One-pot depolymerisation of polylactic acid
Upcycling Plastics into Metal–Organic Frameworks
Enantioselective Recognition of Amino Acids
First example for the enantioselective fluorescent recognition of amino acids in the fluorous phase
Improved Synthesis of Hindered Ethers
Electrochemical oxidation creates carbocations which can be used to make difficult-to-access ethers
Milestone for Structural Chemistry
Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) now contains one million crystal structures
Stable Boron Emitters for OLEDs
Molecular stabilization gives high-performance optoelectronic devices
Metal‐Free Synthesis of Polycyclic Quinazolinones
Intramolecular oxidative cyclization gives fused polycyclic quinazolinone derivatives
1,3-Diketones Rearrange into Quaternary Carboxylates
Selectivity of anionic oxidative rearrangement studied
Mordecai Rabinovitz (1933 – 2019)
Professor Emeritus at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, passed away
Transition-Metal-Free Synthesis of Phenanthridinones
First phenanthridinone synthesis that progresses via a direct C–H amidation under visible-light irradiation
Guess the Character (8)
Can you guess the fictional scientist from the description?