Engineering of antimicrobial peptide fibrils with feedback degradation of bacterial-secreted enzymes

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14,10914-10924
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC01089A, Edge Article
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Fenghua Wang, Wencheng Xia, Mingming Zhang, Rongrong Wu, Xiaolu Song, Yun Hao, Yonghai Feng, Liwei Zhang, Dan Li, Wenyan Kang, Cong Liu, Lei Liu
Peptides can self-assemble into antimicrobial fibrils that can be degraded by the enzyme secreted from bacteria.
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Structurally divergent enantioselective synthesis of benzofuran fused azocine derivatives and spiro-cyclopentanone benzofurans enabled by sequential catalysis

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14,10768-10776
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC03239F, Edge Article
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Rupkumar Khuntia, Sanat Kumar Mahapatra, Lisa Roy, Subhas Chandra Pan
We have developed a divergent approach for the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of skeletally different benzofuran fused azocine derivatives and spiro-cyclopentanone benzofurans. The methodology involves sequential catalysis: chiral H-bonding catalysis and Lewis base catalysis.
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Masked cerulenin enables a dual-site selective protein crosslink

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14,10925-10933
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC02864J, Edge Article
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Ziran Jiang, Aochiu Chen, Jeffrey Chen, Arman Sekhon, Gordon V. Louie, Joseph P. Noel, James J. La Clair, Michael D. Burkart
Translation of the natural product cerulenin into probe for fluorescent labeling and masked crosslinker to evaluate protein–protein interactivity.
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Acid–base responsive multifunctional poly(formyl sulfide)s through a facile catalyst-free click polymerization of aldehyde-activated internal diynes and dithiols

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14,10718-10726
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC03732K, Edge Article
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Baixue Li, Xue Wang, Die Huang, Mingzhao Li, Anjun Qin, Yusheng Qin, Ben Zhong Tang
A facile catalyst-free click polymerization of aldehyde-activated internal diynes and dithiols was established, affording multifunctional polysulfides and derivant with unique acid–base response for promising applications in diverse areas.
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Control of electronic polarization via charge ordering and electron transfer: electronic ferroelectrics and electronic pyroelectrics

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14,10631-10643
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC03432A, Perspective
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Sheng-Qun Su, Shu-Qi Wu, Shinji Kanegawa, Kaoru Yamamoto, Osamu Sato
Advances in molecular electronic ferroelectrics are summarized. In addition, electronic pyroelectrics using electron transfer is introduced as a promising alternative in the development of polarization switching materials.
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Room temperature stable E,Z-diphosphenes: their isomerization, coordination, and cycloaddition chemistry

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14,10944-10952
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC04506D, Edge Article
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Jieli Lin, Shihua Liu, Jie Zhang, Hansjörg Grützmacher, Cheng-Yong Su, Zhongshu Li
N-Heterocyclic vinyl substituted diphosphenes 2b in both E- and Z-isomers have been isolated and crystallographically characterized. They exhibit reversible photo- and thermally stimulated EZ isomerization mimicking their carbon analogue.
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Structural insights into hybrid immiscible blends of metal–organic framework and sodium ultraphosphate glasses

Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC02305B, Edge Article
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Ashleigh M. Chester, Celia Castillo-Blas, Roman Sajzew, Bruno P. Rodrigues, Ruben Mas-Balleste, Alicia Moya, Jessica E. Snelson, Sean M. Collins, Adam F. Sapnik, Georgina P. Robertson, Daniel J. M. Irving, Lothar Wondraczek, David A. Keen, Thomas D. Bennett
The characterisation of hybrid blends comprising a metal–organic framework (MOF) glass and a phosphate glass is explored. The mechanical and thermal properties of the blends are studied and interfacial interactions between the phases are analysed.
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Hybrid bronzes: mixed-valence organic–inorganic metal oxides as a tunable material platform

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14,10756-10767
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC03828A, Edge Article
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W. Lakna N. Dayaratne, Raúl Torres-Cadena, Bennett P. Schmitt, Emma M. Westrick, Adam Jaffe
Hybrid bronzes are air/water-stable mixed-valence organic–inorganic metal oxides displaying tunable optoelectronic properties and high conductivity relevant for energy-related applications.
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Main group metal-mediated strategies for C–H and C–F bond activation and functionalisation of fluoroarenes

Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC03548D, Perspective
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Neil R. Judge, Alessandra Logallo, Eva Hevia
This Perspective showcases recent advances on the use of specially designed main-group metal complexes to facilitate chemoselective C–H/C–F functionalisation of fluoroarenes.
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The challenge of balancing model sensitivity and robustness in predicting yields: a benchmarking study of amide coupling reactions

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14,10835-10846
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC03902A, Edge Article
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Zhen Liu, Yurii S. Moroz, Olexandr Isayev
A sensitive model captures the reactivity cliffs but overfit to yield outliers. On the other hand, a robust model disregards the yield outliers but underfits the reactivity cliffs.
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