The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for April 2011

Most Accessed Articles: April 2011

Name Your Poison: Identification of Poisoned Catalyst Culprits
"Parasitic" side reactions responsible for catalyst poisoning revealed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) techniques

Methane Activation over Cellulose Templated Perovskite Catalysts
A facile and rapid preparation method for a wide variety of medium surface area perovskite-type catalysts on the laboratory scale

Chemoselective Reduction of Esters to Alcohols
General and chemoselective catalytic reduction of esters to alcohols using inexpensive zinc acetate and silanes

The Gift of the GABAA
Important therapeutic strategy for treatment of central nervous system (CNS)-related disorders

Synthesis of Biobased Succinonitrile
New route to produce biobased succinonitrile discovered, a precurser for industrial production of polyamides

What's the Label?
Series of labeled mevalonolactone (MVA) derivatives has been prepared that will help to unravel the biosynthesis of terpenoids

Gold Nanoparticles Remove Organic Compounds from Water
Water purification from an environmental perspective by using an Au poly(dimethylsiloxane)PDMS nanocomposite in the form of a foam

Cheaper H2 Generation
New iridium(III) photosensitisers give best activity seen with iron-based water-reduction catalysts for light-driven water splitting

Capturing CO2 Directly from the Air
Absorbents that remove CO2 from ultra-dilute gas streams could capture CO2 straight from the air rather than at source