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We describe herein an organocatalytic enantioselective approach for the construction of axially chiral sulfone-containing styrenes. Various axially chiral sulfone-containing styrene compounds were prepared with excellent enantioselectivities (up to >99% ee) and almost complete E/ Z selectivities (>99% E/ Z). Furthermore, the axially chiral sulfone-containing styrenes could be easily converted into phosphonic acid and S/P ligands, which could be potentially used as organocatalysts or ligands in asymmetric catalysis.

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Silylated zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) was anchored onto silica-coated gold nanorods (AuNR) with retained local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). Independent LSPR and singlet oxygen production of anchored ZnPc enhance the photothermal and photodynamic efficacy of the obtained AuNR-Si-ZnPc under NIR light excitation. AuNR-Si-ZnPc was further grafted with hyaluronic acid (HA). Since HA has selective targeting capability to CD44 antigens, the final hybrid could target cancer cells directly for synergistic photothermal and photodynamic therapy.

A facile synthesis of imidazo[1,2-α]pyridines has been achieved by copper(II) and iron(III) co-catalyzed C-N bond formation. This reaction involves an intermolecular oxidative diamination of alkynes with high chemoselectivity and regioselectivity.