From concept to crystals via prediction: Multi‐component organic cage pots by social self‐sorting

RL Greenaway, V Santolini, A Pulido… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the a priori computational prediction and realization of multi‐component cage
pots, starting with molecular predictions based on candidate precursors through to crystal …

An investigation of two heterobimetallic [Cu (II) 2Ln (III)](Ln= La and Ce) complexes of a more flexible bis (salamo)‐type ligand

LJ Ma, X Li, YJ Yan, YN Yue, WK Dong - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Two heterobimetallic [Cu (II) 2 Ln (III)](Ln= La and Ce) complexes composed of
flexible bis (salamo)‐type ligand H 4 L with Cu (II) and Ln (III) atoms,[Cu 2 La (L)(ƞ 2-NO 3) …

Origin of biological homochirality by crystallization of an RNA precursor on a magnetic surface

SF Ozturk, Z Liu, JD Sutherland, DD Sasselov - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Homochirality is a signature of life on Earth, yet its origins remain an unsolved puzzle.
Achieving homochirality is essential for a high-yielding prebiotic network capable of …

Barely porous organic cages for hydrogen isotope separation

M Liu, L Zhang, MA Little, V Kapil, M Ceriotti, S Yang… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The separation of hydrogen isotopes for applications such as nuclear fusion is a major
challenge. Current technologies are energy intensive and inefficient. Nanoporous materials …

A marine microbiome antifungal targets urgent-threat drug-resistant fungi

F Zhang, M Zhao, DR Braun, SS Ericksen… - Science, 2020 - science.org
New antifungal drugs are urgently needed to address the emergence and transcontinental
spread of fungal infectious diseases, such as pandrug-resistant Candida auris. Leveraging …

[PDF][PDF] Crystal structure refinement with SHELXL

GM Sheldrick - Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural …, 2015 - journals.iucr.org
The improvements in the crystal structure refinement program SHELXL have been closely
coupled with the development and increasing importance of the CIF (Crystallographic …

Inserting auxiliary ligand to construct a Cd (II)-based salamo-like coordination polymer as bifunctional chemosensor for detecting picric acid and S2−

L Dou, L Tong, CY Ma, WK Dong, YJ Ding - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2023 - Elsevier
A tailored Cd (II) coordination polymer [Cd (HL) 2 (1, 4-pbyb)] n (Cd (II)-CP), has been
synthesized successfully by using the host ligand H 2 L (4‑chloro-4ʹ‑bromo-6‑bromo-6ʹ‑tert …

Mechanically triggered carbon monoxide release with turn-on aggregation-induced emission

Y Sun, WJ Neary, ZP Burke, H Qian… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymers that release functional small molecules under mechanical stress potentially serve
as next-generation materials for catalysis, sensing, and mechanochemical dynamic therapy …

Enantioselective photochemistry through Lewis acid–catalyzed triplet energy transfer

TR Blum, ZD Miller, DM Bates, IA Guzei, TP Yoon - Science, 2016 - science.org
Relatively few catalytic systems are able to control the stereochemistry of electronically
excited organic intermediates. Here we report the discovery that a chiral Lewis acid complex …

New insight into two penta-coordinated multinuclear copper (II) single-armed salamo-based complexes

SZ Li, L Tong, X Li, WK Dong - Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
With the reactions of a single-armed salamo-based ligand H 3 L and two kinds of copper (II)
salts (Cu (OAc) 2· H 2 O or CuCl 2· 2H 2 O) in mixed organic solvents, respectively, two …