Atomic volume proves to be a useful descriptor for predicting the stability of highly oxidized organic molecules

Highly Reactive or Wholly Unstable?

Ocean Pollution & Rainfall
New way to estimate global rainfall and track ocean pollution

Simple Synthesis of New Antibacterial Family
Simple analogues of platensimycin, inhibitors of bacterial enzymes, are made in just two-flask reactions from commercial aldehydes

Most Accessed Articles: January 2011
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2011

Vincent van Gogh: Fading to Brown
Identification of chemical reaction responsible for the degradation of two paintings by Vincent van Gogh could help in their preservation

Novel Anti-Influenza Drugs
Two-step strategy presents a new route for the design of structurally novel anti-influenza drugs

Mechanism of Dissociation
CO dissociation from ruthenium complexes plays a key role in the racemization of alcohols

Ball Milling Nanotubes
Milling single-walled nanotubes (SWNT) results in homogeously sized, pristine, highly dispersible SWNTs that can be functionalized

H2 Production
Photosynthetic plant proteins and synthetic polymers shown to self-assemble and produce H2 from light

Angewandte Chemie 7/2011: Oxidations, Reductions, and More
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie