Progress and Perspectives on Promising Covalent-Organic Frameworks (COFs) Materials for Energy Storage Capacity

In recent years, a new class of highly crystalline advanced permeable materials covalent-organic frameworks (COFs) have garnered a great deal of attention thanks to their remarkable properties, such as their large surface area, highly ordered pores and channels, and controllable crystalline structures. The lower physical stability and electrical conductivity, however, prevent them from being widely used in applications like photocatalytic activities and innovative energy storage and conversion devices. For this reason, many studies have focused on finding ways to improve upon these interesting materials while also minimizing their drawbacks. This review article begins with a brief introduction to the history and major milestones of COFs development before moving on to a comprehensive exploration of the various synthesis methods and recent successes and signposts of their potential applications in carbon dioxide (CO₂) sequestration, supercapacitors (SCs), lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), and hydrogen production (H₂-energy). In conclusion, the difficulties and potential of future developing with highly efficient COFs ideas for photocatalytic as well as electrochemical energy storage applications are highlighted.     

Microwave promoted synthesis of some N-（4-methyl-3-tolylthiazol-2（3H）-ylidene） substituted benzamides

N-(4-Methyl-3-tolylthiazol-2(3H)-ylidene) substituted benzamides(2a-o) were synthesized in good to excellent yields by the base-catalyzed direct cyclization of corresponding 1-tolyl-3-aryl thioureas(1a-o) with 2-bromoacetone through microwave irradiation in a solvent-free medium.Compared to traditional thermal heating,microwave irradiation provides a much more cleaner,efficient and faster method for synthesis of the title compounds.     

Total synthesis of achlisocoumarins I-II from Achlys triphylla

A concise and efficient total synthesis of achlisocoumarin I-II has been completed featuring a construction of the isocoumarin skeleton in a single step and the geranyl coupling with bromoarene ring at −10 °C exclusive of any chelating ligand.     

A Green Strategy to Prepare Warfarin‐like Compounds Catalyzed by Zirconium Oxychloride

A one‐pot, three‐component synthesis of warfarin‐like compounds from the reaction of benzamide, aryl glyoxal and 4‐hydroxycoumarin is described. Zirconium oxychloride octahydrate catalyzed the reactions efficiently under solvent‐free conditions to yield desired products in good yields.     

Application of a new equation of state to energy carriers

A new equation of state (IR EOS) recently reported for liquids and gases has been utilized to predict the densities of some energy carriers at different temperatures, pressures. The ability of IR EOS is examined by comparing its results with experimental data for some energy carriers in homogeneous gas, homogeneous liquid and gas–liquid transition region from low to very high pressures. The IR EOS gives excellent results in homogenous gas and homogeneous liquid region while its predictions in gas–liquid transition have more deviations. The average absolute deviation between calculated and experimental densities for 968 data points of 12 energy carriers is 0.33% over the entire range of data with a maximum pressure of 1000 MPa.