Inexpensive and non-toxic aluminum catalyst can make highly functional organic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide

Inexpensive and non-toxic aluminum catalyst can make highly functional organic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide
An astounding ten stereocenters can be constructed in just five steps from an azulenone to make a complex natural product skeleton
A new type of metal-carbon bond that forms at the edges of aromatic compounds could open up a new field of structures
A general method for converting wire-like nanotubes into coils has been developed by chemists in Singapore
What is it about wine that gives a particular bottle its unique aroma or bouqet; analytical methods reveal new insights
Polymer gel microcapsules can oscillate in and out depending on pH, offering potential for regular, self-medicating devices
Proteins have existed for billions of years, yet their photolytically weak sulfide bridges can be cleaved by light, so how do they persist?
New insights into the behavior of magnesium amorphous calcium carbonate could explain natural mineralization
A temperature-dependent color change in a macrocyclic cyclotetraazocarbazole has led to the development of a new logical molecule
Modifying the photocatalytic semiconductor tantalum nitride with an alkaline metal salt boosts efficiency in splitting water