Asararenes, a new family of large aromatic macrocycles, have been created by using a component of ginger

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

Direct Mannich-type reaction for the facile synthesis of β-fluoro(phenylsulfonyl)ethylamines involving three components

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Establishing landscapes of existing compounds could determine potentially interesting new compounds

Benzimidazole is a better substituent than benzoxazole for assembling biomimetic diiron complexes similar to biological enzyme centers

Investigation of π-stacking interactions of protein amides could improve rational drug design

A study on glycolaldehyde shows that two isolated hydrogen bonds win over one cooperative pair

Open-source compound library at GSK identifies 177 small-molecule leads for anti-tuberculois (TB) research

Aerogels made by using a simple, benign process useful as thermal insulators, catalyst supports and for construction of biomedical materials