Dr. Annette Doherty, Non-Executive Director, Cambridge University Hospitals, UK, elected President of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Annette Doherty New RSC President

90th Birthday: C. N. R. Rao
Indian researcher is a leading solid-state and materials chemist

“Chameleon” Ribozyme Folds Two Ways
Single RNA sequence can adopt one of two ribozyme folds and catalyze RNA cleavage or ligation

Enantioselective Hydroxylation of Tertiary Propargylic C–H bonds
Manganese-catalyzed enantio-differentiating hydroxylation in acyclic systems

Vanadium-Dependent Chloroperoxidase for Regioselective Halogenation
Lavanducyanin halogenase (LvcH) discovered and used in chemoenzymatic synthesis

Targeted Probe for Photoacoustic Tumor Imaging
Probe for covalent labeling activated under hypoxia for high-quality imaging of aggressive prostate cancer

Copper-Catalyzed Amination of Base-Sensitive Aryl Bromides
Expanding the scope of copper-catalyzed C–N coupling reactions

A New Path to Benzocycloheptenes
Base-promoted (5+2) annulation of 2-(alkynylaryl)acetonitriles and arylalkynes

Tricyclic Indole-2-Carboxamides Show Antitumor Properties
Understanding cannabinoids as anticancer drugs

Nickel Catalysis for Asymmetric Aryl Addition to Sulfinylamines
Nickel catalyst with a chiral bisoxazoline ligand for the 2,3-addition of arylboronic acids to sulfinylamines