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First ‘half Möbius’ carbon chain wows chemists
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (479+ words) The M'bius strip, a twisted loop with one continuous surface, is inspiring chemists to create novel molecular structures. A team has synthesized a type of carbon-based molecule with an unprecedented type of twist, which they call "half-M'bius. To make a…...
Electrochemical imaging of thermochemical catalysis - Nature Catalysis
17+ hour, 51+ min ago (1496+ words) Nature Catalysis (2026)Cite this article Grzybowski, M., Sadowski, B., Butensch'n, H. & Gryko, D. T. Synthetic applications of oxidative aromatic coupling'from biphenols to nanographenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 29983027 (2020). Yang, Y., Lan, J. & You, J. Oxidative CH/CH coupling reactions between two (hetero)arenes. Chem. Rev. 117, 87878863 (2017). Liu, C., Liu, D. & Lei, A. Recent…...
Reclaiming precious metals from waste under light - Nature Water
18+ hour, 40+ min ago (127+ words) Nature Water (2026)Cite this article DuChanois, R. M. et al. Nat. Water 1, 3746 (2023). Chen, X., Xiang, Y., Xu, L. & Liu, G. J. Hazard. Mater. 397, 122812 (2020). Ding, A. et al. Sci. Adv. 10, eadm9311 (2022). Zhong, J., Zhu, Q., Soudackov, A. V. & Hammes-Schiffer, S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 44594468 (2025). Chen, Y. et al. Nat. Sustain. 4, 618626 (2021). Shang, H. et al. Nat. Chem. Eng. 1, 170179 (2024). Wang,…...
Integrated electrochemical porous solid electrolyte reactor and packed bed reactor for efficient synthesis of nylon-6 precursor - Nature Communications
19+ hour, 40+ min ago (1087+ words) 15mg BP2000, 120L 5% Nafion 117, and 4mL IPA were added to a 10mL glass vial and sonicated for 1h. Subsequently, this ink was sprayed onto a GDL (6.06.0cm2) via a spray gun. Finally, it was dried and cut into 5.05.0cm2 (density of ORR catalyst is around 0.41mg/cm2) species as cathode....
Modulation of sonochemical reactions by cavitation driven thermal degradation of aqueous salts solutions - Communications Chemistry
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1671+ words) The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author ([email protected]) upon reasonable request. Suslick, K. S. Sonochemistry. Science 247, 14391445 (1990). Flint, E. B. & Suslick, K. S. The temperature of cavitation. Science 253, 13979 (1991). Flannigan, D. J. & Suslick, K. S. Plasma formation and temperature measurement during single bubble cavitation....
Photocatalytic synthesis of organoarsenicals directly from minerals - Nature Chemistry
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (115+ words) Nature Chemistry (2026)Cite this article Haxton, K. All about arsenic. Nat. Chem. 3, 744 (2011). This article examines arsenic's duality and our evolving understanding of this element. Donath, M. et al. Direct conversion of white phosphorus to versatile phosphorus transfer reagents via oxidative onioation. Nat....
Low molecular weight 4,4’-quinocyanines for in vivo NIR-II fluorescence imaging - npj Imaging
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1718+ words) QuCy dyes were synthesized through a modular approach combining Menshutkin, Knoevenagel, and Vilsmeier'Haack reactions (Fig. 2A and Supplementary Fig. 1). This strategy enabled the preparation of both linear and cyclic polymethine derivatives, allowing structural diversity to tune optical properties. Tissue imaging experiments…...
Optimization of mechanochemical reactions through cellulose transacylation with vinyl laurate - Polymer Journal
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (845+ words) Polymer Journal (2026)Cite this article where N represents the total number of experiments, a denotes the number of variables, and ac is the number of replicates. RSM encompasses statistical techniques employing a polynomial model based on a low-degree polynomial function,…...
Hunt for reactive metabolites uncovers unusual chemistry in a human pathogen
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (163+ words) Expert opinion" and the figure are published under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Wilson, M. R. et al. Science 363, eaar7785 (2019). Nawrat, C. C. & Moody, C. J. Nat. Prod. Rep. 28, 14261444 (2011). Harris, L. A. & Mitchell, D. A. Methods Enzymol. 665, 177208 (2022). Huang, J. et al. Nature 617, 403408 (2023). Van Cura, D. et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Edn 62, e202304646 (2023). DICER cleavage fidelity…...
Peripheral aryl group transposition on pyridines using photoredox catalysis - Nature Synthesis
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1425+ words) Nature Synthesis (2026)Cite this article a, Calculated energy diagram for all the possible aryl group transpositions starting with C4. All calculations were carried out at the D3-M06-2X/cc-pVTZ level with solvation by DMSO estimated using a conductor-like polarized continuum model (CPCM). b,…...