A Practical Chemo-enzymatic Synthesis of Homochiral Bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-2,5-dione

A practical synthetic route for the preparation of chiral bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-2,5-dione, the precursor of useful chiral diene ligands, was realized via Diels−Alder reaction and resolution of an enol acetate derivative by immobilized lipases

Rh-Catalyzed [3+2] Annulation of Cyclic Ketimines and Alkynyl Chloride: A Strategy for Accessing Unsymmetrically Substituted and Highly Functionalizable Indenes

Alkynyl chlorides were found to be extraordinarily novel electrophiles, which could afford a single regioisomer of the [3+2] annulation adducts with cyclic ketimines by rhodium catalysis. The alkenyl chloride moiety in the products provided a valuable functional handle for further diverse transformations. Therefore, this research provided not only a synthetic protocol for accessing unsymmetrically substituted indenyl amines but also a highly divergent solution for decorating the substituting group by postmanipulation of the chloride

Rh-Catalyzed [3+2] Annulation of Cyclic Ketimines and Alkynyl Chloride: A Strategy for Accessing Unsymmetrically Substituted and Highly Functionalizable Indenes

Alkynyl chlorides were found to be extraordinarily novel electrophiles, which could afford a single regioisomer of the [3+2] annulation adducts with cyclic ketimines by rhodium catalysis. The alkenyl chloride moiety in the products provided a valuable functional handle for further diverse transformations. Therefore, this research provided not only a synthetic protocol for accessing unsymmetrically substituted indenyl amines but also a highly divergent solution for decorating the substituting group by postmanipulation of the chloride

Synthesis of Zeolite EMT with Aid of Sodium Phosphate

Synthesis of Zeolite EMT with Aid of Sodium Phosphat

Synthesis of a Bulky and Electron-Rich Derivative of SEGPhos and Its Application in Ru-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of β-Ketoesters

The synthesis and resolution of a bulky and electron-rich derivative of SEGPhos and its application in Ru-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation reaction of β-ketoesters are reported. Up to 99.5% ee was achieved. Under solvent-free reaction conditions, acetoacetates could be reduced with good enantioselectivity and high efficiency; a TON of 20 000 was obtained within 3.5 h. The results obtained were comparable to those when SEGPhos was applied

DataSheet1_Porous single crystalline-like titanium dioxide monolith with enhanced photoelectrochemical performance.docx

Macro-sized porous single crystalline-like (PSC-like) TiO2 is endowed with unique structural advantages due to its structural consistency and porosity in a large area, which would significantly enhance its photoelectrochemical function. However, there are significant technical challenges in the growth of porous single crystalline-like monoliths. The consistency of structure dominates the structure so that the grain boundary is reduced to the minimum, which is in contradiction with the three-dimensional percolation structure. Here we report a lattice reconstruction strategy based on solid-solid transformation to grow porous single crystal-like anatase TiO2 dominated by (200) and (101) facets at 2 cm scale. In comparison with the traditional definition of porous single crystal, it has two different lattice orientations, but still has good photoelectrochemical properties. The band gap engineering introduces Ti3+ gap into the lattice to generate TinO2n−1 with Magneli phase, limiting the created active structure to the lattice with two-dimensional surface, which would open a new avenue to create highly active surfaces to capture photons and transport electrons stably. The PSC-like TinO2n−1 provides enhanced exciton lifetime (3–5 ns) as a photocatalytic catalyst and shows significant visible light absorption. The independent PSC-like TinO2n−1 delivers high photocurrent of 1.8–5.5 mA · cm−2 at room temperature and does not decay for 10 h.</p

Plasmonic Interference Lithography for Low-Cost Fabrication of Dense Lines with Sub-50 nm Half-Pitch

Limited by the cost and complexity, a sub-50 nm lithography node is hard to achieve through the traditional interference lithography. In this paper, the dense lines with half-pitch of 32 nm (∼λ/11) and 22 nm (∼λ/16) are first achieved at the wavelength of 365 nm by simple plasmonic interference lithography. Through selecting the high spatial frequency plasmonic modes in Al/Photoresist (Pr)/Al waveguide and allowing interference with each other, the deep subwavelength plasmonic interference field could be obtained in Pr film. Moreover, the lithography structure is separated from the mask, so etch transfer process from Pr to substrate after lithography is easy to attain, and the mask with high cost could be used multiple times. Meanwhile, a near-field lithography setup was developed, and we experimentally realized the comparatively distinct lithography fringes with the half-pitch of 32 and 22 nm when there is an air gap smaller than ∼20 nm between mask and the lithography films. Compared with the imaging lithography with 1:1 ratio, the plasmonic interference lithography could achieve the demagnified patterns with a 2:1 ratio, which reduces the difficulty and cost of the mask fabrication. It is believed that this method will supply the simple and low-cost nanofabrication scenario in the near future

Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Aryl Halides and Triflates to Electron-Deficient Olefins via Nickel- and Rhodium-Catalyzed Sequential Relay Reactions

Asymmetric conjugate addition of aryl halides or aryl triflates to electron-deficient olefins was realized by sequential Miyaura borylation and Hayashi–Miyaura conjugate addition in one pot. A nickel-catalyzed borylation of aryl halides or triflates and a rhodium–chiral diene complex catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition was executed as a pair of relay reactions as a more efficient and greener protocol