New method for adding methyl groups to aldehydes gives the highest enantioselectivities and yields reported and can be used for longer alkyl chains

Simply stirring a gelled solution of dye can result in circularly polarized luminescence

A diverse library of compounds for pharmaceutical screening can be created starting with a single reactive natural product, according to US chemists

Hindered photochromic benzo- and naphtho[1,3]oxazines can switch rapidly between colorless and colored forms under ultraviolet irradiation

Tobias Stengler talkes about his interest in chemistry and the sciences and the connection between chemistry and fine arts

Production of biofuel from forests will increase greenhouse emissions according to study  on the US West Coast

Agilent Technologies Inc. and the University of Technology, Sydney, establish a joint NMR research facility

Production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from fructose with a yield of up to 87 %

Peter Atkins' new book, On Being, exploring the great questions of existence is reviewed by Uwe Meierhenrich

The Polanyi rules which describe the partitioning of energy in reaction barriers have been shown to neglect long-range steric forces