The new President of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is Professor Peter K. Dorhout, Kansas State University, Manhattan

2018 ACS President

Replacing Phosgene with CO2
Synthesis of aryl isocyanates under a carbon dioxide atmosphere

Low-Valent Tin Azides
First examples of a class of tetracoordinate mixed-ligand tin azido complexes

Catalyst for N2-to-NH3 Thermal Conversion
Different catalytic mechanisms of the thermal conversion explored on an isolated Rh1Co3 cluster on CoO(011)

Key Intermediate in Water Oxidation Catalysis Characterized
Seven-coordinate Ru=O intermediate studied in situ

Photoswitchable Antibiotics
Visible-light-controlled antibacterial activity of diaminopyrimidines with azobenzene photoswitches

Low-Cost and Pump-Free Water Desalination
Fabric-based method could be useful for remote areas

Personalized Pesticide Detection
Silicone wristbands as passive samplers

Power-Generating Yarn
Textile-based triboelectric nanogenerators could power wearable electronics

Stereocontrolled Radical-Recombination
Visible-light-activated asymmetric C-H functionalization via a stereocontrolled radical-radical recombination