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Signal transduction in a covalent post-assembly modification cascade (2017)
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Pilgrim, B. S., Roberts, D. A., Lohr, T. G., Ronson, T. K., & Nitschke, J. R. (2017). Signal transduction in a covalent post-assembly modification cascade. Nature Chemistry, 9(12), 1276-1281. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2839

Natural reaction cascades control the movement of biomolecules between cellular compartments. Inspired by these systems, we report a synthetic reaction cascade employing post-assembly modification reactions to direct the partitioning of supramolecula... Read More about Signal transduction in a covalent post-assembly modification cascade.

Probing the electronic environment of binary and ternary ionic liquid mixtures by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (2017)
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Men, S., & Licence, P. (2017). Probing the electronic environment of binary and ternary ionic liquid mixtures by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Chemical Physics Letters, 686, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2017.08.034

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is used to probe the electronic environment of cations and anions for three binary and one ternary chlorostannate ionic liquid mixtures. The impact of the weighting of Cl on the electronic environment of the cation-b... Read More about Probing the electronic environment of binary and ternary ionic liquid mixtures by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

A Simple Approach to the Visible-Light Photoactivation of Molecular Metal Oxides (2017)
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Fujimoto, S., Cameron, J. M., Wei, R. J., Kastner, K., Robinson, D., Sans, V., Newton, G. N., & Oshio, H. (2017). A Simple Approach to the Visible-Light Photoactivation of Molecular Metal Oxides. Inorganic Chemistry, 56(20), 12169-12177. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01499

© 2017 American Chemical Society. This study explores a new method to maximize the visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance of organic-inorganic hybrid polyoxometalates (POMs). Experimental and theoretical investigations of a family of phospho... Read More about A Simple Approach to the Visible-Light Photoactivation of Molecular Metal Oxides.

Efficient synthesis of 2,5-dicarbonyl derivatives of 3,4-ethylenedithiothiophene (EDTT) via addition-elimination reaction (2017)
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Al-jumaili, M. A.-J., & Woodward, S. (2017). Efficient synthesis of 2,5-dicarbonyl derivatives of 3,4-ethylenedithiothiophene (EDTT) via addition-elimination reaction. Tetrahedron, 73(40), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2017.08.026

Derivatives of 3,4-ethylenedithiothiophene (EDTT) are reported starting from tetrabromothiophene. Selective 2,5-dilithiation followed by reaction with a range of aldehydes gives diols as mixtures of diastereomers. Only the 2 and 5 positions in thioph... Read More about Efficient synthesis of 2,5-dicarbonyl derivatives of 3,4-ethylenedithiothiophene (EDTT) via addition-elimination reaction.

Valorisation of lignin by depolymerisation and fractionation using supercritical fluids and conventional solvents (2017)
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Perez, E., Tuck, C. O., & Poliakoff, M. (in press). Valorisation of lignin by depolymerisation and fractionation using supercritical fluids and conventional solvents. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2017.07.033

A procedure for Lignosulphonate valorisation is investigated. An attempt has been made to obtain diverse value-added products maximizing the atom economy. This procedure is carried in sequential steps starting with an oxidative depolymerization in su... Read More about Valorisation of lignin by depolymerisation and fractionation using supercritical fluids and conventional solvents.

Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures (2017)
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Banerjee, R., & Champness, N. R. (in press). Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures. CrystEngComm, 19, https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CE90115A

The last 20 years have seen an enormous interest in research on the topic of crystalline porous framework materials, especially metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs exploit reversible metal–coordination chemistry to create extended, crystalline soli... Read More about Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures.

Electroanalysis of neutral precursors in protic ionic liquids and synthesis of high-ionicity ionic liquids (2017)
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Sean, G., Daniel, S., Joshua, G., Jones, R., & Walsh, D. A. (in press). Electroanalysis of neutral precursors in protic ionic liquids and synthesis of high-ionicity ionic liquids. Langmuir, 33(34), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02294

Protic ionic liquids (PILs) are ionic liquids that are formed by transferring protons from Brønsted acids to Brønsted bases. While they nominally consist entirely of ions, PILs can often behave as though they contain a significant amount of neutral... Read More about Electroanalysis of neutral precursors in protic ionic liquids and synthesis of high-ionicity ionic liquids.

Ci-Symmetry, [2 × 2] grid, square copper complex with the N4,N5-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxamide ligand: structure, catecholase activity, magnetic properties and DFT calculations (2017)
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Parween, A., Naskar, S., Mota, A. J., Espinosa Ferao, A., Chattopadhyay, S. K., Rivière, E., Lewis, W., & Naskar, S. (2017). Ci-Symmetry, [2 × 2] grid, square copper complex with the N4,N5-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxamide ligand: structure, catecholase activity, magnetic properties and DFT calculations. New Journal of Chemistry, 41(20), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NJ01667K

A new square tetranuclear copper complex of formula Cu4(LH)4·4DMF with the dinucleating amide ligand N4,N5-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxamide (LH3) is reported herein. This ligand and the complex have been characterized by elemental a... Read More about Ci-Symmetry, [2 × 2] grid, square copper complex with the N4,N5-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxamide ligand: structure, catecholase activity, magnetic properties and DFT calculations.

Magnetic-field density-functional theory (BDFT): lessons from the adiabatic connection (2017)
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Reimann, S., Borgoo, A., Tellgren, E. I., Teale, A. M., & Helgaker, T. (2017). Magnetic-field density-functional theory (BDFT): lessons from the adiabatic connection. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 13(9), 4089-4100. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00295

We study the effects of magnetic fields in the context of magnetic field density-functional theory (BDFT), where the energy is a functional of the electron density p and the magnetic field B. We show that this approach is a worthwhile alternative to... Read More about Magnetic-field density-functional theory (BDFT): lessons from the adiabatic connection.

Visible Light Production of Hydrogen by Ablated Graphene: Water Splitting or Carbon Gasification? (2017)
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Fasciani, C., Lanterna, A. E., Giorgi, J. B., & Scaiano, J. C. (2017). Visible Light Production of Hydrogen by Ablated Graphene: Water Splitting or Carbon Gasification?. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(32), 11024-11027. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b06570

Reduced graphene oxide modified by pulsed laser ablation causes water splitting under visible light illumination (532 nm). When the light source is a pulsed laser, water splitting is accompanied by carbon gasification (CO formation); however, convent... Read More about Visible Light Production of Hydrogen by Ablated Graphene: Water Splitting or Carbon Gasification?.