The synthesis of conventional polyurethanes (PUs) relies on isocyanate reactants as crucial
starting materials. Toxicity, water-sensitivity and phosgene-based synthesis of isocyanates …

Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is an important and appealing C1 building block in chemical
synthesis due to its nontoxicity, abundance, availability and sustainability. Tremendous …

Dicarboxylic acids and derivatives are important building blocks in organic synthesis,
biochemistry, and the polymer industry. Although catalytic dicarboxylation with CO2 …

The catalytic asymmetric functionalization of readily available 1, 3-dienes is highly important,
but current examples are mostly limited to the construction of tertiary chiral centers. The …

Asymmetric domino electrophilic halocyclizations are highly useful in the synthesis of
structurally complex and pharmaceutically important compounds. Although some studies …

The reduction of polar bonds, in particular carbonyl groups, is of fundamental importance in
organic chemistry and biology. Herein, we report a manganese pincer complex as a …

Numerous strategies have been developed for the reduction of highly challenging CO2 gas
and its conversion into useful feedstock chemicals. Among all of the developed protocols …

Due to the merits of abundant and unique structural features, the valorization of lignin, the
second largest naturally abundant polymer, for the preparation of valuable biomaterials, has …

Measuring accurate molecular self-diffusion coefficients, D, by nuclear magnetic resonance
(NMR) techniques has become routine as hardware, software and experimental …

Inspired by highly efficient and enantioselective reactions catalyzed by biomacromolecules,
developing artificial helical polymer-based catalysts for enantioselective reactions is an …