Guangdong University of Technology

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

JoVE Journal

Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework

Yonghe He¹, Jiahong Huang¹, Jun He¹, Zhengtao Xu²

¹School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, ²Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong

Here, we present a one-pot, transition-metal-free synthesis of thiols and thioesters from aromatic halides and sodium thiomethoxide, followed by the preparation of single crystals of a metal-dithiolene network using thiol species generated in situ from the more stable and tractable thioester.

JoVE Journal

Chemoselective Preparation of 1-Iodoalkynes, 1,2-Diiodoalkenes, and 1,1,2-Triiodoalkenes Based on the Oxidative Iodination of Terminal Alkynes

Youzhi Li^*1, Daya Huang^*1, Ju Huang¹, Yan Liu¹, Keiji Maruoka^1,2

¹School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, ²Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Herein, detailed protocols for the oxidative iodination of terminal alkynes using hypervalent-iodine reagents are presented, which chemoselectively afford 1-iodoalkynes, 1,2-diiodoalkenes, and 1,1,2-triiodoalkenes.

Behavior

Integration of Animal Behavioral Assessment and Convolutional Neural Network to Study Wasabi-Alcohol Taste-Smell Interaction

Hiu-Lok Ngan¹, Zenghua Qi², Hong Yan¹, Yuanyuan Song¹, Tao Wang^1,3, Zongwei Cai^1,2

¹State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, ²Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, ³Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research and Development of Natural Drugs, and School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University

This article describes a set of methods for measuring the suppressive ability of sniffing alcoholic beverages on the wasabi-elicited stinging sensation.