Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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Covalent Organic Framework–Carbon Nanotube Core–Shell Nanohybrids for Enhanced Catalytic Site Utilization of Molecular Catalysts in CO <sub>2</sub> Electroreduction
ABSTRACT Developing strategies to enhance the utilization efficiency of catalytic sites in molecular catalysts has garnered increasing research interest in the f...
Bis(silylene)‐Mediated N═N Bond Scission of Diazo Compounds
ABSTRACT Diazo compounds, >C═N═N, typically undergo C═N bond cleavage to form carbenes and N 2 , whereas direct N═N bo...
Accessing Four‐Sodium Storage in Na <i> <sub>x</sub> </i> V <sub>2</sub> (PO <sub>4</sub> ) <sub>3</sub> (1≤ <i>x</i> ≤5) Cathodes via Precise Chemical Pre‐Sodiation Toward High‐Energy and Long‐Life Anode‐Free Sodium Batteries
ABSTRACT Anode‐free sodium batteries (AFSBs) promise high energy density and low cost but are fundamentally constrained by severe active sodium loss, leading to...
Inside Back Cover: Meltable Semiconductive Lead–Thiolate Coordination Polymers With Long Alkyl Chains (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 18/2026)
Boracycle‐Annulation Stabilizes Antiaromaticity and Enhances Diradical Character in <i>s</i> ‐Indacene/Dicyclopenta[ <i>b</i> , <i>g</i> ]Naphthalene‐Cored Organoboron Polycyclic Hydrocarbons
ABSTRACT For antiaromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons (PHs), heterocycle‐fusion is an efficient approach to alter their electronic structures and physical properties...
Ionic Coordination and Hierarchical Architecture Enable Record n‐Type Thermoelectric Efficiency in Soft Hydrogels
ABSTRACT Ionic thermoelectric materials combine large thermopower, quasi‐solid‐state behavior, mechanical flexibility, and intrinsic stability, offering a low‐co...
Formate‐Anion‐Induced Water Network Reshaping Enables Concurrent Hydrogen and Magnesium Hydroxide Production From Seawater
ABSTRACT The key challenges in direct seawater electrolysis for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are the substantially high energy demands for water dissociatio...
Cylindrical Cycloparaphenylene Triple‐Decker
ABSTRACT The bottom‐up synthesis of discrete molecular cylinders consisting of three axially aligned cycloparaphenylene (CPP) layers remains elusive. Here, we re...
Stabilization of Alkanol–Alkanone Heteroclusters in Medium‐Pore Zeolites Drives Orders‐of‐Magnitude Rate Enhancements in Proton‐Catalyzed Dehydration Reactions
ABSTRACT Modern catalytic approaches to manipulating reactivities predominantly rely on (post‐)synthetic methods that engineer active sites and their local envir...
Measuring the Dynamic Nanometric Contact Radius of a Single Microdroplet on an Electrified Microinterface
ABSTRACT Aqueous microdroplets have received attention due to their peculiar physicochemical properties, such as their ability to drive unfavorable chemical reactions orders of magni...
Coordinatively Unsaturated Aluminum Enables Methanol‐Selective CO <sub>2</sub> Hydrogenation With Zeolite‐Supported Copper Catalysts
ABSTRACT We demonstrate the synthesis of Cu(AlO x ) a (SiO y...
Enantioselective Intermolecular Photocycloaddition of Indoles
ABSTRACT The synthesis of cyclobutane‐fused heterocycles via photocycloaddition (PCA) of heteroarenes has been widely explored. However, achieving high enantiose...
Chemical Upcycling of Nitrile Butadiene Rubbers to Polyamines and Polyols by Chemoselective Catalytic Hydrogenation
ABSTRACT We report here two new approaches for the chemical recycling/upcycling of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) to make either polyamines or polyols. Both proc...
Genome‐Guided Discovery of Antimalarial 4‐Amino‐2,4‐Pentadienoate‐Containing Cyclolipodepsipeptides
ABSTRACT 4‐Amino‐2,4‐pentadienoate‐containing cyclolipodepsipeptides (APD‐CLDs) represent a structurally distinctive family of natural products known for their s...
Structural Mechanism of an Efficacy Photoswitch Targeting the β <sub>2</sub> ‐adrenergic Receptor
ABSTRACT The field of photopharmacology develops light‐responsive drugs that can modulate protein activity, enabling precise and dynamic investigations of their...
Oxygen‐Acceptor‐Driven High Photochromic Contrast Solid‐State Excited‐State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Photoswitches
ABSTRACT Developing high photochromic contrast photoswitches in the solid state remains a significant challenge in organic smart materials. We here provide an ox...
Electronickel‐Catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of Butafulvenes
ABSTRACT The highly selective construction of highly strained frameworks remains a formidable synthetic challenge. We report here an electrochemical nickel‐catal...
Crystals as Rockets: Modulation of the Salient Temperature in Cocrystals by Solvent Mixture Composition
ABSTRACT Harnessing mechanical motion in molecular crystals is a critical goal for developing novel energy conversion materials. Among known strategies, the ejec...
A Weak‐Aggregation Electrolyte Enables Lithium‐Ion Capacitors at Ultra‐Low Temperature
ABSTRACT The operation of low‐earth orbit satellites, Antarctic research stations, and certain extreme cold environments demands energy storage devices (ESDs) ca...
Curvature‐Engineered Steering of Oxygen Electroreduction Pathways on Single‐Atom Catalysts
ABSTRACT Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are a promising class of electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts, enabling either a four‐electron (4e...
Engineered “Molecule‐Junction” to Transport Photo‐Generated Electrons for CO <sub>2</sub> Reduction to Ethane
ABSTRACT Targeted transport of electrons is essential to enable the photoreduction process efficiently, which remains a significant challenge in current research...
Photoinduced Selective Construction of Densely Functionalized Spirocyclic Ethers With Carbyne Equivalents
ABSTRACT Carbyne equivalents represent ideal trivalent carbon synthons, capable of forming C─C and C─X bonds through their three nonbonded electrons. This unique reactivity profile o...
Sulfur‐Bridge Engineering Enables Reverse Hydrogen Spillover to Atomic Cu for Nitrate‐to‐Ammonia Electrocatalysis
ABSTRACT Copper‐based catalysts are widely regarded as promising candidates for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction (NO 3...
Pseudo‐Homologue Doping Strategy for Afterglow Materials
ABSTRACT Impurities in organic phosphorescent materials have caused extensive discussions in recent years. In this work, we demonstrate the impressive afterglow of commercial benzene...
Homochiral Birefringence Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Framework Films for Highly Circularly Polarized Luminescence
ABSTRACT Development of homochiral hydrogen‐bonded organic framework (HOF) film for highly circularly polarized luminescent (CPL) remains a significant challenge...