Coupling reactions in which palladium is replaced with cheaper nickel complexes can now be done at room temperature

Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura

Rare and Neglected Diseases
With diseases such as malaria being classed as rare and neglected, ChemMedChem takes a look at the latest research in this field

Large Rings Cyclized by Cu
Synthesis of rare nitrogen-linked seven-, eight- and nine-membered biaryl ring systems uses simple and cheap Cu

Oligorotaxanes Made to Order
How do noncovalent bonding interactions affect formation and stability of secondary structures in synthetic polymeric materials?

Water Splitting in Two Parts
Photocatalytic water splitting system that mimics the two-step process of photosynthesis reported

Improve Your PET and SPECT Image
Nuclear imaging techniques study the brain distribution of multiple sclerosis drugs with additional iodine

Most Accessed Articles: December 2010
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for December 2010

Nanoparticles as H2-Evolution Catalysts
Efficient generation of H2 with Pt nanoparticles depends on their size, shape and the rate of Pt–H bond formation

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis: Recent Developments
Mimicking nature is leading to some creative and green ways to synthesize organic substrates

New Type of Metallomacrocycles
Tetrametallic azamacrocycles: a new type of metallomacrocycles with pendant metal fragments