Pretreating cobalt-based catalysts with reaction gas improves their performance in the partial oxidation of methane

Herbert C. Brown won the Nobel Prize for his work on organoboranes and hydroboration; also the answer to Guess the Chemist (5)

Metal-organic framework based on a [2]rotaxane stops random dispersion and incoherent motion seen with rotaxanes in solution

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry presented several awards at their annual conference in Leipzig

Ionic liquids can function as solvents even if water is present after all. The discovery opens up a new range of applications

A mild photooxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides is achieved with a riboflavin derivative and LED visible light irradiation

Methodology applicable to parametric study of foaming process helps to optimize the operating conditions or adapt the formulation

Potassium borosulfate created which crystallizes in a polar space group

Prize from the European Materials Research Society awarded to Molly Stevens, UK, and Francesco Stellacci, Switzerland