RSC – Chem. Sci. latest articles- The Topology of the Magnetically Induced Ring Current of C13Cl 2 June 26, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC03398A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Qian Wang, Rinat Nasibullin, Glib Baryshnikov, Sophia Burger , Jürgen Gauss, Rashid Valiev, Dage SundholmWe have performed density functional theory (DFT), second- order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2), coupled cluster singles and doubles (CCSD), […]Qian Wang
- High-performance CO2 electrolysis in membrane electrode assemblies: the role of non-alkali cations June 26, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC04270H, Review Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Mufan Xing, Hu Zhang, Zhongyin Kang, Min Zhang, Xun Zhu, Qian FuElectrocatalytic CO₂ reduction (CO₂RR) in membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) represents a pivotal technology for carbon neutrality, yet its industrial deployment is severely […]Mufan Xing
- Multi-Responsive Tetrahedral DNA Frameworks for In-Situ Methyltransferase Imaging to Distinguish Living Chemoresistant Tumor Cells June 25, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01141A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Xin-Yu Luo, Jie Liu, Xuemei Zhou, Yan-Mei Lei, Lu-Xi Wang, Depeng Jiang, Ying ZhuoChemoresistance, a primary contributor to approximately 90% of cancer-related deaths, stems from the tumor cells’ ability to endure chemotherapy-induced DNA […]Xin-Yu Luo
- Mapping the crystallization landscape of rare earth MOFs: a high-throughput investigation of structure, kinetics, and selectivity June 25, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC09992G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Madeleine A. Gaidimas, Gyu-Hee Kim, Zi-Ming Ye, Julian S. Magdalenski, Nathaniel M. Barker, Abhijoy Mandal, Kourosh Darvish, Kent O. Kirlikovali, Varinia Bernales, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Christos D. Malliakas, Omar K. FarhaRapid construction of phase […]Madeleine A. Gaidimas
- Polyzwitterionic hydrogel electrolytes based on imidazolium cation and sulfonate anion enable stable Zn–I2 batteries by regulating Zn deposition and inhibiting polyiodide shuttle June 25, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC03860C, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Bokang Yuan, Fangfei Liu, Yu Fan Lei, Minghui Xu, Yuting Xie, Hua Ren Fan, Feng Zeng, Xiong LiuAqueous zinc–iodine batteries represent a promising candidate for new energy storage systems owing to their abundant […]Bokang Yuan
- Superionic Lithium Mobility in Low Symmetry Li7Si2S7I Polymorph Accessed via Si2S7 Dimer Reorientation June 25, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC09834C, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Guopeng Han, Christopher M. Collins, Manel Sonni, Luke M. Daniels, Andrij Vasylenko, Ruiyong Chen, Craig Robertson, Matthew Stephen Dyer, John B Claridge, Matthew J. RosseinskyWe report the experimental discovery of Li7Si2S7I0.89Cl0.11, a triclinic […]Guopeng Han
- Highly regio- and E-stereoselective C=C bond transposition catalyzed by tris(benzhydryl) sodium calciate. Proof of synergy: one metal is good, but two are better June 25, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC03562K, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Ivan V. Koshelev, Alexander N Selikhov, Anton Cherkasov, Rinat R. Aysin, Alexander A. TrifonovHere, we report the synthesis of tris(benzhydryl) sodium calciate {[(p‑tBu‑C6H4)2CH]3Ca}Na (3) featuring the structure of a base-free contact ion pair. […]Ivan V. Koshelev
- Metal free [3+2] cycloadditions of alkylidene cyclopropanes via a non-classical “bow-tie” cation June 25, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC09989G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Anthony Izzotti, Vanessa S. Watts, Philip Karageorghis, James L GleasonAbstract: Treatment of cyclopropylidene-containing 1,5-hexadienes with either diazepane carboxylate organocatalysts or Lewis acids initiates a tandem Michael addition – cyclopropane ring-opening (MACRO) sequence resulting […]Anthony Izzotti
- Excited-state orbital angular momentum enables all-optical molecular spin coherence June 25, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC04497B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Erica Sutcliffe, Jonathan P Aalto, Ryan G HadtParamagnetic molecules are promising quantum sensors with dimensions and environmental compatibility inaccessible to solid-state defects. Realizing this promise, however, requires optical methods for initializing and reading […]Erica Sutcliffe
- Bis(Carboranyl)boryl Anions June 24, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC03158G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Kanika Vashisth, Ragene Thornton, Bohak Yoon, Caleb Daniel MartinThe reduction of bromoboranes with two ortho-carborane substituents results in the generation of transient boryl anions. DFT computations reveal that their ground state is significantly […]Kanika Vashisth
- Photo-driven transient frustrated Lewis pairs for catalytic hydrogenation June 24, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC02736A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jin Lin, Shuanghui Chen, Kang-Shun Peng, Yung-Hsi Hsu, Shuchun Li, Longji Cui, Hansong Zhang, Yongjie Wang, Xue Feng Lu, Sibo Wang, Kunlong Liu, Sung-Fu Hung, Xinchen WangHeterogeneous frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) have emerged […]Jin Lin
- Non-Equilibrium Formation of the Elusive Dibridged Diboranyl (B2H5) Radical and Boranes in Low-Temperature Diborane Ices June 24, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC04215E, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Jia Wang, Joshua H. Marks, Chaojiang Zhang, Andrew Martin Turner, Mason McAnally, Miori Nogamida, Ralf I. KaiserBoranes are prototypical electron-deficient species central to the boron chemistry and chemical vapor deposition. Despite extensive studies […]Jia Wang
- Quantification of mesopore infiltration in a polymer-grafted metal-organic framework June 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC02045C, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Minjung Kang, Zhenhuan Sun, Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Seth M CohenPolymer-grafted metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) address the powder form and poor processability of crystalline MOFs by forming free-standing self-assembled MOF monolayers (SAMMs). However, to date, SAMMs […]Minjung Kang
- Pd-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective allylation of cyclic allylboronates June 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC04784J, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Cheng Zhang, Roman Popov, Baptiste Leforestier, Céline Besnard, Clement MazetA robust protocol for the palladium-catalyzed regio-and enantioselective allylic substitution of 6-membered cyclic boronate salts is reported, enabling efficient access to complex scaffolds possessing […]Cheng Zhang
- Dual-Route Accessible Zeolites: Bridging Organic- and Inorganic-Directed Syntheses toward Greener Zeolite Production June 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01815G, Review Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Haonan Sun, Sihui Li, Yushan Xie, Wenfu Yan, Jihong YuThe drive toward sustainable chemistry demands zeolite synthesis strategies that bypass organic structure-directing agents (OSDAs), primarily to circumvent the economic and environmental burdens associated […]Haonan Sun
- Phase-Dependent Responsiveness in Soft Porous Crystals Assembled from Flexible Metal-Organic Cages June 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC03012B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Donglin He, Javier Lopez Cabrelles, Jack D. Evans, Shuhei FurukawaSoft porous crystals (SPCs) based on flexible metal-organic cages (MOCs) remain elusive due to challenges in preserving both dynamic behavior and crystallinity after desolvation. […]Donglin He
- Polyvinyl-based hole-transporting materials processed with non-destructive and green solvent for tin-lead perovskite solar cells and all-perovskite tandems June 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC03304K, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Jiayi Liu, Yun Zhao, Liqing Zhan, Shuo Zhang, Haorui Tang, Rujun Ma, Xinwen Long, Lihui Zhou, Qifeng Zhu, Shuang Yang, Weihong Zhu, Yongzhen WuThe widely used poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) in tin-lead (Sn-Pb) mixed perovskite […]Jiayi Liu
- Visible-Light-Enabled Three-Component Carboamidation of Alkenes with Aryl Thianthrenium Salts June 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC02391F, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Ke Feng, Xufeng Li, Yu Wang, Linjie Zheng, Jian Lv, Yongjia Shi, Daoshan YangHerein, we report a visible-light-enabled strategy for activating aryl thianthrenium salts that enables a three-component Ritter-type carboamidation of alkenes with […]Ke Feng
- Enantioselective titanium-catalyzed cycloadditions of thiophene-S,S-dioxides with indenes June 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01387B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Peilin Tian, Viktor S. Camara, Margarita Valentine, Andrew P. Tinkler, Agamemnon Crumpton, Edward A. AndersonHighly enantioselective titanium-catalyzed inverse electron demand Diels–Alder reactions between thiophene S,S-dioxides and indenes to form enantioenriched carbocyclic frameworks are […]Peilin Tian
- In situ generated dual oxyanions enable bifunctional synergy to overcome dehydrogenation limitations in HMF electrooxidation June 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SC03912J, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yue Xiao, Mengru Lian, Jiani Liu, Xuexue Li, Feng Yu, Fuxi BaoThe bifunctional synergy of co-adsorbed oxyanions boosts HMFOR kinetics. SO42− primarily accelerates Ni(OH)2 dehydrogenation kinetics. Meanwhile, MoO42− predominantly strengthens HMF adsorption and […]Yue Xiao
- The Topology of the Magnetically Induced Ring Current of C13Cl 2 June 26, 2026
