A Synthetic Mimic for Cosmic Dust
Phenanthrene/pyrene hybrid microparticles can stand in for cosmic dust rich in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Three-Component Reaction Gives Substituted Pyridines
Deoxygenative transformation involving alcohols, styrenes, and cyanopyridines
Electrochemical Reduction of Disulfides
Vitamin B12-catalyzed transformation of a wide range of substrates, from small molecules to proteins
Can Large Language Models Predict Inorganic Syntheses?
Fine-tuned large language models (LLMs) found to perform similar to or better than specialized machine learning models for certain chemical tasks
Hydride-Free Copper Nanocluster for Catalysis
Atomically precise, luminescent copper nanocluster can promote photoinduced C–C coupling reactions
How Do Capping Agents Affect the Redox Potential of Nanoparticles?
Substantial potential differences observed between identical gold nanoparticles with 2- or 4-mercaptobenzoic acid ligands
Enantioselective Hydroxylation of Tertiary Propargylic C–H bonds
Manganese-catalyzed enantio-differentiating hydroxylation in acyclic systems
Vanadium-Dependent Chloroperoxidase for Regioselective Halogenation
Lavanducyanin halogenase (LvcH) discovered and used in chemoenzymatic synthesis
Copper-Catalyzed Amination of Base-Sensitive Aryl Bromides
Expanding the scope of copper-catalyzed C–N coupling reactions
A New Path to Benzocycloheptenes
Base-promoted (5+2) annulation of 2-(alkynylaryl)acetonitriles and arylalkynes
Nickel Catalysis for Asymmetric Aryl Addition to Sulfinylamines
Nickel catalyst with a chiral bisoxazoline ligand for the 2,3-addition of arylboronic acids to sulfinylamines
Triarylimidazole-Based Drugs Activated by Light
New strategy for caging bioactive triarylimidazoles uses a dialkylamino unit as a photoremovable group
Benzyl Halides Coupled with Electron-Deficient Alkenes
Catalytic lutidine substitutes halides and allows for a general set of photocatalytic conditions
Iron Complexes for Olefin Metathesis
Isolation of a metallacyclobutane provides evidence that iron complexes adhere to the Chauvin olefin metathesis mechanism
S-Trifluoromethylation of Aromatic Thiols
Visible-light-mediated method uses trifluoromethanesulfonyl chloride as an inexpensive trifluoromethyl radical source
Triboelectric Nanopaper for Noncontact Sensors
Networks of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) fibers combined with a cellulose phase
Using Light to Edit the Molecular Skeleton of Pyridines
Efficient one-pot photochemical method transforms pyridines into bicyclic pyrazolines, pyrazoles, or 1,2-diazepines
Photocyclization of N-Phenyl-1-Naphthamides
Simple light-promoted reaction gives benzophenanthridinone derivatives
Electron Delocalization across a Carborane Bridge
Monoanionic cluster shows unprecedented communication between the boron centers of opposing substituents