Aminium-terminated carbon-bridged oligo(phenylene-vinylene)s serve as exceptionally conductive molecular wires

Extra-Long, Highly Conductive Molecular Wires

Mirror-Image Cyclodextrins
Separation of enantiomeric cyclodextrins achieved

Total Synthesis of (+)-Mannolide B
Path to a natural product with a complex, fused hexacyclic scaffold

How Chiral Tellurium Nanowires Grow
Growth mechanism of chiral nanocrystals studied using high-resolution electron microscopy

Monodisperse Gold Nanospheres as Hot Spots
Highly spherical, single crystalline nanospheres used to create reproducible hot spots with a nanosphere-on-mirror configuration

A Stable, Crystalline Hexavalent Nickel Complex
New transition metal beryllyl complexes synthesized

Arylation of Benzoxazoles with Bulky Aryl Chlorides
Palladium-catalyzed reaction with sterically hindered aryl chlorides using an indolylphosphine ligand

Sieving Out Benzene Impurities from Cyclohexane
Metal–organic framework (MOF) selectively traps benzene in usually challenging separation process

Zinc Enables Base-Free Borylation of Aryl Halides
Palladium-catalyzed borylation of aryl iodides and bromides mediated by zinc triflate has a broad substrate scope

Biobased Polymer Is Suitable for Closed-Loop Chemical Recycling
Tricyclic lactone made from renewable building blocks turned into a recyclable polyester