The first woman and African American to earn a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Hawaii, USA
Alice Ball: First Injectable Leprosy Treatment
Modular Synthesis of Tetracyclic Heteroarenes
Platinum-catalyzed cyclization of ethynylbiaryls
Red Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from a Sustainable Source
Covalently modified lignin with strong hydrogen bonding interactions has useful optical properties
Molecular Switch with a Variety of External Triggers
Reversible molecular switching of a phosphaethene polyaromatic hydrocarbon by irradiation, metal coordination, or deprotonation
Oxaphospholane Oxides Made from Vinyloxiranes
Phosphene-induced ring expansion of oxiranes
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Extra-Long, Highly Conductive Molecular Wires
Aminium-terminated carbon-bridged oligo(phenylene-vinylene)s serve as exceptionally conductive molecular wires
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Mirror-Image Cyclodextrins
Separation of enantiomeric cyclodextrins achieved
Practical Path to Multiple Trifluoromethylation of Phenols
Visible-light-promoted reaction using commercially available CF3I