Introducing a hydrophobic shell enhanced the catalytic activity of core-shell catalysts in one-pot oxidation reactions

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for May 2014

Polydopamine as an organocatalyst in direct aldol reactions

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Rational benchmarking of molecular catalysts achieved

Enantioselective transformation of allyl carbonates into branched allyl carbamates by using amines and recycling CO2 under Ir catalysis

Dr. Joe Pierce Richmond, Germany, celebrates his 70th birthday on June 14, 2014

New nickel catalyst to catalyze the cross-coupling reaction between carbonyl compounds and phenole derivatives

A mild and catalytic methylation of amines with formic acid

Professor Ferdi Schüth, Germany, has been elected at the Annual Meeting of the Max Planck Society