Research Highlights

Research Highlights

[Nat. Commun.] Prof. LongwuYe's group published a paper entitled “Stereoselective synthesis of medium lactams enabled by metal-free hydroalkoxylation/stereospecific [1,3]-rearrangement”

Title: Stereoselective synthesis of medium lactams enabled by metal-free hydroalkoxylation/stereospecific [1,3]-rearrangement Authors: Bo Zhou, Ying-Qi Zhang, Kairui Zhang, Ming-Yang Yang, Yang-Bo Chen, You Li, Qian Peng, Shou-Fei Zhu, Qi-Lin Zhou & Long-Wu Ye  Abstract:Rearrangement reactions have attracted conside...

[J. Am. Chem. Soc.]Prof.Jianfeng Li’ s group published a paper entitled “Early Stages of Electrochemical Oxidation of Cu(111) and Polycrystalline Cu Surfaces Revealed by in Situ Raman Spectroscop...

Title: Early Stages of Electrochemical Oxidation of Cu(111) and Polycrystalline Cu Surfaces Revealed by in Situ Raman Spectroscopy  Authors: NatarajuBodappa, Min Su, Yu Zhao, Jia-Bo Le, Wei-Min Yang, PetarRadjenovic, Jin-Chao Dong, Jun Cheng, Zhong-Qun Tian, Jian-Feng Li* Abstract:Investigating the chemical nature o...

[Chem. Sci.]Prof.Wengui Weng's group published a paper entitled “Mechanochromism and optical remodeling of multi-network elastomers containing anthracene dimers”

Title: Mechanochromism and optical remodeling of multi-network elastomers containing anthracene dimers Authors: Huan Zhang,   Dezhi Zeng,   Yifei Pan,   Yinjun Chen,   Yonghong Ruan, Yuanze Xu,   Roman Boulatov,   Costantino Creton   and  Wengui Weng  Abstract:Multi-network elastomers are both stiff and tough by vir...

[Nat. Commun.]Prof. Lei Gong's group published a paper entitled “Photocatalytic enantioselective α-aminoalkylation of acyclic imine derivatives by a chiral copper catalyst”

Title: Photocatalytic enantioselective α-aminoalkylation of acyclic imine derivatives by a chiral copper catalyst Authors:Bowen Han , Yanjun Li , Ying Yu & Lei Gong Abstract:Copper-based asymmetric photocatalysis has great potential in the development of green synthetic approaches to chiral molecules. However, ther...

[Adv. Mater.]Prof.Jinhao Gao's group published a paperentitled“Structure–RelaxivityRelationships of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Magnetic Resonance Imaging”

Title:Structure–Relaxivity Relationships of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Magnetic Resonance ImagingAuthors: Zijian Zhou  ,Lijiao Yang ,Jinhao Gao ,Xiaoyuan Chen Abstract:Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been extensively explored as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. With the increasing complexity...

Access to Tetracyclic Aromatics with Bridgehead Metals by Metalla-click Reaction

Title: Access to Tetracyclic Aromatics with Bridgehead Metals by Metalla-click Reaction Authors:Zhengyu Lu, Qin Zhu, Yuanting Cai, Zhixin Chen, Kaiyue Zhuo, Jun Zhu, Hong Zhang, and Haiping Xia Abstract:The never-ending pursuits for exploring aromatic molecular architectures result in the large libraries of aromati...