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By combining the link of a catenane with the interweaving of a trefoil knot, a molecular structure with a double knot-link containing 14 crossings is prepared. The knot-link contains two homochiral trefoil knots that are quadruply linked with each other.
Crystal engineering of nanosized and hierarchical zeolites may improve the mass transport properties of materials at the nanoscale in various applications. In this Review, synthetic methods used to prepare different classes of zeolitic materials are summarized, with a focus on nucleation and growth mechanisms. Experimental and computational advances, as well as future challenges in the field, are discussed.
Scalable and efficient chemical recycling of commodity polymeric materials remains a challenge as the materials continually accumulate in the environment. Now, upcycling of polystyrene into benzoic acid and other value-added chemicals is realized under mild photooxidation conditions, with hydrogen atom transfer as the key step.
Nickel-catalysed cross-electrophile coupling (XEC) is a useful reaction in synthetic organic chemistry. Now, a nickel-catalysed electrochemical XEC reaction mediated by dynamic ligand exchange enables the formation of a C(sp2)–C(sp3) bond between tertiary alkyl bromides and aryl (pseudo)halides.
Nature evolves diverse pathways for production of acetyl-CoA, a principal biosynthetic building block. Now, through in silico thermodynamic and kinetic analyses, this study proposes an acetyl-CoA biosynthetic route from C1 compounds and implements it in gas-fermenting bacteria for effective production of C2 metabolites.
Reversible alkyne metathesis proves its worth in the bulk synthesis of γ-graphyne, an sp–sp2-hybridized carbon allotrope. The ability to synthesize graphynes in bulk is an important step towards harnessing the properties of these graphene-like allotropes.
Accessing reactive ketyl-type radicals in mild and controllable ways represents an ambitious target. A study now reports a multicomponent palladium-photocatalysed reaction between aldehydes, 1,3-butadiene and various nucleophiles that affords complex homoallylic alcohols through ketyl-type radicals.
Interlocking between non-trivial molecular knots provides a route to topologically complex mechanically interlocked molecules. Now, a topologically chiral prime link with 14 crossings is synthesized in a stereoselective manner through the quadruple interlocking of two homochiral trefoil knots.
Ketyl radicals can be used in a range of reactions, but their generation often requires harsh conditions and a large excess of reductants. Now, a multicomponent, palladium-photocatalysed reaction between aldehydes, 1,3-butadiene and N, S, O and C nucleophiles to build architecturally complex homoallylic alcohols is reported wherein ketyl-type radicals are generated under mild conditions.
