Professor Scott A. Snyder, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, USA, speaks on Exploring Chemoselectivity through Natural Product Total Synthesis

TCR Lecture 2014

Quantifying Phosphorous in Vegetable Oil
Improvement of quality control AOCS Official Method Ca 12–55 for the determination of the phosphorous content in vegetable oils

Molecular Design of Sensitizers
Diphenyldibenzofulvene sensitizers provide elongated π-conjugation without aggregation

Spinning Drops of Blood
Better diagnosis of parasitic infections: rapid, simple enrichment of rare cells by using ultrasound

Accessing Aryl Amines
A new synthetic method for preparing a wide range of substituted aryl amines has been developed

Understanding Noble Metal Catalysis
Thin gold-silver alloy films were used to shed light on the mechanisms of oxidation catalyzed by nanoporous gold

Sweet MOFs for Information Storage
A cyclodextrin-containing metal–organic framework infused with an ionic electrolyte acts as a memristor

Why Dark Chocolate is Healthy
Bacteria from the gut ferment dark chocolate to produce healthful antioxidants

Illuminating Alumina
Experimental evidence for the characterization of OH groups on the surface of partially dehydroxylated γ-alumina, an important catalyst

Unusual Optical Properties of Rhodacyclopentadienes
New synthetic route to rhodacyclopentadienes revealed a more subtle role of the Rh atom than usually appreciated