluble Fe₃O₄-DPA-PEG NPs were conjugated with the fluorescent Eu(III) complex giving Fe₃O₄-DPA-PEG-BMAP-Eu NP conjugate. The conjugate was both colloidally and chemically stable in phosphate buffered solutions and could be used as a probe for magnetic resonance and fluorescent imaging.
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Deposition of chemically modified [small alpha]-Al2O3 particles for high performance ZIF-8 membrane on a macroporous tube

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17607F, Communication

Zhong Xie, Jianhua Yang, Jinqu Wang, Ju Bai, Huimin Yin, Bing Yuan, Jinming Lu, Yan Zhang, Liang Zhou, Chunying Duan
Deposition of APTES-functionalized Al₂O₃ particles onto a coarse macroporous support, reduces the pore size and simultaneously promotes a high density of heterogeneous nucleation sites, and a high performance ZIF-8 membrane is obtained.
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High and selective CO2 capture by two mesoporous acylamide-functionalized rht-type metal-organic frameworks

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17593B, Communication

Baishu Zheng, Zhen Yang, Junfeng Bai, Yizhi Li, Shuhua Li
Two mesoporous acylamide-functionalized rht-type MOFs exhibit high and selective CO₂ capture ability and the advantages of acylamide groups upon CO₂ sorption have been further studied by GCMC and first-principles calculations.
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Spherical [small alpha]-Ni(OH)2 nanoarchitecture grown on graphene as advanced electrochemical pseudocapacitor materials

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16565A, Communication

Shubin Yang, Xilin Wu, Changlun Chen, Huanli Dong, Wenping Hu, Xiangke Wang
The formation of graphene oxide/[small alpha]-Ni(OH)₂ composites as a high performance supercapacitor material.
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Twist angle perturbation on mixed (phthalocyaninato)(porphyrinato) dysprosium(III) double-decker SMMs

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16543K, Communication

Hailong Wang, Kang Wang, Jun Tao, Jianzhuang Jiang
SMM behavior has been clearly revealed for three mixed (phthalocyaninato)(porphyrinato) dysprosium(III) double-decker complexes. Correlation of their molecular structures with slow relaxation of magnetization clearly reveals the effects of the double-decker molecular twist angle and crystal packing on the quantum tunneling at zero dc field.
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Tandem post-synthetic modification for functionalized metal-organic frameworks via epoxidation and subsequent epoxide ring-opening

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16949E, Communication

Konrad Hindelang, Sergei I. Vagin, Christian Anger, Bernhard Rieger
A sequence of two new post-synthetic modifications, applying epoxidation with dimethyldioxirane and subsequent epoxide ring-opening, was developed.
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Rational addition of capping groups to the phosphomolybdate Keggin anion [PMo12O40]3- by mild, non-aqueous reductive aggregation

Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17670J, Communication

Ridla Bakri, Andrew Booth, Gavin Harle, Paul S. Middleton, Corinne Wills, William Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, R. John Errington
Mild, non-aqueous reductive aggregation provides controlled access to a range of soluble, electron-rich capped polyoxometalates based on the {PMo₁₂O₄₀} Keggin structure, with capping groups from across the periodic table.
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