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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major health problem and a societal burden. Individuals with pre-diabetes are at increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Catalpol, an iridoid glycoside, has been reported to exert a hypoglycaemic effect in db/db mice, but its effect on the progression of pre-diabetes is unclear. In this study, we established a mouse model of pre-diabetes and examined the hypoglycaemic effect, and the mechanism of any such effect, of catalpol. Catalpol (200 mg/kg/day) had no effect on glucose tolerance or the serum lipid level in a mouse model of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)-stage pre-diabetes. However, catalpol (200 mg/kg/day) increased insulin sensitivity and decreased the fasting glucose level in a mouse model of impaired fasting glucose/impaired glucose tolerance-stage pre-diabetes. Moreover, catalpol increased the mitochondrial membrane potential (1.52-fold) and ATP content (1.87-fold) in skeletal muscle and improved skeletal muscle function. These effects were mediated by activation of the IRS-1/GLUT4 signalling pathway in skeletal muscle. Our findings will facilitate the development of a novel approach to suppressing the progression of diabetes at an early stage. Novelty bullets • Catalpol prevents the progression of pre-diabetes in a mouse model of pre-diabetes. • Catalpol improves insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle. • The effects of catalpol are mediated by activation of the IRS-1/GLUT4 signalling pathway.A chiral-template-driven intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction has been used to build the tricyclic core of kalihinols, a group of antimalarial marine natural products. The key starting materials are commercially available nerol and sulcatone.We developed a new optical method to determine the rate of reverse intersystem crossing (krISC) in thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) organic chromophores using time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy. We successfully correlated the krISC of the TADF-chromophores with device performance. Specifically, we focused on the external quantum efficiency (ηEQE) and the stability of the device at high brightness levels. It is believed that by obtaining a large krISC one may reduce the possibility of triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) and increase the long-term stability of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) devices at high brightness levels (ηEQE roll-off). In this contribution, we investigate the photophysical mechanism in a series of TADF-chromophores based on carbazole or acridine derivatives as donor moieties, and triazine or benzonitrile derivatives as the acceptor moieties. We found a relationship between large krISC values and high ηEQE values at low operating voltages for the TADF-chromophores investigated. In addition, those chromophores with a larger krISC illustrated a smaller ηEQE roll-off (higher stability) at high operating voltages. These features are beneficial for superior OLEDs performing devices. Contrarily, we found that if a chromophore has a krISC ≤ 105s-1 its ηEQE is ≤5%. Such a small krISC suggests that there is no TADF effect operating in these organic systems and the molecule is not efficient in harvesting triplet excitons. Emission lifetime-based methodologies for determining the krISC were included for comparison but failed to predict the devices performance of the investigated TADF-chromophores to the same extent of our proposed methodology.The novel intramolecular ring opening of oxabenzonorbornadienes with C1-tethered aryl halides was investigated using palladium catalysts to form fused tetracyclic frameworks. The reaction was generally found to synthesize 1,2-dihydronaphthalen-1-ol products with mild selectivity but was capable of synthesizing dehydrated naphthalene products in excellent yield and selectivity. Substituent effects on oxabenzonorbornadiene and on the iodoarene were explored along with the effects of varying tether length, where an efficient reaction was observed in nearly all cases. A total of 16 examples are reported with yields ranging from 0 to 96%.A new type of coupling between unactivated olefins and nonstabilized alkyl radicals was achieved, which enabled the first intermolecular Heck-type reaction of cycloketone oxime esters and unactivated alkenes. This directing-group-based strategy was compatible with various unactivated alkenes and cyclobutanone-, cyclopentanone-, and cyclohexanone-derived oxime esters. Density functional theory calculations showed that both excellent regioselectivities and good diastereoselectivities could be ascribed to the 2-butanol-assisted concerted H-OBz elimination of the conformationally strained metallacyclic transition state.The environmental benefits of cleaner, gaseous fuels such as natural gas and hydrogen are widely reported. Yet, practical usage of these fuels is inhibited by current gas storage technology. Here, we discuss the wide-ranging potential of gas-fuels to revolutionise the energy sector and introduce the limitations of current storage technology that prevent this transition taking place. read more The practical capabilities of adsorptive gas storage using porous, crystalline metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are examined with regard to recent benchmark results and ultimate storage targets in this field. In particular, the industrial limitations of typically powdered MOFs are discussed while recent breakthroughs in MOF processing are highlighted. We offer our perspective on the future of practical, rather than purely academic, MOF developments in the increasingly critical field of environmental fuel storage.Cyclization between two multiple bonds have been attractive processes that allow the discovery of novel reactions and the construction of carbo- and/or heterocycles. Among them, heteroatom-substituted unsaturated bonds show different reactivity from those with a heteroatom displaced on the α- or β-carbon, but surprisingly few reactions using them have been reported until the 2000s. In recent years, benzo-fused substrates cyclization between two multiple bonds, including heteroatom-substituted unsaturated bonds, have been reported, and this review describes them by reaction type.