Physical organic chemist and NMR pioneer passed away

John D. Roberts (1918 – 2016)

One Step to Difluoromethyl Cyclopropanes
First one-step synthesis of difluoromethyl cyclopropanes uses a rhodium(II) catalyst

Your Lifelong Digital Name
Importance and new developments of ORCID

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Swapping Metals to Control MOF Formation
Making the design of metal-organic frameworks more rational

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Three Stereocenters in One Swoop
Highly selective catalytic asymmetric allylboration reactions

Molecular Tweezers for C60
Tetrathiafulvalene bis-acetylide platinum(II) complexes have good affinities for fullerene

Octulene: A Hydrocarbon that Binds Anions
The large central cavity of octulene can bind anions in nonpolar media

Putting on a Benzyl
New Pd-catalyzed C-benzylation reaction