Zirkin, S.; Fishman, S.; Sharim, H.; Michaeli, Y.; Don, J.; Ebenstein, Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 7771–7776. DOI: 10.1021/ja503677n DNA damage and repair are linked to fundamentalbiological ...
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Metal-Free Hydrogenation Catalyzed by an Air-Stable Borane: Use of Solvent as a Frustrated Lewis Base
Scott, D. J.; Fuchter, M. J.; Ashley, A. E. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2014. 53, 10218. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201405531 In recent years “frustrated Lewis pairs” (FLPs) have been shown to be effective ...
Turn-on Phosphorescence by Metal Coordination to a Multivalent Terpyridine Ligand: A New Paradigm for Luminescent Sensors
A, Fermi.; G, Bergamini.; M, Roy.; M, Gingras.; P, Ceroni.; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 , 6395–6400. DOI: 10.1021/ja501458s A hexathiobenzene molecule carrying six terpyridine (tpy) units at the ...
Dual Changes in Conformation and Optical Properties of Fluorophores within a Metal−Organic Framework during Framework Construction and Associated Sensing Event
W, Cho.; H, Lee.; G, Choi.;S, Choi.; M, Oh. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 12201. DOI: 10.1021/ja504204d Microsized chemosensor particle (CPP-16, CPP means coordination polymer particle), which is ...
The Nobel Prize Medal in Chemistry
October is the month where excitement runs through the science community, as people look forward to hearing the announcement of winners for the Nobel Prizes. Each year, Chem-Station staff writes an ...
Far-Red Fluorescence Probe for Monitoring Singlet Oxygen during Photodynamic Therapy
S, Kim.;T, Tachikawa.; M, Fujitsuka.; T, Majima. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014. 136, 11707. DOI: 10.1021/ja504279r Singlet oxygen (1O2), molecular oxygen in thelowest excited state, has a critical role in ...
Accessing Zinc Monohydride Cations through Coordinative Interactions
Lummis, P. A.; Momeni, M. R.; Lui, M. W.; McDonald, R.;Ferguson, M. J.; Miskolzie, M.; Brown, A.; Rivard, E. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2014. 9347 – 9351. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404611 We present ...
Arylazopyrazoles: Azoheteroarene Photoswitches Offering Quantitative Isomerization and Long Thermal Half-Lives
Weston. C. E; Richardson, R.; Haycock, P.; White, A.; Fuchter, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 11878. DOI: 10.1021/ja505444d Arylazopyrazoles, a novel class of five-membered azo photoswitches, ...