Recent advances in palladium-catalyzed isocyanide insertions

JW Collet, TR Roose, B Weijers, BUW Maes, E Ruijter… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Isocyanides have long been known as versatile chemical reagents in organic synthesis.
Their ambivalent nature also allows them to function as a CO-substitute in palladium …

Macromolecular superstructures: a future beyond single chain nanoparticles

H Frisch, BT Tuten… - Israel Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 100 years polymer chemistry has flourished in all areas and enabled control
over synthetic polymer architectures–including chain lengths, dispersity and monomer …

Molecular Insights into [2.2] Paracyclophane‐Based Functional Materials: Chemical Aspects Behind Functions

Z Hassan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many of the functions and features of practically useful materials are the province of
molecular‐level chemistry and their modulation at different length‐scale. This report …

Selective Synthesis of Single‐Handed Helical Polymers from Achiral Monomer and a Mechanism Study on Helix‐Sense‐Selective Polymerization

L Zhou, XH Xu, ZQ Jiang, L Xu, BF Chu… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the exquisite helices in Nature, fabrication of helical materials with controlled
handedness has attracted considerable attention. Herein, we report on precis synthesis of …

Secondary structure in nonpeptidic supramolecular block copolymers

M Milton, R Deng, A Mann, C Wang… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Proteins contain a level of complexity—secondary and tertiary structures—that
polymer chemists aim to imitate. The bottom-up synthesis of protein-mimicking polymers …

Facile synthesis of cyanide and isocyanides from CO

M Xu, B Kooij, T Wang, JH Lin, ZW Qu… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The reaction of K [N (SiMe3) 2] with 13CO proceeds in C6D6 or THF affording K13CN and O
(SiMe3) 2 under mild conditions as confirmed by crystallographic characterization of K (18 …

Synthesis and Polymerization of an ortho-para-Substituted Tetraalkoxy [2.2]Paracyclophane-1,9-diene

A Mann, M Weck - ACS Macro Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
This contribution describes the synthesis of an unsymmetrical substituted tetraalkoxy [2.2]
paracyclophane-1, 9-diene comprised of an ortho-substituted and a para-substituted …

Wavelength‐Selective Folding of Single Polymer Chains with Different Colors of Visible Light

H Frisch, D Kodura, FR Bloesser… - Macromolecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photochemistry allows chemists to exert control over chemical reactions with spatiotemporal
precision. Furthermore, light holds the potential to not only gate when and where but also …

Folded Well‐Defined 3D Architecture from Synthetic Helical and Sheet‐Like Polymers

C Wang, A Mann, MD Hannigan… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The fabrication of truly hierarchically folded single‐chain polymeric nanoparticles with
primary, secondary, and defined 3D architecture is still an unfulfilled goal. In this …

Orthogonal Supramolecular Assemblies Using Side-Chain Functionalized Helical Poly (isocyanide) s

C Wang, R Deng, M Weck - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Mimicking the structure of proteins using synthetic polymers requires building blocks with
structural similarity and the use of various noncovalent and dynamic covalent interactions …