Accelerated reaction kinetics in microdroplets: Overview and recent developments

Z Wei, Y Li, RG Cooks, X Yan - Annual Review of Physical …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Various organic reactions, including important synthetic reactions involving C–C, C–N, and
C–O bond formation as well as reactions of biomolecules, are accelerated when the …

Aqueous microdroplets enable abiotic synthesis and chain extension of unique peptide isomers from free amino acids

DT Holden, NM Morato… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Amide bond formation, the essential condensation reaction underlying peptide synthesis, is
hindered in aqueous systems by the thermodynamic constraints associated with …

Chemical reaction monitoring by ambient mass spectrometry

J Sun, Y Yin, W Li, O Jin, N Na - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical reactions conducted in different media (liquid phase, gas phase, or surface) drive
developments of versatile techniques for the detection of intermediates and prediction of …

A critical analysis of electrospray techniques for the determination of accelerated rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions in droplets

G Rovelli, MI Jacobs, MD Willis, RJ Rapf… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrospray and Electrosonic Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS and ESSI-MS)
have been widely used to report evidence that many chemical reactions in micro-and nano …

Water Charge Transfer Accelerates Criegee Intermediate Reaction with H2O Radical Anion at the Aqueous Interface

Q Liang, C Zhu, J Yang - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Criegee intermediates (CIs) are important carbonyl oxides that may react with atmospheric
trace chemicals and impact the global climate. The CI reaction with water has been widely …

Aqueous microdroplets promote C–C bond formation and sequences in the reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle

Y Ju, H Zhang, Y Jiang, W Wang, G Kan, K Yu… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
The reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle (rTCA) is a central anabolic network that uses carbon
dioxide (CO2) and may have provided complex carbon substrates for life before the advent …

Reaction acceleration promoted by partial solvation at the gas/solution interface

L Qiu, Z Wei, H Nie, RG Cooks - ChemPlusChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The kinetics of organic reactions of different types in microvolumes (droplets, thin films, and
sealed tubes) show effects of gas/solution interfacial area, reaction molecularity and solvent …

Through-Space Electrochemiluminescence Reveals Bubble Forces at Remote Phase Boundaries

BR Layman, JE Dick - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Several groups have reported on the curious chemistry and reaction acceleration in
confined volumes. These complex multiphase systems most closely resemble natural …

Reaction acceleration in electrospray droplets: size, distance, and surfactant effects

BM Marsh, K Iyer, RG Cooks - Journal of The American Society for …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Phenylhydrazone formation from isatin is used to examine the effects on the reaction rate of
(i) electrospray emitter distance from the mass spectrometer (MS) inlet,(ii) emitter tip …

Molecular imprinted polymer-based potentiometric approach for the assay of the co-formulated tetracycline HCl, metronidazole and bismuth subcitrate in capsules and …

AM Hassan, KM Kelani, MA Hegazy, MA Tantawy - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Background An anti-H-pylori co-formulated mixture of tetracycline HCl (TET), metronidazole
(MET), and bismuth subcitrate (BSC) is recently available. Only two chromatographic and …