Thioesterases as tools for chemoenzymatic synthesis of macrolactones

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC00401A, Feature Article
André R. Paquette, Jordan T. Brazeau-Henrie, Christopher N. Boddy
Thioesterases are a promising class of biocatalysts for the formation of macrocycles from linear thioester substrates.
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Space-confined twin-polymerization enabling homogeneous integration of ultrafine TiO2 nanoparticles into a sulfur-doped carbon matrix for boosting lithium storage

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC00765D, Communication
Haisheng Huang, Yun Lu, Shuguang Bi, Changwang Yan, Yingkui Yang
Space-confined twin-polymerization enables homogeneous integration of ultrafine TiO2 nanoparticles into an S-doped carbon skeleton to craft a robust hetero-architecture for boosting lithium storage.
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Boron nanosheets as a phosphatase mimicking nanozyme with ultrahigh catalytic activity for prodrug-based cancer therapy

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05616C, Communication
Yao Lei, Qianghong Zhao, Zhou Huang, Yusha Huang, Min Wang, Lianzhe Hu, Qing Tang, Zhining Xia
The superior phosphatase-like catalytic activity of non-metallic boron nanosheets was disclosed for the first time. As a demonstration, boron nanosheets were employed for promoting prodrug conversion.
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Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Umpolung Allylation of Amido-Tethered Allylic Carbonates with Isatin-Derived Ketimines

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC00060A, Communication
Lan Wang, Mengxi Lu, Kuan Li, Sen Yang, Lei Wang, Hongchao Guo
A palladium-catalyzed enantioselective umpolung allylation reaction of amido-tethered allyl carbonates with N-2,2,2-trifluoroethylisatin ketimines has been realized herein. The reaction worked well under mild reaction conditions to give various chiral oxindole...
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Palladium-catalyzed dehydrogenation of α-cyclohexene-substituted nitriles to α-aryl nitriles

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC00326H, Communication
Yinglin Zhao, Zhida Zhang, Zehuan Qi, Renhua Liu
Cyanide-free: synthesis of α-aryl nitriles from cyclohexanones and cyanoacetic acid by condensation and dehydrogenation.
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Photoinduced arylation or alkylation of 1,2,4-triazine-3,5(2H,4H)-diones with hydrazines

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05937E, Communication
Youlu Pan, Yingchen Zhu, Shuangshuang Li, Gangjian Li, Zhen Ma, Yong Qian, Wenhai Huang
An innovative and eco-friendly method has been developed for synthesizing 6-arylated or 6-alkylated 1,2,4-triazine-3,5(2H,4H)-diones, utilizing a photoinduced cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction with hydrazines.
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Platinum-group-metal quaternary alloys with lattice defects for enhanced oxygen electrocatalysis

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC06286D, Communication
Qi Li, Chenqi Xu, Liangmei Luo, Cunwang Ge, Yanqing Wang
Hollow carbon sphere-supported PtPdRuIr alloys with lattice defects exhibit enhanced electrocatalytic activity toward oxygen reduction when benchmarked against Pt counterparts.
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Enhanced formic acid electrolysis of Pd sites by improved OH adsorption assisted by MoP

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC00661E, Communication
Lice Yu, Shuli Wang, Yun Yang, Ligang Feng
MoP nanofiber-coupled Pd nanoparticles were demonstrated as efficient catalysts for formic acid-assisted water splitting in hydrogen generation. The theoretical calculations indicated that the OH on the surface of MoP through...
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Advances in Disilylation Reactions to Access cis/trans-1,2-Disilylated and gem-Disilylated Alkenes

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC00288A, Feature Article
Zhang Feng, Shasha Geng, Yanru Ji, Yu Pu, Siyu Wang
Organosilane compounds are widely used in both organic synthesis and materials science. Particularly, 1,2-disilylated and gem-disilylated alkenes, characterized by a carbon-carbon double bond and multiple silyl groups, exhibit significant potential...
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SnS2 quantum dots-coated VO2@carbon nanorods for secondary battery displaying high capacity and rate-performance

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC00641K, Communication
Tianli Han, Yan Wang, Kehao Tao, Xiangbin Zeng, Peng Zhan, Yajun Zhu, Jinjin Li, Jinyun Liu
Electrode materials optimization is one of the keys to improve energy storage characteristics of secondary batteries. Here, a VO2@carbon@SnS2 composite composing of SnS2 quantum dots (QDs) coating on lamellar VO2@carbon...
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