The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for March 2013

Most Accessed Articles: March 2013

Solar-Driven Water-Splitting
Ta3N5 has been found to act as a photocatalyst for water oxidation under visible light

Phosphonous Acid Ligands
Steric and electronic properties of chlorophosphite ligands have been studied by using multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography

Stöber Method for Polymer Coating Core-Shell Nanoparticles
Modified emulsion polymerization gives excellent control of the shape and thickness of shells of core-shell nanoparticles

Organocatalytic Route to Active Pyrazoles
Regioselective synthesis of pyrazoles using a secondary amine organocatalyst

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices of Electrochemically Activated Valves
Nanoporous graphitic carbon electrodes display a unique electrowetting behavior that depends on specific ion effects

Siamese-Twin Porphyrin
The first pyrazole-based expanded porphyrin has been obtained and found to be highly twisted, implying helical chirality

Investigation of Hyperconjugation by UV-Photoelectron Spectroscopy
UV-photoelectron spectroscopy studies of highly strained cages prove neutral hyperconjugation

New Route to Antimalarial Artemisinin
A molybdenum-catalyzed synthesis of 1,2,4-trioxanes provides access to artemisinin and active analogues

Nanoensemble for Anion Sensing
Au nanoparticles decorated with calix[4]pyrroles sense fluoride anions with high selectivity and efficacy in organic media