Selective electrochemical CO 2 conversion with a hybrid polyoxometalate (2023)
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Kuramochi, S., Cameron, J. M., Fukui, T., Jones, K. D., Argent, S. P., Kusaka, S., …Newton, G. N. (2023). Selective electrochemical CO 2 conversion with a hybrid polyoxometalate. Chemical Communications, 10801-10804. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc02138f

A multi-component coordination compound, in which ruthenium antenna complexes are connected to a polyoxotungstate core is presented. This hybrid cluster effectively promotes the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to C1 feedstocks, the selectivity of w... Read More about Selective electrochemical CO 2 conversion with a hybrid polyoxometalate.

A Domino Radical Amidation/Semipinacol Approach to All-Carbon Quaternary Centers Bearing an Aminomethyl Group (2023)
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Dhak, M. S., Arunprasath, D., Argent, S. P., & Cuthbertson, J. D. (2023). A Domino Radical Amidation/Semipinacol Approach to All-Carbon Quaternary Centers Bearing an Aminomethyl Group. Chemistry - A European Journal, 29(47), Article e202300922. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202300922

A photoredox-mediated radical amidation ring-expansion sequence that enables the generation of all-carbon quaternary centers bearing a protected aminomethyl substituent is described. The methodology can be applied to both styrene and unactivated alke... Read More about A Domino Radical Amidation/Semipinacol Approach to All-Carbon Quaternary Centers Bearing an Aminomethyl Group.

Silver(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Cuneanes from Cubanes and their Investigation as Isosteres (2023)
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Smith, E., Jones, K. D., O’Brien, L., Argent, S. P., Salome, C., Lefebvre, Q., …Lam, H. W. (2023). Silver(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Cuneanes from Cubanes and their Investigation as Isosteres. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(30), 16365-16373. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c03207

Bridged or caged polycyclic hydrocarbons have rigid structures that project substituents into precise regions of 3D space, making them attractive as linking groups in materials science and as building blocks for medicinal chemistry. The efficient syn... Read More about Silver(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Cuneanes from Cubanes and their Investigation as Isosteres.

Quantitative Raman microscopy to describe structural organisation in hollow microcrystals built from silicon catecholate and amines (2023)
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Volkov, V. V., Blundell, T. J., Argent, S., & Perry, C. C. (2023). Quantitative Raman microscopy to describe structural organisation in hollow microcrystals built from silicon catecholate and amines. Dalton Transactions, 52(21), 7249-7257. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3dt00856h

Macroscopic scale hollow microcrystals are a promising group of materials for gas and liquid uptake as well as sensing. In this contribution we describe the structure of hollow hexagonal cross-section crystals formulated as salts of a silicon catecho... Read More about Quantitative Raman microscopy to describe structural organisation in hollow microcrystals built from silicon catecholate and amines.

Diphosphoryl‐functionalized Polyoxometalates: Structurally and Electronically Tunable Hybrid Molecular Materials (2023)
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Amin, S. S., Jones, K. D., Kibler, A. J., Damian, H. A., Cameron, J. M., Butler, K. S., …Newton, G. N. (2023). Diphosphoryl‐functionalized Polyoxometalates: Structurally and Electronically Tunable Hybrid Molecular Materials. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(23), Article e202302446. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202302446

Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a new class of hybrid Wells–Dawson polyoxometalate (POM) containing a diphosphoryl group (P2O6X) of the general formula [P2W17O57(P2O6X)]6− (X=O, NH, or CR1R2). Modifying the bridging unit X was... Read More about Diphosphoryl‐functionalized Polyoxometalates: Structurally and Electronically Tunable Hybrid Molecular Materials.

On-surface polymerisation and self-assembly of DPP-based molecular wires (2023)
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Clarke, M., Bellamy-Carter, A., Malagreca, F., Hart, J., Argent, S. P., O'Shea, J. N., …Saywell, A. (2023). On-surface polymerisation and self-assembly of DPP-based molecular wires. Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2me00232a

The incorporation of organic semiconducting materials within solid-state electronic devices provides a potential route to highly efficient photovoltaics, transistors, and light emitting diodes. Key to the realisation of such devices is efficient intr... Read More about On-surface polymerisation and self-assembly of DPP-based molecular wires.

Electronic Structure and Photoactivity of Organoarsenic Hybrid Polyoxometalates (2023)
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Kibler, A. J., Tsang, N., Winslow, M., Argent, S. P., Lam, H. W., Robinson, D., & Newton, G. N. (2023). Electronic Structure and Photoactivity of Organoarsenic Hybrid Polyoxometalates. Inorganic Chemistry, 62(8), 3585-3591. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04249

Organofunctionalization of polyoxometalates (POMs) allows the preparation of hybrid molecular systems with tunable electronic properties. Currently, there are only a handful of approaches that allow for the fine-tuning of POM frontier molecular orbit... Read More about Electronic Structure and Photoactivity of Organoarsenic Hybrid Polyoxometalates.

A Scalable Synthesis of Chiral Himbert Diene Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis (2023)
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Rit, R., Li, H., Argent, S. P., Wheelhouse, K. M., Woodward, S., & Lam, H. W. (2023). A Scalable Synthesis of Chiral Himbert Diene Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 365(10), 1629-1639. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202300039

Chiral dienes are important ligands in asymmetric catalysis but they are less accessible than other commonly used ligands such as chiral bisphosphines. Here, we show that intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloaddition of a simply attained chiral allenecarboxan... Read More about A Scalable Synthesis of Chiral Himbert Diene Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis.

Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Magnets as a Route toward the S = 2 Haldane Phase (2023)
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Pitcairn, J., Iliceto, A., Cañadillas-Delgado, L., Fabelo, O., Liu, C., Balz, C., …Cliffe, M. J. (2023). Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Magnets as a Route toward the S = 2 Haldane Phase. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(3), 1783-1792. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10916

Metal-organic magnets (MOMs), modular magnetic materials where metal atoms are connected by organic linkers, are promising candidates for next-generation quantum technologies. MOMs readily form low-dimensional structures and so are ideal systems to r... Read More about Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Magnets as a Route toward the S = 2 Haldane Phase.

Highly electron deficient diketopyrrolopyrroles (2023)
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Humphreys, J., Malagreca, F., Hume, P. A., Davies, E. S., Argent, S. P., Bradshaw, T. D., & Amabilino, D. B. (2023). Highly electron deficient diketopyrrolopyrroles. Chemical Communications, 59(12), 1613-1616. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cc06770f

The synthesis, spectroelectrochemical and structural characteristics of highly electron-accepting diketopyrrrolopyrrole (DPP) molecules with adjoining pyridinium rings is reported, along with an assessment of their toxicity, which is apparently low.... Read More about Highly electron deficient diketopyrrolopyrroles.