Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal-Organic Frameworks with a Ring-in-Ring Topology and High Electrical Conductance
In this study, we have employed a novel highly branched D3h symmetrical planar conjugated ligand, dodechydroxylhexabenzotrinaphthylene (DHHBTN) to fabricate a series of 2D conductive MOFs, named M-DHHBTN (M = Co, Ni, and Cu). This new family of MOFs offers two distinct types of pores, elevating the structural complexity of 2D conductive MOFs to a more advanced level. The intricate tessellation patterns of the M-DHHBTN are elucidated through comprehensive analyses involving powder X-ray diffraction, theoretical simulations, and high-resolution transmission electron microscope. Optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopic meas...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Mingyu Yang Yi Zhang Renlong Zhu Junjun Tan Jinxin Liu Wei Zhang Meng Zhou Zheng Meng Source Type: research

Unveiling Crucial Chemical Processing Parameters Influencing the Performance of Solution-processed Inorganic Thermoelectric Materials
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 16:e202402628. doi: 10.1002/anie.202402628. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTProduction of thermoelectric materials from solution-processed particles involves the synthesis of particles, their purification and densification into pelletized material. Chemical changes that occur during each one of these steps render them performance determining. Particularly the purification steps, bypassed in conventional solid-state synthesis, are the cause for large discrepancies among similar solution-processed materials. In present work, the investigation focuses on a water-based surfactant free solution sy...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Christine Fiedler Mariano Calcabrini Yu Liu Maria Ib áñez Source Type: research

Anion-Coordination Foldamer-Based Polymer Network: from Molecular Spring to Elastomer
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 16:e202400989. doi: 10.1002/anie.202400989. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFoldamer is a scaled-down version of coil spring, which can absorb and release energy by conformational change. Here, polymer networks with high-density of molecular springs were developed by employing anion-coordination-based foldamers as the monomer. The coiling of the foldamer is controlled by oligourea ligands coordinating to chloride ions; subsequently, the folding and unfolding of foldamer conformations endow the polymer network with excellent energy dissipation and toughness. The mechanical performance of the c...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Jiangping Qin Yongming Wang Tian Wang Na Wang Wenhua Xu Lin Cheng Wei Yu Xuzhou Yan Lingyan Gao Bo Zheng Biao Wu Source Type: research

Ternary Rotational Polyanion Coupling Enables Fast Li Ion Dynamics in Tetrafluoroborate Ion Doped Antiperovskite Li2OHCl Solid Electrolyte
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 16:e202400144. doi: 10.1002/anie.202400144. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLi-rich antiperovskite (LiRAP) hydroxyhalides are emerging as attractive solid electrolyte (SEs) for all-solid-state Li metal batteries (ASSLMBs) due to their low melting point, low cost, and ease of scaling-up. The incorporation of rotational polyanions can reduce the activation energy and thus improve the Li ion conductivity of SEs. Herein, we propose a ternary rotational polyanion coupling strategy to fasten the Li ion conduction in tetrafluoroborate (BF4-) ion doped LiRAP Li2OHCl. Assisted by first-principles calc...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Juncao Bian Sifan Ling Bei Deng Haibin Lin Ruo Zhao Long Kong Huimin Yuan Jinlong Zhu Songbai Han Liping Wang Ruiqin Zhang Yusheng Zhao Zhouguang Lu Source Type: research

Non-Fluorinated Ethers to Mitigate Electrode Surface Reactivity in High-Voltage NCM811-Li Batteries
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 16:e202404109. doi: 10.1002/anie.202404109. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLithium (Li) metal batteries (LMBs) with nickel (Ni)-rich layered oxide cathodes exhibit twice the energy density of conventional Li-ion batteries. However, their lifespan is limited by severe side reactions caused by high electrode reactivity. Fluorinated solvent-based electrolytes can address this challenge, but they pose environmental and biological hazards. This work reports on the molecular engineering of fluorine (F)-free ethers to mitigate electrode surface reactivity in high-voltage Ni-rich LMBs. By merely ext...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Zhijie Wang Xiangli Che Danni Wang Yanyan Wang Xiaomei He Ye Zhu Biao Zhang Source Type: research

Expedient Access to 18F-Fluoroheteroarenes via Deaminative Radiofluorination of Aniline-Derived Pyridinium Salts
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 16:e202404945. doi: 10.1002/anie.202404945. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHerein, we disclose that pyridinium salts derived from abundant (hetero)anilines represent a novel precursor class for nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions with [18F]fluoride. The value of this new 18F-fluorodeamination is demonstrated with the synthesis of over 30 structurally diverse and complex heteroaryl 18F-fluorides, several derived from scaffolds that were yet to be labelled with fluorine-18. The protocol tolerates heteroarenes and functionalities commonly found in drug discovery libraries, and is amena...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Joseph Ford Sebastiano Ortalli Zijun Chen Jeroen Sap Matthew Tredwell Veronique Gouverneur Source Type: research

Selective Arylation of RNA 2'-OH Groups via SNAr Reaction with Trialkylammonium Heterocycles
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 16:e202403496. doi: 10.1002/anie.202403496. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSmall-molecule reactions at the 2'-OH groups of RNA enable useful applications for transcriptome technology and biology. To date, all reactions have involved carbonyl acylation and mechanistically related sulfonylation, limiting the types of modifications and properties that can be achieved. Here we report that electron-deficient heteroaryl species selectively react with 2'-OH groups of RNA in water via SNAr chemistry. In particular, trialkyl-ammonium (TAA)-activated aromatic heterocycles, prepared in one step from ar...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Sayantan Chatterjee Lu Xiao Wenrui Zhong Sheng Feng Eric T Kool Source Type: research

Mitigating Sodium Ordering for Enhanced Solid Solution Behavior in Layered NaNiO2 Cathodes
We present here a systematic investigation of the impact of substituting 5% divalent (Mg2+) or trivalent (Al3+ or Co3+) ions for Ni3+ to alleviate Na+-ion ordering and perturb the Jahn-Teller effect to enhance structural stability. We gauge a fundamental understanding of the Mg-O and Na-O or Mg-O-Na bonding interactions, noting that the ionicity of the Mg-O bond deshields the electronic cloud of oxygen from Na+ ions. Furthermore, calculations of the Van Vleck distortion modes reveal a relaxation of NiO6 octahedra from Jahn-Teller distortion and a reduced electron density at the interlayer with Mg2+ substitution. Long-range...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Krishnakanth Sada Steven Kmiec Arumugam Manthiram Source Type: research

Ternary Complex-Templated Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry for the Selection and Identification of Homo-PROTACs
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 16:e202319456. doi: 10.1002/anie.202319456. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDynamic combinatorial chemistry (DCC) leverages a reversible reaction to generate compound libraries from constituting building blocks under thermodynamic control. The position of this equilibrium can be biased by addition of a target macromolecule towards enrichment of bound ligands. While DCC has been applied to select ligands for a single target protein, its application to identifying chimeric molecules inducing proximity between two proteins is unprecedented. In this proof-of-concept study, we develop a DCC approa...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Claudia J Diehl Alessandra Salerno Alessio Ciulli Source Type: research

A Zeolitic Octahedral Metal Oxide with Ultrahigh Porosity for High-temperature and High-humidity Alkyne/Alkene Separation
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 16:e202406374. doi: 10.1002/anie.202406374. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTZeolitic octahedral metal oxide is a newly synthesized all-inorganic zeolitic material and has been used for adsorption, separation, and catalysis. Herein, a new zeolitic octahedral metal oxide was synthesized and characterized. The porous framework was established through the assembly of [P2Mo13O50] clusters with PO4 linkers. Guest molecules occupied the framework, which could be removed through heat treatment, thereby opening the micropores. The pore characteristics were controlled by the cations within the micropor...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Baokai Ma Panpan Hu Liangcheng Zou Qianqian Zhu Lifeng Zhang Satoshi Ishikawa Wataru Ueda Yanshuo Li Zhenxin Zhang Source Type: research

Site-Selective Radical Aromatic C-H Functionalization of Alloxazine and Flavin through Ground-State Single Electron Transfer
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 16:e202403417. doi: 10.1002/anie.202403417. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFlavins and their alloxazine isomers are key chemical scaffolds for bioinspired electron transfer strategies. Their properties can be fine-tuned by functional groups, which must be introduced at an early stage of the synthesis as their aromatic ring is inert towards post-functionalization. We show that the introduction of a remote metal-binding redox site on alloxazine and flavin activates their aromatic ring towards direct C-H functionalization. Mechanistic studies are consistent with a synthetic sequence involving g...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Agnideep Das Oscar Charpentier Cheriehan Hessin Jules Schleinitz David Pianca Nolwenn Le Breton Sylvie Choua Laurence Grimaud Christophe Gourlaouen Marine Desage-El Murr Source Type: research

Tuning Electron Delocalization of Redox-Active Porous Aromatic Framework for Low-Temperature Aqueous Zn-K Hybrid Batteries with Air Self-Chargeability
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 15:e202401559. doi: 10.1002/anie.202401559. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAir self-charging aqueous batteries promise to integrate energy harvesting technology and battery systems, potentially overcoming a heavy reliance on energy and the spatiotemporal environment. However, the exploitation of multifunctional air self-charging battery systems using promising cathode materials and suitable charge carriers remains challenging. Herein, for the first time, we developed low-temperature self-charging aqueous Zn-K hybrid ion batteries (AZKHBs) using a fully conjugated hexaazanonaphthalene (HATN)-...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 15, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Junhao Wang Xupeng Zhang Zhaoli Liu Jie Yu Heng-Guo Wang Xing-Long Wu Fengchao Cui Guangshan Zhu Source Type: research

Unveiling the Pivotal Role of dx2-y2  Electronic States in Nickel-based Hydroxide Electrocatalysts for Methanol Oxidation
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 15:e202404730. doi: 10.1002/anie.202404730. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe anodic methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) plays a crucial role in coupling with the cathodic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and enables the sustainable production of the high-valued formate. Nickel-based hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) as MOR electrocatalyst has attracted enormous attention. However, the key factor determining the intrinsic catalytic activity remains unknown, which significantly hinders the further development of Ni(OH)2 electrocatalyst. Here, we found that the dx2-y2 electronic state within antibonding ban...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 15, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Junhua Li Chao Wu Zhen Wang Haoyan Meng Qi Zhang Ying Tang Anqi Zou Yiming Zhang Haoyin Zhong Shibo Xi Junmin Xue Xiaopeng Wang Jiagang Wu Source Type: research

Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Late-Stage Incorporation of N-Aryl Triazoles and Tetrazoles with Sulfonium Salts via C-H Activation
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 15:e202402060. doi: 10.1002/anie.202402060. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe late-stage functionalization of active pharmaceutical ingredients is a key challenge in medicinal chemistry. Furthermore, N-aryl triazoles and tetrazoles are important structural motifs with the potential to boost the activity of diverse drug molecules. Using easily accessible dibenzothiophenium salts for the ruthenium-catalyzed C-H arylation, these scaffolds were introduced into a variety of bioactive compounds. Our methodology uses cost-efficient ruthenium, KOAc as a mild base and gives access to a plethora of h...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 15, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hendrik Simon Agnese Zangarelli Tristan Bauch Lutz Ackermann Source Type: research

Palladium-Catalyzed Inward Isomerization Hydroaminocarbonylation of Alkenes
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 15:e202406226. doi: 10.1002/anie.202406226. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn contrast to the kinetically favored outward isomerization-hydrocarbonylation of alkenes, the disfavored inward isomerization-hydrocarbonylation of alkenes remains an important challenge. Herein, we have developed a novel and effective palladium-catalyzed inward isomerization-hydroaminocarbonylation of unactivated alkenes and aniline hydrochlorides for the formation of synthetically valuable α-aryl carboxylic amides in high yields and high site-selectivities. The high efficiency of the reaction is attributed to a r...
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 15, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Xian-Jin Zou Zhao-Xing Jin Hui-Yi Yang Fei Wu Zhi-Hui Ren Zheng-Hui Guan Source Type: research