[HTML][HTML] Face masks in the new COVID-19 normal: materials, testing, and perspectives

MH Chua, W Cheng, SS Goh, J Kong, B Li, JYC Lim… - Research, 2020‏ - spj.science.org
The increasing prevalence of infectious diseases in recent decades has posed a serious
threat to public health. Routes of transmission differ, but the respiratory droplet or airborne …

Advances in facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic era

M Karmacharya, S Kumar, O Gulenko… - ACS applied bio …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has transformed the daily lifestyles of
people worldwide. COVID-19 was characterized as a pandemic owing to its global spread …

Enantioselective desymmetrization reactions in asymmetric catalysis

C Nájera, F Foubelo, JM Sansano, M Yus - Tetrahedron, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This review covers the recent developments (since 2015) of enantioselective
desymmetrization reactions using metal-catalyzed, organocatalyzed and enzymatic …

Copper-catalyzed yne-allylic substitutions using stabilized nucleophiles

S Niu, Y Luo, C Xu, J Liu, S Yang, X Fang - ACS Catalysis, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Using stabilized “soft” nucleophiles in copper-catalyzed allylic substitutions is highly
desirable but remains an unsolved challenge for the last 40 years. In this work, a general …

Ring contraction in synthesis of functionalized carbocycles

C Hui, L Craggs, AP Antonchick - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Carbocycles are a key and widely present structural motif in organic compounds. The
construction of structurally intriguing carbocycles, such as highly-strained fused rings …

Bottom-up engineering of responsive hydrogel materials for molecular detection and biosensing

JYC Lim, SS Goh, XJ Loh - ACS Materials Letters, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Molecular sensors respond to target molecules in their surroundings to detect and
sometimes even quantify their concentrations. Traditionally comprised of small organic …

Sulfonate N‐Heterocyclic Carbene–Copper Complexes: Uniquely Effective Catalysts for Enantioselective Synthesis of C− C, C− B, C− H, and C− Si Bonds

AH Hoveyda, Y Zhou, Y Shi, MK Brown… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
A copper‐based complex that contains a sulfonate N‐heterocyclic carbene ligand was first
reported 15 years ago. Since then, these organometallic entities have proven to be uniquely …

Desymmetrization of meso-dibromocycloalkenes by copper-catalyzed asymmetric borylative coupling with alkynes

I Sánchez-Sordo, A Chaves-Pouso, J Mateos-Gil… - Chem Catalysis, 2023‏ - cell.com
The enantioselective desymmetrization of meso compounds is a powerful tool for the
construction of chiral molecules with multiple stereocenters. Existing methods of copper …

Catalytic asymmetric construction of halogenated stereogenic carbon centers by direct vinylogous Mannich-type reaction

F Zhong, WJ Yue, HJ Zhang, CY Zhang… - Journal of the American …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
A catalytic asymmetric vinylogous Mannich-type reaction of γ-halo-α, β-unsaturated N-
acylpyrazoles and N-Boc-aldimines was disclosed, which afforded an array of halogenated …

Desymmetrization of Inert meso-Diethers through Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation with Grignard Reagents

J Li, Y Wang, Y Wang, L Zhai, J Huang, L Song… - Organic …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
We have developed a highly regio-, diastereo-, and enantioselective Cu-catalyzed
desymmetrization of inert meso-diethers using Grignard reagents. Moreover, previous …