A unique C–H arylation has been used to synthesize the akuammiline alkaloid (+)-scholarisine A in a mere 14 steps
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Nanotech Toughens Up Water Purification
Silica-titania nanofibers could provide a tougher filter for cleaning up water contaminated with sewage or industrial pollutants
Metabolic Monitoring
Fluorescent sensor will allow to detect and monitor a ubiquitous metabolite made by all living cells and involved in many disease states
Sniffing Out Sulfur Insights
A compound found in peanuts and coffee, and used as a common food additive, was studied spectroscopically to reveal conformational details
Concise Total Synthesis of a Newly Discovered Alkaloid
A concise synthesis of a novel alkaloid natural product with the pyrroloindoloquinazoline skeleton has been devised
Titania: Black is the New White
A mass production technique for reducing brilliant white titanium dioxide to black for applications in solar energy conversion has been devised
New Supramolecular Assembly with Exceptionally High Boron Content
A supramolecular cubooctahedron packed with 240 boron atoms has been synthesized using coordination-driven assembly
Extracting the Medicine from Traditional Chinese Medicine
Isolated compounds from Chinese medicine often show physiological activity. One such compound from Gansong has been identified
Graphene Onion Rings
Tiny sliced onion three-dimensional (3D) rings of graphene have been produced and investigated
Reuniting Chemical Disciplines, Separated at Birth
In the 19th Century, every chemist was a polymath. What changed? And how can we reunite the different chemical disciplines?