Two-step synthesis converts hard-to-recycle polymer to useful material

Polypropylene Turned into Luminescent Carbon Dots

Water-Based Paints: Less Smelly, But Still Harmful?
Investigating the chemical composition of popular water-based paint brands advertised as zero- or low-volatile organic compound (VOC)

Metal–Organic Frameworks as Catalysts for Halogen Exchange
MOFs containing Co(III) halide sites as heterogeneous catalysts for the introduction of chlorine or fluorine into (hetero)aryl bromides

Can AI Plan Organic Syntheses Alone?
Combining the capabilities of AI with expert knowledge could be key for retrosynthetic planning

A Path to (Z)-β-Halovinyl Amides
Nucleophilic addition of amides to haloalkynes

How Microdroplets Accelerate Aza-Michael Additions
Surface acidity and interfacial electric fields can speed up reactions

Perchlorate Used for Iron-Catalyzed C–H Oxygenations
Oxygenation of anthracene and cyclic alkyl aromatics in high yields

1,1-Oxycarbonation of Terminal Alkynes
Sequential borylation, 1,2-carbon migration, and oxidation with Oxone

Uranyl Captured in a Heterobimetallic Crown Ether Complex
Tailored macrocyclic ligand forms an isolable complex with UO22+

Carbene Insertion into the γ-C–H Bonds of Aliphatic Amines
Regioselective transformation uses a palladium catalyst and a picolinamide directing group