Rotary sequential hydrolysis of the metabolic machine F1-ATPase is a prominent manifestation of high coordination among multiple chemical sites in ring-shaped molecular machines, and it is also functionally essential for F1 to tightly couple chemical reactions and central γ-shaft rotation. High-speed AFM experiments have identified that sequential hydrolysis is maintained in the F1 stator ring ...

A direct β-coupling of cyclic ketones with imines has been accomplished via the synergistic combination of photoredox catalysis and organocatalysis. Transient β-enaminyl radicals derived from ketones via enamine and oxidative photoredox catalysis readily combine with persistent α-amino radicals in a highly selective hetero radical-radical coupling. This novel pathway to γ-aminoketones is predic...

We study the strong interactions of the L = 1 orbitally excited baryons with one heavy quark in the framework of the Heavy Hadron Chiral Perturbation Theory. The most general interaction Lagrangian describing the couplings of these states among themselves and with the ground state heavy baryons contains 46 unknown couplings. We derive sum rules analogous to the AdlerWeisberger sum rule which co...

Despite the widespread application of hypervalent iodines, corresponding λ3-bromanes are less explored. Herein we report a general, safe, and high-yielding strategy to access cyclic diaryl λ3-bromanes. These unique compounds feature reactivity that is appealing complementary λ3-iodanes, generating arynes under mild reaction conditions in presence weak base. Accordingly, formal meta-selective tr...

The development of methods for the introduction of trifluoromethyl groups into functionalized molecules is of great importance due to their presence in many top-selling pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and functional materials. Trifluoromethyl groups are known to impart desirable properties, such as higher metabolic stability, increased lipophilicity, and stronger dipole moments to druglike mole...

The furan heterocycle is a dienic reagent particularly suitable for the Diels-Alder reaction and maleimides represent a typical family of complementary reagents because of their strong dienophilic character. This paper reviews critically the studies devoted to the exploitation of the Diels Alder reaction between those moieties to synthesise macromolecular materials possessing different structur...