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

Synthesis of the core ring structure of marine natural product with anti-malarial properties achieved in five steps

The successful generation of bare [CuO]⁺ has revealed the final piece of the puzzle about the activation of methane

An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

Ceria, present in catalytic converters, stores more oxygen in its 2D platelet form than its 3D nanocrystalline form

Combination of microelectrolysis and oxygen microbubbles proves effective for the degradation of phenol

New way to make self-assembled multilayer films use electrochemistry to trigger click reaction between polymers

Improved tank in series model for solid oxide fuel cells cuts computational time and predicts potentiostatic operation parameters

Can fullerenes be synthesized from simple and abundant precursors with the help of templates?

Can amyloid fibrillation associated with degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s be stopped by nanoparticles that act like proteins?