Fluorescent sensor will allow to detect and monitor a ubiquitous metabolite made by all living cells and involved in many disease states

Metabolic Monitoring

Angewandte Chemie 34/2013: Celebrating Liquid Crystals
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Resolving Asymmetric Epoxidations
An enantioselective route to form epoxides by using kinetic resolution techniques has been developed

Multiple Metal-Free Pathways to 2-Acyloxazoles
2-Acyloxazoles can be formed from a variety of different starting materials just by tweaking the iodine oxidant

Disordered Materials for Better Batteries
In the quest to find an alternative to lithium-ion batteries, a highly disordered carbon material is produced that can accommodate sodium ions

Synthesis of Hainanolidol and Harringtonolide
New synthetic route for hainanolidol and harringtonolide offers flexibility to access other members of Cephalotaxus norditerpenes

Most Accessed Articles: June 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for June 2013

Water Contamination Through Shale Gas
Researchers from Texas sampled water wells in one of the largest drilling areas and analyzed them with analytical chemistry techniques

Synthesis of the Pentasaccharide Moiety of Thornasterside A
The pentasaccharide moiety of thornasteroside A, the first asterosaponin isolated from starfish, has been synthesized for the first time

Angewandte Chemie 33/2013: Like Breathing Oxygen
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie