UConn Chem “Greatest Hits” 2024 – Faculty Publications

Angeles-Boza 

Synergy between the clavanins as a weapon against multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae 

Naing, M. D., Juliano, S. A., Angeles-Boza, A. M. 

RSC Med Chem 2024, 15, 2160-2164 

 

Basu 

8-OxodGuo and Fapy•dG Mutagenicity in Escherichia coli Increases Significantly when They Are Part of a Tandem Lesion with 5-Formyl-2′-deoxyuridine 

Dasgupta, S., Gao, S., Yang, H., Greenberg, M. M., Basu, A. K. 

Chem Res. Tox. 2024, 37, 1445-1452 

 

Brückner 

Direct Oxidations of meso-Tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin: Porphotrilactones and Entry into a Nonbiological Porphyrin Degradation Pathway 

Hewage, N., Damunupola, D., Zeller, M., Brückner, C. 

J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 6584-6589 

 

Fabris 

Investigating the Merits of Microfluidic Capillary Zone Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry (CZE-MS) in the Bottom-Up Characterization of Larger RNAs 

Rollo, D., Kulkarni, A., Yu, K., Fabris, D. 

J. Am. Soc. Mass Spec. 2024, 35, 561-574 

 

Gascón 

Structural Models of the First Molecular Events in the Heliorhodopsin Photocycle 

Wijesiri, K., Gascón, J. A. 

J. Phs. Chem. B 2024, 128, 5966-5972 

 

Gilmore 

Transition-Metal Free Amination and Hydrodefluorination of Aryl Fluorides Promoted by Solvated Electrons 

Williams, A. W., Gilmore, K. M. 

Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202403410 

 

He 

Cu-Albumin Artificial Enzymes with Peroxidase and Oxidase Activity for Stereoselective Oxidations 

Liaqat, M., McDonald, E., Ortega, R. J. V., Lopes, A., Codreanu, F., Carlisle, H., Kumar, C. V., Yao, X., Rusling, J. F., He, J. 

ACS Catalysis 2024, 14, 16344-16352. 

 

Hohman 

Nucleophilic Displacement Reactions of Silver-Based Metal-Organic Chalcogenolates (MOChas) 

Fan, Q., Willson, M. C., Foell, K. A., Paley, D. W.,  Kotei, P. A., Schriber, E. A., Rosenberg, D. J., Rani, K., Tchoń, D. M., Zeller, M., Melendrez, C., Kang, J., Inoue, I., Owada, S., Tono, K., Sugahara, M., Brewster, A. S., Hohman, J. N. 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 30349-30360 

 

Howell 

A Humanized Mouse Model Coupled with Computational Analysis Identifies Potent Glycolipid Agonist of Invariant NKT Cells 

Saavedra-Avila, N. A., Pigni, N. B., Caldwell, D. R., Chena-Becerra, F., Intano, J., Ng, T. W., Chennamadhavuni, D., Porcelli, S. A., Gascón, J. A., Howell, A. R. 

ACS Chem. Biol. 2024, 19, 926-937 

 

Kasi 

Ionic nanoporous membranes from self-assembled liquid crystalline brush-like imidazolium triblock copolymers 

Abeysekera, I., Bosire, R., Masese, F. K., Ndaya, D., Kasi, R. M., 

Soft Matter 2024, 20, 6834-6847 

 

Kienzler 

A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Photoisomerization of Diazocine 

Liyanage, C.D., Ortiz-Garcia, J. J., Struckmeier, A., McCoy, C. L., Kienzler, M. A., Quardokus, R. C., 

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 4082-4087 

 

Leadbeater 

Real-time in situ monitoring as a tool for comparison of electrochemical advanced oxidation processes for the decolourisation of azo and indigoid dyes 

Schroeder, C. M., Koehler, T. M., Leadbeater, N. E. 

RSC Advances 2024, 14, 38385-38390 

 

Lin 

Synthesis and In Situ Thermal Induction of β-Sheet Nanocrystals in Spider Silk-Inspired Copolypeptides 

Yang, T., Xue, T., Mao, J., Ekatan, S. R., Chen, Y., Song, Z., Cheng, J., Lin, Y. 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 31849-31859 

 

Mani 

Singlets-Driven Photoredox Catalysts: Transforming Noncatalytic Red Fluorophores to Efficient Catalysts 

Abuhadba, S., Fuqua, C., Maltese, A., Schwinn, C., Lin, N., Chen, A., Martzloff, R., Esipova, T. V., Mani, T. 

JACS Au 2024, 4, 4892-4898 

 

Papadimitriakapolous 

Highly Miniaturized, Low-Power CMOS ASIC Chip for Long-Term Continuous Glucose Monitoring 

Gudlavalleti, R. H., Xi, X., Legassey, A., Chan, P., Li, J., Burgess, D., Giardina, C., Papadimitrakopoulos, F., Jain, F. 

J. Diabetes Sci. Tech. 2024, 18, 1179-1184 

 

Peczuh

Does size matter? – Comparing pyranoses with septanoses as ligands of the bacterial lectin FimH 

Cramer, J., Pero, B., Jiang, X., Bosko, C., Silbermann, M., Rabbani, S., Wilke, S., Nemli, D. D. Ernst, B., Peczuh, M. W. 

Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2024, 268, 116225 

 

Rouge  

Determining the Role of Surfactant on the Cytosolic Delivery of DNA Cross-Linked Micelles 

Fuente, I. F., Sawant, S. S., Kho, K. W., Sarangi, N. K., Canete, R. C., Pal, S., Liang, L. H., Keyes, T. E., Rouge, J. L. 

ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces 2024, 16, 43400- 

 

Rusling 

Levels of Angiotensin and Kinin Metabolite Peptides Related to COVID-19 Severity 

Ahiadu, B. K., Grunbaum, A., Rozza, N., Kremer, R. B., Rusling, J. F. 

ACS Pharmacology & Translational Sci., 2024, 7, 186−194. 

 

Sotzing 

High-temperature high-k polyolefin by rational molecular design 

Hao, J., Mutegi, I., Mukherjee, M., Sahu, H., Khomane, A., Yassin, O., Ramprasad, R., Sotzing, G. A. 

Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 2024, 121, e2415388121 

 

Suib 

Modification of Zinc Anodes by In Situ ZnO Coating for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries 

Zhao, W., Perera, I. P., Khanna, H. S., Dang, Y., Li, M., Posada, L. F., Tan, H., Suib, S. L. 

ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2024, 1172-1181 

 

Ung 

High Quantum Yields from Perfluorinated Binolate Erbium Complexes and Their Circularly Polarized Luminescence 

Adewuyi, J. A., Ung*, G. 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 7097-7104. 

 

Yao 

Bioassay-Driven, Fractionation-Empowered, Focused Metabolomics for Discovering Bacterial Activators of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor 

Tian, H., Wang, L., Hardy, R., Kozhaya, L., Placek, L., Fleming, E., Oh, J., Unutmaz, D., Yao, X. 

J. Am. Soc. Mass Spec. 2024, 35, 518-526 

 

Zhao 

An Unconventional Immunosensor for Biomolecule Detection via Nonspecific Gold Nanoparticle-Antibody Interactions 

Song, C., Ji, S., Sun, H., Lei, Y., Zhao, J. 

Anal. Chem. 2024, 96, 7367-7372