Research Highlights

Research Highlights

[Nature Catalysis] Photoelectrochemical asymmetric catalysis enables site- and enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds

Photoelectrochemical asymmetric catalysis enables site- and enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H bondsAuthors: Chen-Yan Cai, Xiao-Li Lai, Yu Wang, Hui-Hui Hu, Jinshuai Song, Ye Yang, Cheng Wang, and Hai-Chao Xu*Abstract: The enantioselective functionalization of ubiquitous C(sp3)–H bonds is ideally suited fo...

[PNAS] Synergetic collision and space separation in microfluidic chip for efficient affinity-discriminated molecular selection

Synergetic collision and space separation in microfluidic chip for efficient affinity-discriminated molecular selectionAuthors: Junxia Wang, Liang li, Yingkun Zhang, Kaifeng Zhao, Xiaofeng Chen, Haicong Shen, Yuanqiang Chen, Jia Song, Yuqiang Ma, Chaoyong Yang, Hongming Ding*, and Zhi Zhu*Abstract: Efficient molecul...

[Science] Electronic buffer effect of fullerenes: modified copper-based catalyst breaks through the "stuck point" of ethylene glycol synthesis at ambient pressure

Electronic buffer effect of fullerenes: modified copper-based catalyst breaks through the "stuck point" of ethylene glycol synthesis at ambient pressureProf. Su-Yuan Xie and Prof. Youzhu Yuan from our college, together with Prof. Yuan-Gen Yao and Prof. Guo-Cong Guo of Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of...

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions of Compounds with Craig-Möbius Aromaticity

Hong Zhang, Haiping Xia and colleagues have successfully demonstrated Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (EAS) reactions of Craig-Mobius aromaticity, osmapentalenes and fused osmapentalenes. The highly reactive nature of osmapentalene makes it susceptible to electrophilic attack by halogens, and thus osmapentalenes...

Machine learning and excited states: Review

Pavlo O. Dral in collaboration with Mario Barbatti from Aix-Marseille-University (France) have described state-of-the-art, provided insights and highlighted challenges concerning application of machine learning for excited-states simulations and description. This Review was published online in Nat. Rev. Chem. 2021, ...

[Energy Environ. Sci] Prof.Dehui Deng’s group published a paper entitled “Highly efficient H2 production from H2S via a robust graphene-encapsulated metal catalyst”

Title:Highly efficient H2 production from H2S via a robust graphene-encapsulated metal catalyst Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13, 119-126 Mo Zhang, Jing Guan, Yunchuan Tu, ShimingChen , Yong Wang, Suheng Wang, Liang Yu, Chao Ma, Dehui Deng*  and Xinhe Bao Abstract:The electrocatalytic decomposition of the abundant and...