Chiral carbon centers can be formed mechanochemically by using just a pestle and mortar
Grinding Out Selectivity
Bend Me, Shape Me …
Calixarene-based supramolecular polymers reversibly change shape in response to different wavelengths of light
Ceri-ously Simple
Organocerium reagents help to transform unreactive amides into reactive ketones in one step
Protein on the Edge
Lysozyme is detected voltammetrically at the water/ionic liquid interface
Ibuprofen Decoy
Pain-reliever ibuprofen makes enzyme oxidize styrene with hydrogen peroxide
Rare-Earth Light Switch
A covalently attached photochromic molecule switches a dual-emissive nanoparticle between red and green emission
Eight Rings, Five Flavors
Total synthesis of the highly oxygenated octacyclic natural product schindilactone A is achieved in 29 steps
8th Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES) Meeting in Germany
Owners of very first pan-Asian society journal held their 8th editorial meeting at Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany
Pentagon Fusion
Chlorine substitution stabilizes an unusual C64 fullerene with three adjacent pentagon units
Ibuprofen Decoy
Ibuprofen tricks cytochrome P450 into using hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant for asymmetric styrene epoxidation