Synthesis of Novel (Meth)acrylates with Variable Hydrogen Bond Interaction and Their Application in a Clear Viscoelastic Film.

Clear viscoelastic films (CVFs) have many applications in the display industry. Acrylic monomers containing a hydrogen bond (H-monomer) are often used in the preparation of CVF to increase the cohesion and form favorable interactions with the display substrate. Common H-monomers face a counterbalance between the glass transition temperature () and the hydrogen-bonding association constant ().

Carbon bowl-confined subnanometric palladium-gold clusters for formic acid dehydrogenation and hexavalent chromium reduction.

Formic acid (FA), a high-value product of CO hydrogenation and biomass conversion, is considered a promising liquid organic hydrogen carrier for its high hydrogen content, easy accessibility, and relative stability. The development of an efficient heterogeneous catalyst toward FA dehydrogenation and Cr(VI) reduction by FA is needed to boost its sluggish kinetics but still remains a challenge. Herein, uniformly dispersed subnanometric PdAu alloy clusters (i.

Chromic hydroxide-decorated palladium nanoparticles confined by amine-functionalized mesoporous silica for rapid dehydrogenation of formic acid.

Formic acid (FA), one of the products of biomass conversion and CO reduction, has attracted much attention as a renewable liquid hydrogen carrier with a high hydrogen content (4.4 wt%). Searching for efficient catalysts to realize hydrogen evolution from FA are highly desired but challenging.

Highly Stretchable, Soft, and Clear Viscoelastic Film with Good Recoverability for Flexible Display.

The advancement of flexible electronic devices has prompted new material development for the display application. For flexible display, a suitable clear viscoelastic film (CVF) is essential to bond different layers in a display stack in order to improve the visualization and durability during the repeated folding process. However, it is challenging to integrate different properties in the CVF by overcoming many contradictory requirements, such as low modulus/glass transition temperature () and high adhesion or high recoverability and good stress-relaxation.

UV Curable Robust Durable Hydrophobic Coating Based on Epoxy Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (EP-POSS) and Their Derivatives.

Hydrophobic coatings have considerable potential applications in many fields. Ease of operation and high durability are essential for practical use. Fast curing and being solvent-free are a plus, and if they possess certain characteristics (antigraffiti, good adhesion, high hardness, heat resistance, wide range of applicability, etc.

Rapid Synthesis of Large-Size FeO Nanoparticle Decorated NiO Nanosheets via Electrochemical Exfoliation for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis.

A novel nonprecious FeO nanoparticle decorated NiO nanosheet (FeO NPs@NiO NSs) composite has been obtained by a rapid one-pot electrochemical exfoliation method and can be used as an efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst. In the nanocomposite, the FeO NPs are uniformly anchored on the ultrathin graphene-like NiO nanosheets. At the same time, we also studied the influence of the Fe/Ni molar ratio on the morphology and catalytic activity.

The first total synthesis of rebaudioside R.

With easily available monosaccharides and steviol as starting materials, the first total synthesis of rebaudioside R with a xylosyl core in the C13-OH linked sugar chain was accomplished via two distinct approaches. The first approach features the stepwise installation of branch-sugar residues via an order of C2-OH first and then C3-OH of the xylosyl core, laying a firm foundation for the synthesis of analogues with different branch sugars, while the second route features the introduction of the C13 trisaccharide sugar chain via a convergent strategy, securing the overall synthetic efficiency. Through the synthetic study, the effect of protecting groups (PGs) at the vicinal hydroxy group on the reactivity of OH acceptors was illustrated.

The Structural Revision and Total Synthesis of Carambolaflavone A.

The synthesis of both enantiomers of carambolaflavone A, the antidiabetic and flavonoid C-glycoside, was achieved for the first time via a 12-longest-linear-step with 16% (l-fucose) and 11% (d-fucose) overall yields. Through the synthetic investigation, the adverse effect of 4A MS in Suzuki C-glycosylation was disclosed, the mechanism of hydrogen-bonded-phenol involved Suzuki C-glycosylation was clarified, and the authentic structure of carambolaflavone A was also determined.

Pd/Cu-catalyzed dual C-H bond carbonylation towards the synthesis of fluorazones.

Pd/Cu catalyzed oxidative dual C-H bond activation/carbonylation still remains a great challenge due to the generation of by-products via C-C bond formation. Herein we developed a straightforward Pd/Cu-catalyzed oxidative dual C-H bond carbonylation process to access biologically and pharmaceutically important fluorazones from easily available N-aryl pyrroles and CO. A wide range of functional groups were well tolerated in this transformation, and O could be utilized as the only terminal oxidant to promote the oxidative carbonylation process.

Zn(OTf)2 promoted rearrangement of 1,2-cyclopropanated sugars with amines: a convenient method for the synthesis of 3-polyhydroxyalkyl-substituted pyrrole derivatives.

A rearrangement reaction of 1,2-cyclopropanated sugars with alkylamines or arylamines promoted by Zn(OTf)2 is described. The method offers a series of 3-polyhydroxyalkyl-substituted pyrrole derivatives with multiple chiral centers in moderate to excellent yields. The epimerization is achieved by inverting the stereochemistry at the free hydroxyl group of the resulting pyrrole, which would give access to many more possible stereoisomers.

Palladium-catalysed oxidative cross-esterification between two alcohols.

A simple palladium-catalysed oxidative cross-coupling between two different alcohols was developed. Various benzylic alcohols could couple with aliphatic alcohols in excellent yields. The use of benzyl chloride as the oxidant and the amount of aliphatic alcohol were both important for achieving the reaction selectivity.

3,3-Bis(methyl-sulfan-yl)-1-(4-nitro-phen-yl)prop-2-en-1-one.

In the title compound, C11H11NO3S2, the S-Csp (2) bonds are shorter [1.746 (3) and 1.750 (2) Å] than the S-CH3 bonds [1.

[6-(Furan-2-yl)-7-nitro-2,3,4,6,7,8-hexa-hydro-1H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-9-yl](phen-yl)methanone.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C19H19N3O4, contains two mol-ecules with very few conformational differences; a C atom in the pyrimidine ring in one of the mol-ecules is disordered in a 0.688 (15):0.312 (15) ratio.

1-(4-Chloro-phen-yl)-2-(1,3-diazepan-2-yl-idene)ethanone.

In the title compound, C13H15ClN2O, there are two crystallographically independent but conformationally similar (E)-mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit [dihedral angles between the phenyl ring and a common planar fragment of the 1,3-diazepane moiety = 47.34 (16) and 48.00 (16)°].

[Survey on recent infection of human immunodeficiency virus among men who have sex with men in Tianjin during 2008 - 2009].

Objective: To study the situation of HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Tianjin during 2008 - 2009 and to provide reasonable evidence for intervention strategy.

Methods: Transect investigations in MSM were conducted three times during 2008 - 2009. Blood samples were collected and detected to identify the recent HIV infection with IgG-capture BED-enzyme immunoassay (BED-CEIA) before HIV incidence was estimated.