Organocatalysis in aqueous media

MP van Der Helm, B Klemm, R Eelkema - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
Even though enzymes are the cornerstones of living systems, it has so far proven difficult to
deploy artificial catalysts in a biological setting. Organocatalysts are arguably well-suited …

Click-functionalized hydrogel design for mechanobiology investigations

E Hui, JL Sumey, SR Caliari - Molecular systems design & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The advancement of click-functionalized hydrogels in recent years has coincided with rapid
growth in the fields of mechanobiology, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine …

Switched “On” Transient Fluorescence Output from a Pulsed-Fuel Molecular Ratchet

AS Baluna, M Dommaschk, B Groh… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report the synthesis and operation of a molecular energy ratchet that transports a crown
ether from solution onto a thread, along the axle, over a fluorophore, and off the other end of …

Easy recycling of nanoscale Fe 2 O 3-based catalysts for nitroarene reduction to anilines by the pyrolysis of a metallogel

WT Deng, X Zhong, Y Li, XJ Jia, HQ Luo… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
An organic gelator N4, N4′-di (pyridin-3-yl)-[2, 2′-bipyridine]-4, 4′-dicarboxamide and
Fe3+ are used to self-assemble to form a new metallogel Fe-2B-N3 under mild conditions …

Tuneable control of organocatalytic activity through host–guest chemistry

G Li, F Trausel, MP van Der Helm… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic regulation of chemical reactivity is important in many complex chemical reaction
networks, such as cascade reactions and signal transduction processes. Signal responsive …

Indoline Catalyzed Acylhydrazone/Oxime Condensation under Neutral Aqueous Conditions

Y Zhou, I Piergentili, J Hong, MP van der Helm… - Organic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Acylhydrazones formation has been widely applied in materials science and biolabeling.
However, their sluggish condensation rate under neutral conditions limits its application …

Water‐Soluble (Poly) acylhydrazones: Syntheses and Applications

K Caillaud, C Ladaviere - Macromolecular Chemistry and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Acylhydrazone‐based (macro) molecules display an increasingly broad spectrum of
applications, from small therapeutic molecules and metal‐ions probes to self‐healing films …

Transient Metallo‐Lipidoid Assemblies Amplify Covalent Catalysis of Aqueous and Non‐Aqueous Reactions

M Solra, R Kapila, S Das, P Bhatt… - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Dissipative supramolecular assemblies are hallmarks of living systems, contributing to their
complex, dynamic structures and emerging functions. Living cells can spatiotemporally …

Co (II) Acetate‐Assisted Direct Synthesis of Acyl Hydrazones from Acyl Hydrazides under Mild Conditions

A Pal, KM Das, S Sau, A Thakur - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Acyl hydrazones are a class of synthetically important organic compounds that are
recurrently in high demand for synthesis and use in various fields of chemistry and biology …

Effects of Nucleophilic Catalysts on the Self‐Assembly of Hydrazone‐Based Supramolecular Hydrogels

P Cai, H Wang, Y Gao, Z Li, X Guo, Y Wang - ChemistrySelect, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Catalytic control over molecular self‐assembly provides a powerful approach to regulate the
structures as well as the functionalities of supramolecular materials. Revealing how the …