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On May 21, 2010, ChemPhysChem and ChemBioChem celebrate their 10th anniversary with a one-day symposium in Paris. Ten speakers, including four Nobel laureates, will discuss the frontiers of chemistry.
Research of the Day
Enantioselective Arylations Catalyzed by Carbohydrate-Based Chiral Amino Alcohols
The asymmetric arylation of aldehydes with carbohydrate-based ligands by using boronic acids as the aryl source is described. The chiral diarylmethanol products were obtained in up to 96 % ee. Semiempirical PM3 calculations were performed to understand the stereochemical outcome of the arylation reaction.
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Ana Dionéia Wouters, Gustavo H. G. Trossini, Hélio A. Stefani, Diogo S. Lüdtke
Eur. J. Org. Chem., March 8, 2010, DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201000113. Read article.
What Governs Molecular Rotation at the Interfaces of Reverse Micelles?
Rotational relaxation of the probe rhodamine 110 is investigated in the reverse micellar system of SDS/1-hexanol/water. A quantitative relationship is obtained between the average reorientation time of the probe and the critical packing parameter of the reverse micelles. The picture shows a linear dependence of <τr> on ν/a0lc.
[Communication]
G. B. Dutt
ChemPhysChem, March 8, 2010, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201000029. Read article.
Are 5f Electrons Really Active in Organoactinide Reactivity ? Some Insights from DFT Studies
Rare birds: C-H activation of methane and ethylene insertion with different actinide-containing complexes (see picture for an example) are presented. Based on the calculations of the reaction energy pathways, it is shown that the 5f electrons are not really active in the reactivity of organoactinide complexes.
[Communication]
Ludovic Castro, Ahmed Yahia, Laurent Maron
ChemPhysChem, March 8, 2010, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200901035. Read article.
The “Wiggling and Jiggling of Atoms” Leading to Excited-State Proton Transfer in Green Fluorescent Protein
Shaking off the blues: Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy reveals vibrational dynamics accompanying excited state deprotonation of the GFP chromophore, which causes a color change from blue to green (see picture).
[Highlight]
G. Ulrich Nienhaus
ChemPhysChem, March 8, 2010, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200901016. Read article.
A Theoretical Study on the Mechanism of C2H4 Oxidation over a Neutral V3O8 Cluster
The barrierless reaction of C2H4 with V3O8 at room temperature generates HCHO (+V3O7CH2) and CH2OCH2 (+V3O7) according to DFT calculations. The V3O8 cluster can be regarded as consisting of two unreactive (Ob)3VOt support units and an (Ob)2V(OtOt). active site (see picture; b=bridging, t=terminal), the reactivity of which can be altered by replacing the V atoms in the support moieties with X atoms.
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Yan-Ping Ma, Xun-Lei Ding, Yan-Xia Zhao, Sheng-Gui He
ChemPhysChem, March 8, 2010, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900903. Read article.
Simple Efficient Synthesis of Strongly Luminescent Polypyrene with Intrinsic Conductivity and High Carbon Yield by Chemical Oxidative Polymerization of Pyrene
Strong turquoise luminescence in various solvents (see picture), selective quenching by Fe3+, controllable conductivity between 3.4×10−8 and 81.2 S cm−1, and a high carbon yield of 70.6 % at 1300 °C are exhibited by polypyrene synthesized by direct chemical oxidative polymerization of pyrene with FeCl3 in n-C6H14/CH3NO2. It has potential applications as a luminescent material, an Fe3+ detector, and intrinsically electrical conducting functional and ablative materials.
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Xin-Gui Li , You-Wei Liu, Mei-Rong Huang, Sai Peng, Ling-Zhi Gong, Mark G. Moloney
Chem. Eur. J., March 8, 2010, DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902621. Read article.
A Versatile Endoribonuclease Mimic Made of DNA: Characteristics and Applications of the 8–17 RNA-Cleaving DNAzyme
Cutting RNA with DNA: The “8–17” DNAzyme is a short single-stranded DNA molecule that can function like an endoribonuclease and catalyze the efficient and site-specific cleavage of cognate RNA molecules. This review provides a comprehensive discussion of the characteristics and applications of this unique DNA-based enzyme.
[Review]
Kenny Schlosser , Yingfu Li
ChemBioChem, March 8, 2010, DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200900786. Read article.