The absolute configuration of (+)-erythro-mefloquine has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography, CD spectroscopy, and molecular modelling

Absolute Configuration of (+)-Erythro-Mefloquine

World-scale Production of Bio-based Polybutylene Terephthalate
First world-scale production of bio-based polybutylene terephthalate

Isocyanide Chemistry Without the Smell
Isocyanides can be generated, purified, and reacted in an integrated continuous-flow microfluidic system

Enantioselective Photochromism in Human Serum Albumin
Hydrophobic pockets in human serum albumin allow photochromic reactions to occur enantioselectively in aqueous media

Angling for a Route to Fish Proteins
The chemical synthesis of a masked analogue of a fish antifreeze protein has been developed

EPA Analyzes Hydraulic Fracturing
The U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) is analyzing the threat that fracking poses to drinking water; data will be released in 2016

First Examples of Phlorin-type Hexaphyrins
Synthesis of expanded porphyrins lacking cyclic conjugation reported

Glucose Monitoring: Something to Cry About
Contact lenses powered by the wearer's tears can detect glucose levels and so might be used for continual monitoring of patients with diabetes

Cephalosporolide H Gives up More of its Structural Secrets
Total synthesis of both spiroketal diastereomers of the reported structure of Cephalosporolide H

BN Against Cancer
Nanotubes made from boron nitride can be used to package up pharmaceutical for targeted chemotherapy against cancer