New protocol can be used for the late-stage functionalization of complex, drug-like molecules under mild conditions

Silylation and Germylation of Azauracils

Technip Energies, Alterra, and Neste Offer Standardized Recycling Plants
The companies say they are offering a standardized technology to make plastic recycling more efficient and cost-effective

New Cleavable Linker Design for Targeted Drug Therapy
Physiological thiol gradient between extra- and intracellular areas used to trigger novel cleavable linkers

Practical Path to Dihydrobenzisoxazoles
Partial nitro reduction of methyl 2-nitrobenzoates followed by base-mediated cyclization, alkylation, and reduction gives useful bicyclic compounds

Hazardous Chemicals Found in European Cosmetics
Inspections found banned chemicals, such as perfluorononyl dimethicone and D4/D5 siloxanes, in cosmetics like eyeliners, lipliners, and hair conditioners

Dinitrogen Turned into a Photoswitch
First lanthanide N2 photoswitch shows isomerization between side-on and end-on coordination

Promising Scaffold Material for Cultured Pork
Hybrid cultivated meat products combine traditional meat with alternative protein sources, like plant-based proteins, to enhance sensory and nutritional qualities

Twisting Alkyne Cycloparaphenylenes into a Molecular Pinwheel
Strain-promoted alkyne cyclotrimerization gives curved carbon nanostructures

Crystalline Mesoionic Diazasilole Synthesized
1,4,2-Diazasilole containing a low-valent silicon atom displays characteristics of both a mesoionic silylene and a silylone

Phototherapeutic Agent for the Noninvasive Threatment of Glioblastoma
Nanoparticles composed of an aza-BODIPY derivative and folic acid-grafted polymers serve as imaging probes and therapy agents