Activity-based NIR fluorescent probes based on the versatile hemicyanine scaffold: design strategy, biomedical applications, and outlook

H Li, H Kim, F Xu, J Han, Q Yao, J Wang, K Pu… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The discovery of a near-infrared (NIR, 650–900 nm) fluorescent chromophore hemicyanine
dye with high structural tailorability is of great significance in the field of detection …

Metal–organic framework-based catalysts with single metal sites

YS Wei, M Zhang, R Zou, Q Xu - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of distinctive porous crystalline materials
constructed by metal ions/clusters and organic linkers. Owing to their structural diversity …

Flexibility matters: cooperative active sites in covalent organic framework and threaded ionic polymer

Q Sun, B Aguila, J Perman, N Nguyen… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The combination of two or more reactive centers working in concert on a substrate to
facilitate the reaction is now considered state of the art in catalysis, yet there still remains a …

Synergistic catalysis: a powerful synthetic strategy for new reaction development

AE Allen, DWC MacMillan - Chemical science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Synergistic catalysis is a synthetic strategy wherein both the nucleophile and the
electrophile are simultaneously activated by two separate and distinct catalysts to afford a …

Asymmetric transformations enabled by synergistic dual transition-metal catalysis

L Wei, CJ Wang - Chem Catalysis, 2023 - cell.com
From its beginnings in the Sonogashira reaction, synergistic dual transition-metal catalysis
has gained increasing prominence and importance. In the past decade, this strategy has …

Cellular function and molecular structure of ecto-nucleotidases

H Zimmermann, M Zebisch, N Sträter - Purinergic signalling, 2012 - Springer
Ecto-nucleotidases play a pivotal role in purinergic signal transmission. They hydrolyze
extracellular nucleotides and thus can control their availability at purinergic P2 receptors …

Cooperative effects in multimetallic complexes applied in catalysis

R Maity, BS Birenheide, F Breher, B Sarkar - ChemCatChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The field of multimetallic catalysis is rapidly developing and some multimetallic complexes
catalyze organic transformations to yield the desired products in more efficient ways owing …

Biomimetic electrochemical sensors: New horizons and challenges in biosensing applications

PVV Romanholo, CA Razzino… - Biosensors and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The urge to meet the ever-growing needs of sensing technology has spurred research to
look for new alternatives to traditional analytical methods. In this scenario, the glucometer is …

Enzyme mimics based upon supramolecular coordination chemistry

MJ Wiester, PA Ulmann… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in supramolecular coordination chemistry have allowed chemists to
synthesize macromolecular complexes that exhibit various properties intrinsic to enzymes …

Multinuclear olefin polymerization catalysts

M Delferro, TJ Marks - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
1.1. Inspired by Nature In many enzymes, such as ureases (Figure 1), two or more metal
centers are poised in close proximity to activate both electrophilic and nucleophilic …