Stereoselectively deuterated group can probe the behavior of solvent molecules during self-assembly processes
What Do Solvents Do?
Graphitic Carbon Nanocapsules
Simple and high-yielding solid-state pyrolysis route for large-scale preparation of graphitic carbon nanocapsules (GCNs)
Plant Hormone Synthesis Pathway
Findings could prove fruitful for agricultural researchers attempting to improve crop robustness and productivity
Gold Promotes Green Coupling
Gold nanoparticles promote the aerobic oxidative coupling of amines to alcohols or aldehydes to make useful amides
S. Caron on Practical Synthetic Chemistry
Stephane Caron, Pfizer, talks about the challenges facing synthetic chemists and how to choose a synthetic strategy
Whisky Biofuel Production
Spin-out company aims to commercialize process for producing biofuel from whisky by-products
Controlling Nanotechnology
New approach to creating hierarchical polymer components on a surface for developing novel devices
Advanced Biofuels a Reality by 2013
DSM and POET joint venture is to make cellulosic bio-ethanol competitive with corn ethanol
120 Years of Top Inorganic Chemistry — Alfred Werner
Alfred Werner's work on the spatial arrangements of atoms in inorganic complexes is celebrated as part of ZAAC's 120th anniversary
A Hint of Frog in the Air
Macrolides are volatile pheromones from Madagascar frogs that could be used for communication