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Folding single-stranded DNA to form the smallest 3D DNA triangular prism
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC39266J, CommunicationXiaojin He, Lei Dong, Wen Wang, Nian Lin, Yongli Mi
The smallest DNA 3D object, a triangular prism with only one turn on each edge, was constructed from a single-stranded DNA.
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Making Bispirin: synthesis, structure and activity against Helicobacter pylori of bismuth(III) acetylsalicylate
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40645H, CommunicationPhilip C. Andrews, Victoria L. Blair, Richard L. Ferrero, Peter C. Junk, Ish Kumar
The bismuth(III) complexes of acetylsalicylate (aspirinate), [Bi(asp)3] (minimum inhibitory concentration against H. pylori, 6.25 [small mu ]g mL-1) and [KBi(asp)4], are formed and crystallised without deacetylation or hydrolysis from treatment of aspirin with Bi(OtBu)3 and Bi(OtBu)3/KOtBu respectively.
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Synthesis of highly substituted oxetanes via [2+2] cycloaddition reactions of allenoates catalyzed by a guanidine Lewis base
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40855H, CommunicationPhilipp Selig, Aleksej Turockin, William Raven
The first synthesis of highly substituted 3-alkyl-oxetan-2-ylidenes from allenoates under guanidine catalysis was developed.
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Exploiting furan's versatile reactivity in reversible and irreversible orthogonal peptide labeling
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40588E, CommunicationKurt Hoogewijs, Dieter Buyst, Johan M. Winne, Jose C. Martins, Annemieke Madder
A general method for the facile decoration of peptides is presented exploiting commercially available furylalanine and cycloaddition or electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions.
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Synthesis of a cobalt(IV) ketimide with a squashed tetrahedral geometry
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40461G, CommunicationRichard A. Lewis, Stephen P. George, Alon Chapovetsky, Guang Wu, Joshua S. Figueroa, Trevor W. Hayton
The Co(IV) ketimide, Co(N[double bond, length as m-dash]CtBu2)4, features a squashed tetrahedral geometry in the solid state that arises, in part, to maximize ketimide-to-cobalt [small pi]-donation.
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A chiral ionic polymer for direct visual enantioselective recognition of [small alpha]-amino acid anions
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40488A, CommunicationFengyan Song, Na Fei, Fei Li, Shuwei Zhang, Yixiang Cheng, Chengjian Zhu
A novel chiral ionic polymer exhibits high fluorescence enantioselectivity towards [small alpha]-amino acid anions, and its solution appears bright green upon addition of (L)-[small alpha]-amino acid anions, which can be clearly observed by the naked eye for direct visual enantioselective recognition.
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Resonance-assisted hydrogen bonding induced nucleophilic addition to hamper ESIPT: ratiometric detection of cyanide in aqueous media
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC39256B, CommunicationShymaprosad Goswami, Abhishek Manna, Sima Paul, Avijit K. Das, Krishnendu Aich, Prasanta K. Nandi
For ratiometric "naked eye" detection of CN-, an ESIPT exhibiting benzothiazole receptor (BHI) is designed having one aldehyde group ortho and the other aldehyde para to the OH group respectively.
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One-pot sequential C-N coupling and cross dehydrogenative couplings: synthesis of novel azole fused imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC39206F, CommunicationKasiviswanadharaju Pericherla, Poonam Khedar, Bharti Khungar, Anil Kumar
An efficient one-pot protocol has been developed using sequential C-N coupling and intramolecular dehydrogenative cross-couplings for the synthesis of azole fused imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives in good yields (62-78%).
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Rapid and selective access to three distinct sets of indole-based heterocycles from a single set of Ugi-adducts under microwave heating
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC00111C, CommunicationLei Zhang, Fei Zhao, Mingyue Zheng, Yun Zhai, Hong Liu
Three distinct sets of indole-based heterocycles were rapidly and selectively synthesized simply by switching the reaction conditions.
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An unprecedented 3-D SHG MOF material of silver(I) induced by chiral triple helices
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40516H, CommunicationHuan Yang, Rui-Li Sang, Xiang Xu, Li Xu
An unprecedented 3-D microporous MOF of silver(I) induced by chiral triple helices has been found to exhibit SHG efficiency 5.4 times that of KDP.
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Low temperature chemically synthesized rutile TiO2 photoanodes with high electron lifetime for organic dye-sensitized solar cells
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC00310H, CommunicationSwapnil B. Ambade, Rohan B. Ambade, Rajaram S. Mane, Go-Woon Lee, ShoyebMohamad F. Shaikh, Supriya A. Patil, Oh-Shim Joo, Sung-Hwan Han, Soo-Hyoung Lee
Novel Low temperature chemically synthesized rutile TiO2 DSSC photoanodes with high electron lifetime and photovoltaic power conversion efficiency of 4.4%.
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Copper-catalyzed aldol-type addition of ketones to aromatic nitriles: a simple approach to enaminone synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40466H, CommunicationXiaoqiang Yu, Longxiang Wang, Xiujuan Feng, Ming Bao, Yoshinori Yamamoto
Enaminones can be prepared in satisfactory to excellent yields via copper-catalyzed aldol-type addition reaction of ketones to aromatic nitriles under mild conditions.
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Intracellular activation of acetyl-CoA by an artificial reaction promoter and its fluorescent detection
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40616D, CommunicationHirokazu Komatsu, Yutaka Shindo, Shigehiro A. Kawashima, Kenzo Yamatsugu, Kotaro Oka, Motomu Kanai
Endogenous acetyl-CoA was artificially activated by an exogenously-introduced reaction promoter in cells and detected through acetylation of a fluorescent probe.
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Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative C2-acylation of indoles with [small alpha]-oxocarboxylic acids
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40709H, CommunicationChangduo Pan, Hongming Jin, Xu Liu, Yixiang Cheng, Chengjian Zhu
A decarboxylative C2-acylation of indoles with [small alpha]-oxocarboxylic acids was achieved. This protocol represents a novel and complementary approach to 2-aroylindoles.
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RNA-templated DNA origami structures
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC38804B, CommunicationMasayuki Endo, Seigi Yamamoto, Koichi Tatsumi, Tomoko Emura, Kumi Hidaka, Hiroshi Sugiyama
RNA-DNA hybrid origami structures including tiles and tubes were prepared using an RNA transcript, and chemical modifications were introduced into these structures.
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Acoustically controlled enhancement of molecular sensing to assess oxidative stress in cells
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC37931K, CommunicationJulien Reboud, Craig Auchinvole, Christopher D. Syme, Rab Wilson, Jonathan M. Cooper
We demonstrate a microfluidic platform for the controlled aggregation of colloidal silver nanoparticles using surface acoustic waves (SAWs), enabling surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) analysis of a cell based model for oxidative damage.
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A broad-band capturing and emitting molecular triad: synthesis and photochemistry
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40471D, CommunicationVenugopal Bandi, Kei Ohkubo, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Francis D'Souza
A broad-band capturing and emitting novel supramolecular triad comprised of a zinc porphyrin, a BF2 chelated dipyrromethene and a BF2 chelated azadipyrromethene, useful for solar energy harvesting and building optoelectronic devices, is reported.
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Atmospheric microplasma-functionalized 3D microfluidic strips within dense carbon nanotube arrays confine Au nanodots for SERS sensing
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC00282A, CommunicationSamuel Yick, Zhao Jun Han, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov
Area-selective SERS sensing using Au nanodots within microfluidic channels on carbon nanotube arrays by an atmospheric microplasma jet is demonstrated.
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Reductive elimination: a pathway to low-valent aluminium species
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC38584A, CommunicationChelladurai Ganesamoorthy, Sinah Loerke, Christian Gemel, Paul Jerabek, Manuela Winter, Gernot Frenking, Roland A. Fischer
Compounds Cp*AlH2 and Cp*2AlH reductively eliminate Cp*H under reflux conditions to give Al(s) and AlCp*, respectively, while Cp*2AlH is in reversible equilibrium with Cp*H and AlCp*.
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Not a molecule, not a polymer, not a substrate... the many faces of graphene as a chemical platform
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC37474B, Feature ArticleVincenzo Palermo
How graphene chemical properties can be exploited to develop original science, innovative materials and new technological applications.
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