Supramolecular polymerization: a conceptual expansion for innovative materials

PK Hashim, J Bergueiro, EW Meijer, T Aida - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The research field of supramolecular polymerization has dramatically progressed in the last
three decades, and much deeper insights into its new mechanisms, including kinetic and …

Metal‐free click chemistry reactions on surfaces

J Escorihuela, ATM Marcelis… - Advanced Materials …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, interest in the functionalization of surfaces and materials has increased
dramatically. In this regard, click chemistry deserves a central focus because of its mild …

Skeletal editing of pyridines through atom-pair swap from CN to CC

Q Cheng, D Bhattacharya, M Haring, H Cao… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Skeletal editing is a straightforward synthetic strategy for precise substitution or
rearrangement of atoms in core ring structures of complex molecules; it enables quick …

Macromolecular metamorphosis via stimulus-induced transformations of polymer architecture

H Sun, CP Kabb, Y Dai, MR Hill, I Ghiviriga… - Nature Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Macromolecular architecture plays a pivotal role in determining the properties of polymers.
When designing polymers for specific applications, it is not only the size of a macromolecule …

“Click”-inspired chemistry in macromolecular science: matching recent progress and user expectations

P Espeel, FE Du Prez - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
This year, it has been a decade that the concept of “click” chemistry was pioneered in
polymer and material science by the exploration of the synthetic scope of copper-catalyzed …

C(alkyl)–C(vinyl) bond cleavage enabled by Retro-Pallada-Diels-Alder reaction

Q Zhao, L Yu, YD Zhang, YQ Guo, M Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Activation and cleavage of carbon–carbon (C–C) bonds is a fundamental transformation in
organic chemistry while inert C–C bonds cleavage remains a long-standing challenge …

Design and synthesis of spirocycles

S Kotha, NR Panguluri, R Ali - European Journal of Organic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this account we disclose a variety of simple strategies demonstrated in our laboratory in
the last two decades for the assembly of diverse and intricate molecular frameworks …

Reversible C–C bond formation using palladium catalysis

AD Marchese, B Mirabi, CE Johnson, M Lautens - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
A widely appreciated principle is that all reactions are fundamentally reversible. Observing
reversible transition metal-catalysed reactions, particularly those that include the cleavage of …

Recent advances in the chemistry of 1, 2, 4-oxadiazoles

A Pace, S Buscemi, AP Piccionello, I Pibiri - Advances in Heterocyclic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Oxadiazoles experienced an almost 80-year long period of scientific lethargy before they
tickled the curiosity of chemists. The study of chemical and photochemical reactivity of 1, 2, 4 …

Design of closed-loop recycling production of a Diels–Alder polymer from a biomass-derived difuran as a functional additive for polyurethanes

H Chang, MS Kim, GW Huber, JA Dumesic - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Acetalization of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) with pentaerythritol
produced a difuran (HPH) monomer in the presence of an acid catalyst. A recyclable …