Structural Characterization of O‐ and C‐Glycosylating Variants of the Landomycin Glycosyltransferase LanGT2

The structures of the O‐glycosyltransferase LanGT2 and the engineered, C? C bond‐forming variant LanGT2S8Ac show how the replacement of a single loop can change the functionality of the enzyme. Crystal structures of the enzymes in complex with a nonhydrolyzable nucleotide‐sugar analogue revealed that there is a conformational transition to create the binding sites for the aglycon substrate. This induced‐fit transition was explored by molecular docking experiments with various aglycon substrates.     

Surface Treatment of Polyimide Substrates Using Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactors Based on L-Shaped Electrodes

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing - Two dielectric barrier discharge reactors, based on L-shaped electrodes, were designed and fabricated for in-line surface treatment of polyimide (PI)...     

Comparative theoretical study on the corrosion inhibition properties of benzoxazole and benzothiazole

Research on Chemical Intermediates - The electronic parameters of two azole molecules, namely benzoxazole (BOX) and benzothiazole (BTH), have been studied using DFT/B3LYP, MP2, and HF methods with...     

O2‐mediated dehydrogenative amination of phenols

A method was developed for the direct dehydrogenative construction of C? N bonds between unprotected phenols and a series of cyclic anilines without resorting to any kind of metal activation of either substrate and without the use of halides. The resulting process relies on the exclusively organic activation of molecular oxygen and the subsequent oxidation of the aniline substrate. This allows the coupling of ubiquitous phenols, thus furnishing aminophenols through an atom‐economical and most sustainable dehydrogenative amination method. This new reactivity, which relies on the intrinsic organic reactivity of cumene in what can be seen as a modified Hock activation process of oxygen, is expected to have a large impact on the formation of C? N bonds in organic synthesis.