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TiE Global Summit 2024 targets ₹100 crore in funding for start-up initiative

The event will take place in Bangalore from December 9-11, 2024, and on December 12 in Mysore




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PM Modi urges vigilance against ‘digital arrest’ scams, calls for public awareness

A National Cyber Co-ordination Centre has been set up for synchronisation among investigative agencies working on cyber crime, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi




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Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos’s satcom firms push for 1% spectrum charges

They have also sought a 20-year licence for providing satcom services




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Nvidia to take Intel’s spot on Dow Jones Industrial Average 




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Progress targets $1 billion revenue with acquisition; expands Bangalore team

The ShareFile business the company is acquiring generates approximately $240 million in revenue




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Tessolve to acquire German chip design company for up to ₹400 crore

It will expand Tessolve’s European operations by adding four delivery locations across Germany and the Netherlands, including a specialized ADAS and imaging centre-of-excellence lab




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Satcom spectrum: TRAI sidestepped level field issue with terrestrial services, says Justice Nageswara Rao

His legal opinion, requested by Reliance Jio, highlights TRAI’s failure to invite stakeholder comments on the important issue of creating a level playing field between terrestrial access services and satellite communication networks




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SAP’s India lab fastest-growing and second-largest, says company CEO

The company deepened its investments in the country with the new campus, aiming to create 15,000 new jobs in Bengaluru




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KPMG in India forms strategic alliance with SecurityBridge to enhance SAP security and compliance

KPMG in India, one of the country’s leading professional services firms, has announced a strategic alliance with SecurityBridge GmbH, a renowned provider of SAP-native cybersecurity solutions. This collaboration aims to enhance SAP security and compliance offerings for clients by integrating SecurityBridge’s cutting-edge technology into KPMG’s comprehensive service portfolio




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With Trump win, DoT gears up to sort out issues related to Elon Musk’s Starlink

The department of telecommunications is looking into security aspects while considering the demands made by two American companies — Starlink and Amazon (project Kuiper), say sources




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Google Cloud expands support for early-stage AI Startups with new initiatives, partnerships




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OpenAI's ChatGPT back up after brief outage

Outage tracking website Downdetector.com said ChatGPT's services were down for about half an hour, affecting over 19,403 users as of 7:13 p.m. ET (0013 GMT on Saturday)




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AI agents more effective than GenAI for enterprise productivity: Deloitte study

The study says that GenAI use cases have mostly been limited to standalone applications




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Customers no longer reluctant to adopt AI, says Hitachi Vantara’s Hemant Tiwari

Even non-tech companies have AI requirements. If you’re manufacturing a transformer, a train engine, or a jet engine, AI goes into making them efficient: Tiwari




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Summer challenge

Two centuries ago, an 18-year-old girl took up a dare to write a scary story. Mary Shelley’s book recreated Gothic horror with a fine mix of science, technology.




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Make a pledge

Priyal Jain and Prateek Mahesh have just made it easier for you to make a difference. Check out their new app.




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Musical gems

The class gets familiarised with the kritis of Saint Tyagaraja.




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Gem of a plan

YW storyteller contest: We were flooded with stories for the YW Storyteller contest announced on June 24. Here are the five winning entries. Congratulations!




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Electrochemical selective divergent C–H chalcogenocyanation of N-heterocyclic scaffolds

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00448E, Communication
Kusum Ucheniya, Pooja Kumari Jat, Amreen Chouhan, Lalit Yadav, Satpal Singh Badsara
An electrochemical direct selective C–H chalcogenocyanation approach for indolizine derivatives under mild conditions has been described.
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Copper catalyzed dehydrogenative cyclization, alkenylation towards dihydroquinolinones

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00134F, Paper
Pari Keerthana, Fazlur-Rahman Nawaz Khan
An efficient copper-catalysized one-pot sequential synthesis of alkenylated quinolinyldihydroquinolinones is reported utilizing ketones, 1,3-cyclohexanediones, and benzyl alcohols via dehydrogenative cyclisation, followed by alkenylation. This highly straightforward method provides a mild...
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Rapid in situ generation of 2-(halomethyl)-5-phenylfuran and nucleophilic addition in a microflow reactor

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00358F, Paper
Open Access
Yuma Matsuura, Shinichiro Fuse
Various 2,5-disubstituted furans were synthesized via 5-substituted 2-halomethylfurans using microflow technology.
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Selective recognition between aromatics and aliphatics by cage-shaped borates supported by a machine learning approach

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00408F, Paper
Open Access
Yuya Tsutsui, Issei Yanaka, Kazuhiro Takeda, Masaru Kondo, Shinobu Takizawa, Ryosuke Kojima, Akihito Konishi, Makoto Yasuda
Exploration of a Lewis acid with high selectivity for hydrocarbon moieties is assisted by a machine learning approach. Molecular polarizability is an essential factor, leading to design guidelines for Lewis acid catalysts with dispersion forces.
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Use of ionic liquids in amidation reactions for proteolysis targeting chimera synthesis

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00304G, Paper
Michela Eleuteri, Jenny Desantis, Gabriele Cruciani, Raimondo Germani, Laura Goracci
Selective degradation of disease-causing proteins using proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) has gained great attention, thanks to its several advantages over traditional therapeutic modalities.
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Generation of sulfones utilizing β-sulfinyl esters as masked aryl sulfinates under redox-neutral conditions

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00238E, Communication
Yixin Zhang, Zhu Yang, Hongjun Yang, Xuefeng Li, Lu Yang
A method for generation of SVI sulfones from β-sulfinyl esters (SIV) under transition-metal-free non-oxidative mild conditions is presented.
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Stereoselective Synthesis of gem-Dihalopiperidines via Halo-Aza-Prins Cyclization Reaction: Access to Piperidin-4-ones and Pyridines

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00338A, Paper
Anil Kumar Saikia, Surjya Kumar Bora, Subhamoy Biswas, Bipin Kumar Behera
An efficient methodology for the synthesis of 4,4-dihalopiperidine derivatives has been developed from N-(3-halobut-3-en-1-yl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide and aldehyde catalyzed by In(OTf)3 in excellent yields. The reaction involves an initial formation of six...
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Not exclusively the activity, but the sweet spot: a dehydrogenase point mutation synergistically boosts activity, substrate tolerance, thermal stability and yield

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,3009-3018
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00211C, Paper
Yu-Ke Cen, Lin Zhang, Yue Jiang, Xiang-Fu Meng, Yuan Li, Chao Xiang, Ya-Ping Xue, Yu-Guo Zheng
A single-point mutation of 7α-HSDH achieved the highest activity and synergistically improved substrate tolerance, thermal stability, cofactor affinity, and conversion rate.
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Photogenerated chlorine radicals activate C(sp3)–H bonds of alkylbenzenes to access quinazolinones

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,2968-2973
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00129J, Communication
Xin-Yao Pan, Gui-Xia Sun, Fang-Ping Huang, Wen-Jian Qin, Qing-Hu Teng, Kai Wang
An Fe-catalyzed visible-light induced condensation of alkylbenzenes with anthranilamides has been developed.
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Charge-transfer inclusion complex formation of the tropylium cation with prism[6]arenes

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00423J, Communication
Guojiao Zhang, Channi Cheng, Zhengxiang Li, Dezhi Zhao, Chengyou Han
We report that charge-transfer (CT) inclusion complexes were formed between prism[6]arenes and tropylium cation. Additionally, the CT complex showed Cl/Ag+ responsiveness which can be easily monitored by the naked eye.
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Photoproperties of Favipiravir and their 6-Substituted Analogues: Fluorescence Controlled through Halogen Substitution and Tautomerism

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00397G, Paper
Angel H Romero, Marcos Couto, Ivan E Romero, German Fuentes, Matías N. Möller
Herein, we showed the photophysical properties of the favipiravir and their 6-substituted analogues. Also, we interpreted the origin of the fluorescence of the favipiravir and their 6-substituted analogues as function...
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Isothiocyanates: Happy-Go-Lucky Reagents in Organic Synthesis

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00281D, Review Article
Bubul Das, Anjali Dahiya, Bhisma K Patel
: Owing to their unique structural features, isothiocyanates (ITCs) are a class of highly useful and inimitable reagents as the N=C=S group serves both as electrophile and nucleophile in organic...
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Synthesis of Deuteriodifluoromethylthiolated Isocoumarins-1- imines and Isocoumarins Enabled by Multi-Component Reagents System (MCRS)

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00328D, Communication
Xuemin Li, Haofeng Shi, Jiaxin He, Jialiang Wu, Fengxia Sun, Yunfei Du
The combining use of BnSCF2D, mCPBA and Tf2O serves as an efficient multi-component reagents system (MCRS) for the synthesis of deuteriodifluoromethylthiolated isocoumarins-1-imines/isocoumarins via intramolecular cyclization/ deuteriodifluoromethylthiolation of 2-alkynylbenzamide/2-alkynylbenzoates. The approach...
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Natural products from human microbiome: an emergent frontier in organic synthesis and drug discovery

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00236A, Review Article
Goverdhan Mehta, Saumitra Sengupta, Srihari Pabbaraja
Often referred to as “second genome”, human microbiome is at the epicenter of a complex inter-habitat biochemical network, such as the “gut-brain axis”, which have emerged as significant determinant of...
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New Generation of Highly Reactive Allylborating Agents For Cu(I)-Catalyzed Allylation of Chiral Sulfinylimines

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00291A, Paper
Michael S. Alexeev, Tatyana V. Strelkova, Michail M. Ilyin, Jr., Yulia V. Nelyubina, Ivan A. Bespalov, Michael Medvedev, Victor N Khrustalev, Nikolai Kuznetsov
The implementation of selective catalytic processes with highly active reagents is an attractive strategy that meets modern principles of sustainable development of chemistry. In the current study, we for the...
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Regioselective synthesis of 4-arylamino-1,2-naphthoquinones in eutectogel as a confined reaction medium using LED light

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00140K, Communication
R. Vara Prasad, Yogendra Kumar, R. Arun Kumar, Tohira Banoo, Subbiah Nagarajan
The use of a simple carbohydrate-derived eutectogel facilitating a LED-light-induced regioselective synthesis of 4-arylamino-1,2-naphthoquinones in good yields is reported.
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DevTools Digest - Chrome 35: Updates to the Developer Tools in Chrome 35

Updates to the Chrome Developer Tools: CSS property quick search, memory stats for heap snapshots, CodeMirror upgrade and more.




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Built-in Browser Support for Responsive Images

Take advantage of the new element and new features of in your next responsive website.




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Getting Started with CSS Shapes: Wrapping content around custom paths

Using CSS Shapes we can create experiences that we have never been able to create on the web before.




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The EME Logger extension




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‘The challenge was in getting the aircraft’s custom clearance’

Private jet operator JetSetGo’s CEO Kanika Tekriwal describes the intricacies of directly importing and leasing an aircraft




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Gearing up to fly twice as fast as sound

The US-based start-up Boom Supersonic is putting together an aircraft that can fly at a maximum speed of Mach 2.2




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IFSC: Aircraft leasing gets a big boost

Around 80 per cent of the total commercial fleet in India is leased against 53 per cent of the same, globally




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Lost your baggage in transit? You might find it in Alabama

Every year, nearly 25 million bags are lost in transit out of 4.3 billion 




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From geopolitics strife to a war of words between two aviation giants

Qatar Airways and Airbus lock horns over safety concerns




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Sustainable aviation fuels could be a game-changer

But adopting it in Indian aviation could take time




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Mishandled baggage rates spike

Transfer bags continue to account for most mishandled bags




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Hope you never get into a ‘coffin corner’ while flying

This situation occurs when the aircraft’s low-speed stall and high-speed buffet meet




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Post-pandemic, OTAs are coming of age

Are they finally paying up or paying off?




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Why opening the emergency door mid-flight is not possible




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Sarvam AI launches Sarvam 1 for Indic languages

The custom training corpus, Sarvam-2T comprised of 20 percent datasets in Hindi as well as English and programming languages so the AI model can perform multilingual tasks




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Apple Intelligence launches the iPhone into the AI era

Apple has released a free software update that will inject its first dose of artificial intelligence into its iPhone 16 line-up as the trendsetting company tries to catch up with technology’s latest craze