Covalent Si–C grafting of a silatrane cage to a carbon-based interface gives a truly conjugated benzyl-type system

Organosilicon Electrodes

Sodium: The Alternative Battery
MoS2/graphene composite is an excellent anode material for sodium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitive storage systems

New Class of Photocatalysts: Molecular Cerium Vanadium Oxide Clusters
Two new di-cerium-containing vanadium oxide clusters show promising visible-light photooxidative activity

Renewable Hybrid Electrode Based on Confined Lignin
Pseudocapacitive behavior of lignin nanocrystals stuck to reduced graphene oxides used for renewable energy-storage materials

Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetrahydrofuran Derivatives
Sequential one-pot Cu-catalyzed asymmetric Henry reaction and iodocyclization of γ,δ-unsaturated alcohols

Functionalized γ-Resorcylates
Efficient route to functionalized γ-resorcylate compounds from dioxinone derivatives

Cross-Diinsertion of C≡N/C≡C into an N–H Bond
Facile synthesis of 1,2,4-trisubstituted imidazoles from propargylamines and nitriles

MRI of Empty Spaces by Hyperpolarization
Proton-based hyperpolarization MRI technique could enable imaging of void spaces such as lungs for early disease detection

Hydrophobic Catalysts
Introducing a hydrophobic shell enhanced the catalytic activity of core-shell catalysts in one-pot oxidation reactions

Most Accessed Articles: May 2014
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for May 2014