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A precursor-valence-gating strategy for controllable synthesis of metal nanocrystal catalysts with varied periodicities - Nature Synthesis A precursor-valence-gating strategy is developed to controllably synthesize various monocrystalline and polycrystalline transition-metal nanocrystal (M = Co, Ni or Cu) catalysts. The solid-state precu...

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A precursor-valence-gating strategy for controllable synthesis of metal nanocrystal catalysts with varied periodicities

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Single-crystal one-dimensional porous covalent organic frameworks - Nature Synthesis The atomic-level structural determination of 1D porous covalent organic frameworks (COFs) is challenging. Here the authors resolve six 1D COFs via continuous rotation electron diffraction, revealing s...

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Single-crystal one-dimensional porous covalent organic frameworks

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Dilute alloy electrocatalysts enable asymmetric C–C coupling for ethylene production from a CO2 post-capture liquid - Nature Synthesis A BiCu dilute alloy catalyst is designed to overcome the CO2-poor environment in CO2 post-capture liquid electrolysis. This catalyst enhances CO* coverage and enables asymmetric CO–CHO coupling, a low...

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Dilute alloy electrocatalysts enable asymmetric C–C coupling for ethylene production from a CO2 post-capture liquid

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Unmasking aryl thianthrenium salts in cells - Nature Synthesis Nature Synthesis - Unmasking aryl thianthrenium salts in cells

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Unmasking aryl thianthrenium salts in cells by Thomas West

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Mixed-polyhedral phase of two-dimensional hybrid perovskites - Nature Synthesis Through molecular design, a mixed tetrahedral–octahedral coordination framework is stabilized in a two-dimensional hybrid perovskite, enabling tailored magnetic orderings and the emergence of multifer...

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Mixed-polyhedral phase of two-dimensional hybrid perovskites by Huan-Huan Chen & Ren-Gen Xiong

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Triphasic synthesis of halogen-terminated MXenes - Nature Synthesis A “gas–liquid–solid” triphasic selective etching strategy is developed, producing MXenes with uniform halogen surface terminations and enhanced electrical conductivity.

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Triphasic synthesis of halogen-terminated MXenes by Yury Gogotsi

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A solvent-in-salt method for optoelectronic perovskite synthesis - Nature Synthesis Halide perovskites are promising optoelectronic materials, but their synthesis relies on coordinating solvents or molecules. Now a solvent-in-salt method is demonstrated for synthesizing lead halide p...

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A solvent-in-salt method for optoelectronic perovskite synthesis

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Peripheral aryl group transposition on pyridines using photoredox catalysis - Nature Synthesis The meta-functionalization of pyridines is challenging owing to unfavourable electronic bias. Here a light-driven method to move aromatic functional groups on pyridines from the para or ortho position...

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Peripheral aryl group transposition on pyridines using photoredox catalysis

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Molecular low-oxidation-state chemistry with tetra-anionic group 14 elements - Nature Synthesis Using a hydrocarbon-soluble Mg0 complex, the heavier tetrel elements silicon, germanium, tin and lead are reduced to their ultimate negative oxidation state −IV. Despite fulfilling the octet rule, tet...

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Molecular low-oxidation-state chemistry with tetra-anionic group 14 elements

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Photoinduced nitrogen spillover enables ammonia synthesis on iron–aluminium dual-site catalysts - Nature Synthesis Conventional Fe-based catalysts suffer from strong Fe–N bonds that limit ammonia desorption. Now an AlFe dual-site catalyst is shown to circumvent this limitation by forming weakly bonded Al–N species...

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Photoinduced nitrogen spillover enables ammonia synthesis on iron–aluminium dual-site catalysts

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Preparation of meta-cyclophanes via stereospecific ring-expansion rearrangement - Nature Synthesis meta-Cyclophane synthesis is often restricted to unstrained systems owing to unfavourable energetic constraints. Now the preparation of strained analogues is shown via sequential aryne insertion into ...

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Preparation of meta-cyclophanes via stereospecific ring-expansion rearrangement

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Electrosynthesis of urea on cadmium-modified iron oxide - Nature Synthesis Cadmium-modified Fe2O3 enables selective electrochemical urea synthesis by suppressing CO2 reduction and hydrogen evolution. The incorporation of Cd tunes the Fe electronic structure, weakens CO adsor...

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Electrosynthesis of urea on cadmium-modified iron oxide

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A water-based solid-phase peptide synthesis - Nature Synthesis Nature Synthesis - A water-based solid-phase peptide synthesis

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A water-based solid-phase peptide synthesis by Bei Zhang

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Click-locking strategy enables automated synthesis of single-atom catalysts with industrial compatibility - Nature Synthesis A click-locking strategy inspired by click chemistry is reported that enables automated, high-throughput and industrially scalable synthesis of single-atom catalysts. By combining molecular clicking a...

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Click-locking strategy enables automated synthesis of single-atom catalysts with industrial compatibility

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Crystal-solvate pre-seeded synthesis for scalable perovskite solar cell fabrication - Nature Synthesis Scalable fabrication of inverted perovskite solar cells is achieved through crystal-solvate (CSV) pre-seeding. The pre-seeded, nanostructured CSV layer suppresses morphological and electronic defects,...

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Crystal-solvate pre-seeded synthesis for scalable perovskite solar cell fabrication

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Engineering non-haem enzymes for nickel-catalysed C(sp2)‒S coupling via ligand-to-metal charge transfer photocatalysis - Nature Synthesis Photoinduced ligand-to-metal charge transfer is used to enable abiotic cross-couplings in metalloenzymes. Engineering a 2-histidine metal site and substituting iron with nickel activates PsEFE for nic...

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Engineering non-haem enzymes for nickel-catalysed C(sp2)‒S coupling via ligand-to-metal charge transfer photocatalysis

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Nanosheet-confined spaces for high-density polymer membrane synthesis - Nature Synthesis Nanochannel-confined polymerization within graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets produces ultradense polymer membranes with uniform packing structures.

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Nanosheet-confined spaces for high-density polymer membrane synthesis by Lie Liu & Xiaoqiang An

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Arylhydrazine reductants for cross-coupling - Nature Synthesis Nature Synthesis - Arylhydrazine reductants for cross-coupling

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Arylhydrazine reductants for cross-coupling by @peterseavill.bsky.social

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Divergent housane synthesis via intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,4-dienes - Nature Synthesis Saturated, three-dimensional scaffolds are key in modern drug discovery, and highly strained rings serve as privileged building blocks for their synthesis. Now, by tailoring the substitution patterns ...

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Divergent housane synthesis via intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,4-dienes

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Melting-assisted assembly of twisted graphene/h-BN superlattices with clean interfaces - Nature Synthesis A quasi-melting transfer technique enables clean, sequential transfer of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride monolayers from germanium substrates under vacuum conditions. Controlled lattice alignment...

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Melting-assisted assembly of twisted graphene/h-BN superlattices with clean interfaces

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High-entropy alloy nanowires for direct electrosynthesis of chlorine from seawater - Nature Synthesis Chlorine electrosynthesis from seawater is limited by poor selectivity and stability under industrial-scale conditions. Here atomic-step-enriched ultrafine high-entropy alloy nanowires enable highly e...

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High-entropy alloy nanowires for direct electrosynthesis of chlorine from seawater

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Confined polymerization in nanochannels for synthesizing functional membranes - Nature Synthesis Nanochannel-confined polymerization enables polymer curing inside nanometre-scale two-dimensional channels. This strategy produces selective, mechanically robust, densely packed membranes and reveals ...

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Confined polymerization in nanochannels for synthesizing functional membranes

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Hydrated CO2-mediated redox chemistry for biophotoelectrocatalytic oxyfunctionalization of C–H bonds - Nature Synthesis Biophotoelectrocatalysis-driven oxyfunctionalization of C–H bonds is often hampered by unselective photoelectrochemical water oxidation and the generation of peroxygenase-deactivating hydroxyl radical...

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Hydrated CO2-mediated redox chemistry for biophotoelectrocatalytic oxyfunctionalization of C–H bonds

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A gold catalyst stabilized in an open-porosity TS-1 zeolite for the direct epoxidation of propylene - Nature Synthesis A general method for synthesizing hierarchical zeolites with open porosity is developed. After loading gold nanoclusters on the open-porosity TS-1 zeolite, intimate contact between gold and titanium a...

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A gold catalyst stabilized in an open-porosity TS-1 zeolite for the direct epoxidation of propylene

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Breaking the ‘rule-of-five’ to access bridged bicyclic heteroaromatic bioisosteres - Nature Synthesis Visible-light-mediated intramolecular [2+2] cycloaddition of aza-1,6-dienes gives bridged, not fused, heterocycles, in violation of the ‘rule-of-five’, which dictates that five-membered rings are pref...

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Breaking the ‘rule-of-five’ to access bridged bicyclic heteroaromatic bioisosteres

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Designing cathodes for anion exchange membrane fuel cells - Nature Synthesis Nature Synthesis - Designing cathodes for anion exchange membrane fuel cells

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Designing cathodes for anion exchange membrane fuel cells by Eric J. Piechota

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Co-crystallizing stability into perovskite modules - Nature Synthesis Nature Synthesis - Co-crystallizing stability into perovskite modules

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Co-crystallizing stability into perovskite modules by @jetsinglee.bsky.social

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Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent radical C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of tertiary electrophiles with cyclopropanols for quaternary carbon formation - Nature Synthesis A copper-catalysed, enantioconvergent coupling reaction between racemic tertiary electrophiles and cyclopropanols is reported. Employing a rationally designed N,N,N-ligand, this method facilitates the...

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Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent radical C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of tertiary electrophiles with cyclopropanols for quaternary carbon formation

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Synthesis and properties of allylic, benzylic, propargylic and allenylic oxonium ions - Nature Synthesis Exploration of the chemistry of allylic, benzylic, propargylic and allenylic oxonium ions is lacking despite the latest developments in onium ion chemistry. Now, a unified approach for the synthesis a...

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Synthesis and properties of allylic, benzylic, propargylic and allenylic oxonium ions

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Photoinduced benzene ring contraction of arylhydrazines for the synthesis of fused pyridines - Nature Synthesis The use of benzene ring contraction in chemical synthesis is challenging due to the need to disrupt aromaticity and generate highly strained intermediates. Now, a photothermal ring contraction reactio...

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Article by Jing-Jing Guo, Anhua Hu & co-workers

Photoinduced benzene ring contraction of arylhydrazines for the synthesis of fused pyridines

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