STUDIES ON CROWN ETHER CYANINE DYES (X). THE SYNTHESIS OF BENZOXAZOLE CROWN ETHER CYANINE DYES

Yulin Mao , Jingyu Ma , Jiecheng Ji , Yuliang Wang , Wanhua Wu , Cheng Yang . Crown aldoxime ethers: Their synthesis, structure, acid-catalyzed/photo-induced isomerization and adjustable guest binding. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35(11): 109927-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109927

Hai-Ying Yu , Yu-Wei Huang , Li-Ping Lin , Ren-Xiang Tan . Unprecedented diphenyl ether hybrids and spiro-diphenyl ether with antioxidant activity from Aspergillus sp. F1-8A associated with toad venom. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2026, 37(2): 111121-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111121

Junxiu Zhao , Jingya Shi , Xiaoli Sun , Siyu Wang , Xuwei Han , Xiaoni Zhao , Jisheng Nie , Yongkang Yue . Heptamethine cyanine with 1239 nm fluorescence emission for in vivo imaging. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2026, 37(4): 111317-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111317

Xiao Zhu , Yanbing Mo , Jiawei Chen , Gaopan Liu , Yonggang Wang , Xiaoli Dong . A weakly-solvated ether-based electrolyte for fast-charging graphite anode. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35(8): 109146-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109146

Han-Bin Liu , Xiaoyu Cheng , Zhou Guo , Juan Yang , Fuwen Tan , Donghui Lan , Jian-Ping Tan , Bing Yi , Weixin Zhai , Qing-Hui Guo . CrownBind-IA: A machine learning model predicting binding constants between crown ethers and alkali metal ions. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(12): 111149-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111149

Junliang Zhou , Tian-Bing Ren , Lin Yuan . The strategy to improve the brightness of organic small-molecule fluorescent dyes for imaging. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(8): 110644-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110644

Wenkai Liu , Yanxian Hou , Weijian Liu , Ran Wang , Shan He , Xiang Xia , Chengyuan Lv , Hua Gu , Qichao Yao , Qingze Pan , Zehou Su , Danhong Zhou , Wen Sun , Jiangli Fan , Xiaojun Peng . Se-substituted pentamethine cyanine for anticancer photodynamic therapy mediated using the hot band absorption process. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35(12): 109631-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109631

Xianghan Zhang , Yuan Qin , Huaicong Zhang , Yutian Cao , Haixing Zhu , Yingdi Tang , Zimeng Ma , Zehua Li , Jialin Zhou , Qunyan Dong , Peng Yang , Yuqiong Xia , Zhongliang Wang . An aggregation-independent and rotor-specific TPE-cyanine probe for in vivo near-infrared fluorescent imaging. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(9): 110715-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110715

Yuqing Wang , Zhemin Li , Qingjun Lu , Qizhao Li , Jiaxin Luo , Chengjie Li , Yongshu Xie . Solar cells based on doubly concerted companion dyes with the efficiencies modulated by inserting an ethynyl group at different positions. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35(5): 109093-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109093

Supphachok Chanmungkalakul , Syed Ali Abbas Abedi , Federico J. Hernández , Jianwei Xu , Xiaogang Liu . The dark side of cyclooctatetraene (COT): Photophysics in the singlet states of “self-healing” dyes. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35(8): 109227-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109227

Yongkang Yue , Zhou Xu , Kaiqing Ma , Fangjun Huo , Xuemei Qin , Kuanshou Zhang , Caixia Yin . HSA shrinkage optimizes the photostability of embedded dyes fundamentally to amplify their efficiency as photothermal materials. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35(8): 109223-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109223

Muhammad Riaz ,  Rakesh Kumar Gupta ,  Di Sun ,  Mohammad Azam ,  Ping Cui . Selective adsorption of organic dyes and iodine by a two-dimensional cobalt(II) metal-organic framework. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2024, 43(12): 100427-100427. doi: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100427

Shi Li , Wenshuai Zhao , Yong Qi , Wenbin Niu , Wei Ma , Bingtao Tang , Shufen Zhang . Hydrogen bonding induced ultra-highly thermal stability of azo dyes for color films. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(9): 110653-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110653

Ao Wang , Ding-Heng Zhou , Hong Zhang , Xing Zeng , Nan Wang , Ming-Yu Wu , Xiao-Qi Yu , Kun Li , Shan-Yong Chen . Photochemistry regulated fluorescent dyes for real-time tracing subcellular migration in living cells. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2026, 37(3): 111358-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111358

Tiancong Shi , Xi Chen , Xiao Zhou , Hongyi Zhang , Fuping Han , Lihan Cai , Wen Sun , Jianjun Du , Jiangli Fan , Xiaojun Peng . Azaindole-based asymmetric pentamethine cyanine dye for mitochondrial pH detection and near-infrared ratiometric fluorescence imaging of mitophagy. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(6): 110408-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110408

Mengxing Liu , Jing Liu , Hongxing Zhang , Lijuan Wang , Jianan Tao , Wei Guo . Augmenting heptamethine cyanine photosensitivity while retaining strong fluorescence emission: Forming dye-albumin nanocomplex enables tumor-targeted photodynamic therapy. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2026, 37(4): 111141-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111141

Conglin Liu , Yinglong Li , Yuquan Hu , Qizhao Li , Chengjie Li , Yongshu Xie . Efficient dye-sensitized solar cells based on doubly concerted companion dyes with bulky branched chains on the donors and optimized linkage length. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2026, 37(3): 111863-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111863

Shuai Tang , Zian Wang , Mengyi Zhu , Xinyun Zhao , Xiaoyun Hu , Hua Zhang . Synthesis of organoboron compounds via heterogeneous C–H and C–X borylation. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(5): 110503-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110503

Jingqi Ma ,  Huangjie Lu ,  Junpu Yang ,  Liangwei Yang ,  Jian-Qiang Wang ,  Xianlong Du ,  Jian Lin . Rational design and synthesis of a uranyl-organic hybrid for X-ray scintillation. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2024, 43(5): 100275-100275. doi: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100275

Yu Pang , Min Wang , Ning-Hua Yang , Min Xue , Yong Yang . One-pot synthesis of a giant twisted double-layer chiral macrocycle via [4 + 8] imine condensation and its X-ray structure. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35(10): 109575-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109575