Key meeting in the materials calendar

16th International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC16)

α-Alkylation of Saturated Cyclic Ketones
Amine-free, directing-group-free transformation using quantum dots as a photocatalyst

High-Performance Stretchable Polymer Solar Cells
Thymine-functionalized terpolymer allows for hydrogen bonding, which improves performance

23rd Tetrahedron Symposium
Sharing the latest advances in organic chemistry, chemical biology, and medicinal chemistry

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Path to Aryl and Alkenyl Halides from Fluorosulfonates
Transformation of readily available starting materials is compatible with chloride, bromide, and iodide

Machine-Learning Model Predicts Enzyme-Substrate Pairs
Method can be used across a broad range of different enzymes and metabolites

7th International Conference on Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry (ICHIC 7)
Hypervalent iodine reagents are intensively used in organic chemistry

Photochemical Deracemization of 3-Substituted Oxindoles
Racemate successfully converted into enantiomerically pure or enriched material in the presence of a chiral benzophenone catalyst

Total Synthesis of Chaetoglobin A
Dimeric alkaloid from a fungus has a chiral axis connecting two azaphilone systems

Clarity with Tiny Drug Crystals
Elusive structure of the antihistamine Levocetirizine determined by electron diffraction