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Nitrogen-bridged, natural product-like octahydrobenzofurans and octahydroindoles: scope and mechanism of bridge-forming reductive amination via caged heteroadamantanes (2018)
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Wales, S. M., Adcock, H. V., Lewis, W., Hamza, D., & Moody, C. J. (2018). Nitrogen-bridged, natural product-like octahydrobenzofurans and octahydroindoles: scope and mechanism of bridge-forming reductive amination via caged heteroadamantanes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018(34), 4696-4704. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201800962

The biological significance of sp3-rich synthetic scaffolds with natural product-like features yet distinct global frameworks is being increasingly recognised in medicinal chemistry and biochemistry. Taking inspiration from the vast array of bioactiv... Read More about Nitrogen-bridged, natural product-like octahydrobenzofurans and octahydroindoles: scope and mechanism of bridge-forming reductive amination via caged heteroadamantanes.

Comparative nanostructure analysis of gasoline turbocharged direct injection and diesel soot-in-oil with carbon black (2018)
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Pfau, S., La Roca, A., Haffner-Staton, E., Rance, G., Fay, M., Brough, R., & Malizia, S. (2018). Comparative nanostructure analysis of gasoline turbocharged direct injection and diesel soot-in-oil with carbon black. Carbon, 139, 342-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.06.050

Two gasoline turbocharged direct injection (GTDI) and two diesel soot-in-oil samples were compared with one flame-generated soot sample. High resolution transmission electron microscopy imaging was employed for the initial qualitative assessment of t... Read More about Comparative nanostructure analysis of gasoline turbocharged direct injection and diesel soot-in-oil with carbon black.

Significant enhancement of structural stability of the hyperhalophilic ADH from Haloferax volcanii via entrapment on metal organic framework support (2018)
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Carucci, C., Bruen, L., Gascón, V., Paradisi, F., & Magner, E. (in press). Significant enhancement of structural stability of the hyperhalophilic ADH from Haloferax volcanii via entrapment on metal organic framework support. Langmuir, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01037

The use of an in-situ immobilization procedure for the immobilization of hyperhalophilic alcohol dehydrogenase in a metal organic framework material is described. The easy and rapid in situ immobilization process enables retention of activity over a... Read More about Significant enhancement of structural stability of the hyperhalophilic ADH from Haloferax volcanii via entrapment on metal organic framework support.

A facile route to bespoke macro- and mesoporous block copolymer microparticles (2018)
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He, G., Bennett, T. M., Alauhdin, M., Fay, M. W., Liu, X., Schwab, S. T., …Howdle, S. M. (in press). A facile route to bespoke macro- and mesoporous block copolymer microparticles. Polymer Chemistry, 9(27), https://doi.org/10.1039/c8py00707a

We report a facile and versatile strategy for the bespoke fabrication of macro- and mesoporous block copolymer microparticles. A clean synthetic route, RAFT dispersion polymerisation in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2), is used to generate block... Read More about A facile route to bespoke macro- and mesoporous block copolymer microparticles.

An eight-coordinate zinc complex containing the highly pre-organized ligand 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxylic acid: solvothermal synthesis, supramolecular structure and CSD studies (2018)
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Mirzaei, M., Hassanpoor, A., Alizadeh, H., Gohari, M., & Blake, A. J. (2018). An eight-coordinate zinc complex containing the highly pre-organized ligand 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxylic acid: solvothermal synthesis, supramolecular structure and CSD studies. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1171, 626-630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.06.063

A new anionic coordination complex of Zn(II) containing the highly pre-organized ligand 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxylate (PDA), (H3O)2[Zn(PDA)2]·2CH3NO2·2H2O·(1), has been synthesized by solvothermal methods and characterized by elemental analys... Read More about An eight-coordinate zinc complex containing the highly pre-organized ligand 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxylic acid: solvothermal synthesis, supramolecular structure and CSD studies.

Boosting self‐assembly diversity in the solid‐state by chiral/non‐chiral ZnII‐porphyrin crystallization (2018)
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Qian, W., González-Campo, A., Pérez-Rodríguez, A., Rodríguez-Hermida, S., Imaz, I., Wurst, K., …Aliaga-Alcalde, N. (in press). Boosting self‐assembly diversity in the solid‐state by chiral/non‐chiral ZnII‐porphyrin crystallization. Chemistry - A European Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201802031

This work bases on the solid‐state study of a chiral ZnII‐porphyrin derivative (5,10,15,20‐tetra[(4‐R,R,R,R)‐methyl‐2‐phenoxy‐propanoate, 1) building block and its achiral analogous (2). Here, foreseen the rich molecular recognition of the designed m... Read More about Boosting self‐assembly diversity in the solid‐state by chiral/non‐chiral ZnII‐porphyrin crystallization.

Reversible adsorption and confinement of nitrogen dioxide within a robust porous metal-organic framework (2018)
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Han, X., Godfrey, H. G., Briggs, L., Davies, A. J., Cheng, Y., Daemen, L. L., Sheveleva, A. M., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J., Sun, J., Drathen, C., George, M. W., Ramirez-Cuesta, A. J., Thomas, K. M., Schröder, M., & Yang, S. (2018). Reversible adsorption and confinement of nitrogen dioxide within a robust porous metal-organic framework. Nature Materials, 17, 691-696. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0104-7

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a major air pollutant causing significant environmental and health problems. We report reversible adsorption of NO2 in a robust metal–organic framework. Under ambient conditions, MFM-300(Al) exhibits a reversible NO2 isother... Read More about Reversible adsorption and confinement of nitrogen dioxide within a robust porous metal-organic framework.

Effects of symmetry, methyl groups and serendipity on intramolecular vibrational energy dispersal (2018)
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Tuttle, W. D., Gardner, A. M., Whalley, L. E., Kemp, D. J., & Wright, T. G. (2019). Effects of symmetry, methyl groups and serendipity on intramolecular vibrational energy dispersal. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(26), 14133-14152. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP02757A

We consider two key parameters that have been proposed to be important for vibrational energy delocalization, closely related to intramolecular vibrational redistribution (IVR), in molecules. These parameters are the symmetry of the molecule, and the... Read More about Effects of symmetry, methyl groups and serendipity on intramolecular vibrational energy dispersal.

Electrostatic interactions between charged dielectric particles in an electrolyte solution: constant potential boundary conditions (2018)
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Derbenev, I. N., Filippov, A. V., Stace, A. J., & Besley, E. (2018). Electrostatic interactions between charged dielectric particles in an electrolyte solution: constant potential boundary conditions. Soft Matter, 14(26), 5480-5487. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm01068d

The problem of electrostatic interactions between colloidal particles in an electrolyte solution has been solved within the Debye–Hückel approximation using the boundary condition of constant potential. The model has been validated in two independent... Read More about Electrostatic interactions between charged dielectric particles in an electrolyte solution: constant potential boundary conditions.

Sulfonimidates: useful synthetic intermediates for sulfoximine synthesis via C–S bond formation (2018)
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Matos, P. M., Lewis, W., Moore, J. C., & Stockman, R. A. (2018). Sulfonimidates: useful synthetic intermediates for sulfoximine synthesis via C–S bond formation. Organic Letters, 20(12), 3674-3677. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01473

The ever-increasing prevalence of sulfoximine derivatives in drug discovery programmes has brought about a renaissance in the development of methods for their synthesis. Sulfoximine synthesis via C-S bond formation however has been comparatively unde... Read More about Sulfonimidates: useful synthetic intermediates for sulfoximine synthesis via C–S bond formation.

An integral equation approach to calculate electrostatic interactions in many-body dielectric systems (2018)
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Lindgren, E. B., Stace, A. J., Polack, E., Maday, Y., Stamm, B., & Besley, E. (2018). An integral equation approach to calculate electrostatic interactions in many-body dielectric systems. Journal of Computational Physics, 371, 712-731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.06.015

In this article, a numerical method to compute the electrostatic interaction energy and forces between many dielectric particles is presented. The computational method is based on a Galerkin approximation of an integral equation formulation, which is... Read More about An integral equation approach to calculate electrostatic interactions in many-body dielectric systems.

A simple flash carbonization route for conversion of biomass to porous carbons with high CO2 storage capacity (2018)
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Hirst, E. A., Taylor, A., & Mokaya, R. (in press). A simple flash carbonization route for conversion of biomass to porous carbons with high CO2 storage capacity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(26), 12393-12403. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA04409K

This work offers a new, and simpler, method for the carbonisation of biomass that involves flash carbonisation of biomass at relatively low temperature (< 400 o C). We successfully converted the biomass precursor (eucalyptus sawdust) to carbonaceous... Read More about A simple flash carbonization route for conversion of biomass to porous carbons with high CO2 storage capacity.

Self-sustaining closed-loop multienzyme mediated conversion of amines into alcohols in continuous reactions (2018)
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Contente, M. L., & Paradisi, F. (2018). Self-sustaining closed-loop multienzyme mediated conversion of amines into alcohols in continuous reactions. Nature Catalysis, 1, 452–459. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0082-9

The synthesis of alcohols from amines starting material is an excellent, yet challenging, strategy for the preparation of pharmaceuticals and polymers. Here, we developed a versatile, self-sustaining closed-loop multienzymatic platform for the biocat... Read More about Self-sustaining closed-loop multienzyme mediated conversion of amines into alcohols in continuous reactions.

Characterisation of redox states of metal-organic frameworks by growth on modified thin-film electrodes (2018)
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Mitra, T., Moreau, F., Nevin, A., Perotto, C. U., Summerfield, A., Davies, E. S., …Easun, T. L. (in press). Characterisation of redox states of metal-organic frameworks by growth on modified thin-film electrodes. Chemical Science, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC00803E

The application of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials in electrochemical and electrochromic devices remain rare. One of the main reasons for this is the inability to readily access their detailed electrochemistry. The inherent insolubility of th... Read More about Characterisation of redox states of metal-organic frameworks by growth on modified thin-film electrodes.

Thermal stability of dialkylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids: ex situ bulk heating to complement in situ mass spectrometry (2018)
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Clarke, C. J., Puttick, S., Sanderson, T. J., Taylor, A. W., Bourne, R. A., Lovelock, K. R., & Licence, P. (in press). Thermal stability of dialkylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids: ex situ bulk heating to complement in situ mass spectrometry. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(24), 16786-16800. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP01090K

Thermal decomposition (TD) products of the ionic liquids (ILs) [CnC1Im][BF4] and [CnC1Im][PF6] ([CnC1Im]+ = 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium, [BF4]- = tetrafluoroborate, and [PF6]- = hexafluorophosphate) were prepared, ex situ, by bulk heating experiments... Read More about Thermal stability of dialkylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids: ex situ bulk heating to complement in situ mass spectrometry.

Re-Make/Re-Model: recent breakthroughs on the road to practicable and diversified biocatalytical processes (2018)
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Contente, M., & Molinari, F. (2018). Re-Make/Re-Model: recent breakthroughs on the road to practicable and diversified biocatalytical processes. Chimica Oggi-Chemistry Today, 36(3),

Biocatalysis has been traditionally used when high chemo-, regio- and stereoselectivity under mild conditions (pH, pressure, temperature). Contrariwise, low productivity and low catalyst stability generally represent major constraints for obtaining i... Read More about Re-Make/Re-Model: recent breakthroughs on the road to practicable and diversified biocatalytical processes.

Cobalt complexes with redox-active anthraquinone-type ligands (2018)
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Shiga, T., Kumamaru, R., Newton, G. N., & Oshio, H. (2018). Cobalt complexes with redox-active anthraquinone-type ligands. Dalton Transactions, 47(23), https://doi.org/10.1039/C8DT00586A

Three anthraquinone-type multidentate ligands, HL1-3 (HL = 2-R-1H-anthra[1,2-d]imidazole6,11-dione, HL1; R = (2-pyridyl), HL2; R = (4,6-dimethyl-2-pyridyl), HL3; R = (6-methoxy-2pyridyl)), were prepared, and their complexation behaviour were investig... Read More about Cobalt complexes with redox-active anthraquinone-type ligands.

Synthesis and control of crosslinked poly(acrylic acid) based viscosity modifiers using dense phase carbon dioxide as a solvent (2018)
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Alexander, W., Wickson, J., Duncan, J., Carmichael, K., Irvine, D., & Howdle, S. (2018). Synthesis and control of crosslinked poly(acrylic acid) based viscosity modifiers using dense phase carbon dioxide as a solvent. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 139, 38-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2018.05.003

We investigate the clean synthesis of a cross-linked poly(acrylic acid) viscosity modifier using supercritical CO2 to replace more hazardous volatile organic solvents that are typically used for this process. The polymers were analysed by aqueous swe... Read More about Synthesis and control of crosslinked poly(acrylic acid) based viscosity modifiers using dense phase carbon dioxide as a solvent.

Post-functionalization of a photoactive hybrid polyoxotungstate (2018)
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Cameron, J. M., Fujimoto, S., Wei, R.-J., Newton, G. N., & Oshio, H. (in press). Post-functionalization of a photoactive hybrid polyoxotungstate. Dalton Transactions, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8DT01253A

A new post-functionalization strategy for hybrid polyoxometalate (POM) clusters is presented, whereby the electronic properties and visible-light driven oxidative reactivity of the POM core can be altered by controlled addition of transition metal io... Read More about Post-functionalization of a photoactive hybrid polyoxotungstate.