Production method for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) first patented 100 years ago by Friedrich Klatte; answer to Guess the Chemist (20)

100th Anniversary of the First PVC Patent

Improving the Synthesis of Perylene Diimide Dimers
A combination of C–C homocoupling and C–H activation doubles the yields of perylenediimide dimers

Molecular Containers in the Gas Phase
Noncovalent interactions between several protonated amines and an original ditopic receptor, nor-seco-cucurbit[10]uril, are investigated

Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Attenols A and B
A highly convergent total synthesis of attenols A and B utilizing a double alkylation tosylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC) strategy to construct the spiro acetal segment

Angewandte Chemie 34/2013: Celebrating Liquid Crystals
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Resolving Asymmetric Epoxidations
An enantioselective route to form epoxides by using kinetic resolution techniques has been developed

Multiple Metal-Free Pathways to 2-Acyloxazoles
2-Acyloxazoles can be formed from a variety of different starting materials just by tweaking the iodine oxidant

ChemistryViews.org
Short overview on ChemistryViews.org

Explosive Nanotechnology
A team of American scientists have developed highly reactive nanoenergetic formulations based on periodate salts

Synthesis of Hainanolidol and Harringtonolide
New synthetic route for hainanolidol and harringtonolide offers flexibility to access other members of Cephalotaxus norditerpenes