New class of tunable aryl alkyl ionic liquids (TAAILs)

Tailored Ionic Liquids with Palladate Counterions
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Chlorination of Highly Strained Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane Derivative
Selective radical chlorination

Organic 2D Materials Made by Self-Assembly
Cucurbit[8]uril-based material conducts electricity only in one direction

Anti-Markovnikov Hydroarylation of Alkenes
Nickel-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling of alkenes and aryl halides

Photochemically Stabilized DNA Assemblies
Site-specific and reversible covalent connection

Turning a MOF into Glass
Flux melting creates new form of the common metal-organic framework (MOF) ZIF-8

Template-Free Synthesis of Mesoporous Semiconductors
Template-free synthesis of highly crystalline mesoporous TiO2 within milliseconds

Radical Difluoromethoxylation of Arenes
Redox-active difluoromethoxylating reagent for the conversion of unactivated arenes under photocatalytic conditions

Grand Prix 2018 de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie
Thomas Ebbesen, University of Strasbourg, France, and Susumu Kitagawa, University of Kyoto, Japan, honored

Fast, Selective Detection of Fluoride in Drinking Water
Luminescent metal–organic framework (MOF) acts as an optical sensor