Compounds with both triazole and halogen functionalities formed by Cu catalysis with environmentally benign reducing agent

Click Chemistry: Functionalized Triazoles

Superconductivity From Afar
The magnetic interactions responsible for superconductivity may lie with next-nearest-neighbor rather than in adjacent atoms

IYC Postage Stamp Central
Many countries and postal authorities will join in the celebrations of IYC by issuing postage stamps related to chemistry

How to Repair a Seashell
Seashell repaired in vitro by growth of biominerals in insoluble organic framework

New SCI President — Interview with Vincenzo Barone
Vincenzo Barone, the new president of the Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), talks about the SCI, IYC 2011, politics, young chemists

Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura
Coupling reactions in which palladium is replaced with cheaper nickel complexes can now be done at room temperature

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

Printing MOF Crystals
Single submicrometer metal-organic framework crystals can be "printed" at a desired location on a low-wettable surface

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

Solvent-Free Molecular Encapsulation
Solvent-free hexamer assembly probes the limits of guest binding and gives guest complexes not seen in solvents