The Magazine of Chemistry Europe

K. C. Nicolaou, Scripps Research Institute, CA, USA, has been awarded top Cypriot science prize

Various aryl halides were treated with unactivated arenes to form biaryl compounds in moderate to good yields

Ru/CMK-3 is found to be a water-tolerant and reusable catalyst for hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose with high yield

Evangelos Tsotsas is the 2010 recipient of the Excellence in Drying Research Award

The EuCheMS elected Ulrich Schubert, Vienna University of Technology, member of the Austrian chemical society, as their new president

New route to gold-based catalyst removes need for moisture and light sensitive silver salts

Nanoplates with time-temperature dependant UV/Vis spectra could have future in monitoring transportation and storage of food

Mechanism of the radical-initiated oxidation of 1,3-dioxane helps explain the role of ethers in the atmosphere

Using ionic liquids for biodiesel production overcomes miscibility problem and allows recycling over several cycles

Use of superhalogens as building blocks gives a new class of highly electronegative species: hyperhalogens