Yong Wu
@yongwu.bsky.social
PI at West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. Focusing on carbohydrate chemistry and carbohydrate-based drug discovery.
Reposted by Yong Wu
Another week, another cool molecule to write about for @cenmag.bsky.social. This one is an in-plane metallo-annulene from Haiping Xia and coworkers.
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Os...
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Os...
Osmium ensnared in a hydrocarbon ring
Chemists make new class of planar organometallic compounds
cen.acs.org
April 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Another week, another cool molecule to write about for @cenmag.bsky.social. This one is an in-plane metallo-annulene from Haiping Xia and coworkers.
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Os...
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Os...
Reposted by Yong Wu
Little is known about what delta-cyclodextrin, a 9-sugar macrocycle, can do because it's been tough to make in large quantities. A new scaled-up synthesis from Sophie Beeren's group could change that. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social.
cen.acs.org/synthesis/pr...
cen.acs.org/synthesis/pr...
Going big with δ-cyclodextrin
The first scaled-up synthesis of this 9-sugar ring could expand its applications
cen.acs.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Little is known about what delta-cyclodextrin, a 9-sugar macrocycle, can do because it's been tough to make in large quantities. A new scaled-up synthesis from Sophie Beeren's group could change that. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social.
cen.acs.org/synthesis/pr...
cen.acs.org/synthesis/pr...
Previously, glycan catalysts have been mainly limited to cyclodextrins and related compounds. So excited to see this groundbreaking work, which extends the catalytic space of carbohydrates by rational design, out in @naturechemistry.bsky.social ! Big congrats to @delbiancom.bsky.social and Kaimeng!
Can glycans catalyze chemical reactions?
Check out our glycan foldamer that uses carbohydrate–aromatic interactions to perform catalysis, today out in @naturechemistry.bsky.social
Big congrats to Kaimeng!
@mpici.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out our glycan foldamer that uses carbohydrate–aromatic interactions to perform catalysis, today out in @naturechemistry.bsky.social
Big congrats to Kaimeng!
@mpici.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A glycan foldamer that uses carbohydrate–aromatic interactions to perform catalysis - Nature Chemistry
In nature, catalysis is generally performed by proteins and ribozymes. Now it has been shown that glycans can be designed to perform catalysis. Exploiting carbohydrate–aromatic interactions, a glycan ...
www.nature.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Previously, glycan catalysts have been mainly limited to cyclodextrins and related compounds. So excited to see this groundbreaking work, which extends the catalytic space of carbohydrates by rational design, out in @naturechemistry.bsky.social ! Big congrats to @delbiancom.bsky.social and Kaimeng!