A beginners guide to understanding the mechanisms of photochemical reactions: things you should know if light is one of your reagents

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52,6330-6343
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00453H, Tutorial Review
Juan C. Scaiano
The increasing popularity of applied photochemistry has changed the composition of the practitioners of photochemistry, from traditional specialists, to users whose expertise lies elsewhere, yet they find light as a useful and powerful reagent.
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Strategies to convert organic fluorophores into red/near-infrared emitting analogues and their utilization in bioimaging probes

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52,6344-6358
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00475A, Tutorial Review
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Mingchong Dai, Yun Jae Yang, Sourav Sarkar, Kyo Han Ahn
This review analyzes strategies to convert key fluorophores into red/NIR emitting derivatives, with typical examples of how such fluorophores can be used to develop molecular probes for biological analytes, along with key sensing features.
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Nanoprobe-based molecular imaging for tumor stratification

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52,6447-6496
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00063J, Review Article
Xianbin Ma, Mingchuan Mao, Jiaqi He, Chao Liang, Hai-Yan Xie
This review highlights the use of nanoprobes to stratify various therapeutic modalities and provides an outlook on the challenges and future directions of nanoprobes for patient stratification.
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Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52,6497-6553
DOI: 10.1039/D1CS01170G, Review Article
Hung Nguyen, Hoang Linh Nguyen, Pham Dang Lan, Nguyen Quoc Thai, Mateusz Sikora, Mai Suan Li
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the devastating global COVID-19 pandemic announced by WHO in March 2020.
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Comproportionation and disproportionation in nickel and copper complexes

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52,6601-6616
DOI: 10.1039/D2CS00494A, Tutorial Review
Craig S. Day, Ruben Martin
This review covers factors that contribute to comproportionation and disproportionation reactions in transition metal complexes and provide insight into the importance of these electron transfer events in Ni- and Cu-catalyzed transformations.
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The crucial role of silver(I)-salts as additives in C–H activation reactions: overall analysis of their versatility and applicability

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52,6359-6378
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00328K, Review Article
Renato L. de Carvalho, Emilay B. T. Diogo, Simon L. Homölle, Suman Dana, Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior, Lutz Ackermann
This review discusses the important role of silver(I) salts as additives in transition-metal catalyzed C–H activation, and depicts the discussion about the current shift towards Ag-free procedures, as plausible and sustainable alternatives.
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Smart organic materials based on macrocycle hosts

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52,6644-6663
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00506B, Tutorial Review
Xin-Yue Lou, Siyuan Zhang, Yan Wang, Ying-Wei Yang
A succinct and illustrative summary of the recent progress of supramolecular smart organic materials based on macrocycle hosts is provided spanning the aspects of design principles, functioning mechanisms, and relative applications.
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Covalent connections between metal–organic frameworks and polymers including covalent organic frameworks

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52,6379-6416
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00302G, Review Article
Jonghyeon Lee, Jooyeon Lee, Jin Yeong Kim, Min Kim
The development and strategies for covalently connected MOFs-polymers (including COFs) composites have summarized and reviewed along with their applications.
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Label-free optical biosensing: going beyond the limits

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52,6554-6585
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00155E, Review Article
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Andrei V. Kabashin, Vasyl G. Kravets, Alexander N. Grigorenko
We present newly-emerging approaches to unlock sensitivity barriers of current label-free optical biosensing transducers by employing novel structural architectures, artificial materials (metamaterials), and newly-observed optical phenomena.
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Green metrics in mechanochemistry

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52,6680-6714
DOI: 10.1039/D2CS00997H, Review Article
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Nicolas Fantozzi, Jean-Noël Volle, Andrea Porcheddu, David Virieux, Felipe García, Evelina Colacino
The quantitative assessment of the greenness of mechanochemical processes for green metrics were calculated is herein reported. A general introduction to the topic, variables influencing the reaction outcome and, an outlook are also provided.
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