Enatiomers (−)-hyperione A and (−)-hyperione B can be synthesised from a common precursor in ten steps

Natural Products from St. John's Wort

How Does Paper Age?
New spectrochemical analysis of naturally aged paper reveals normally unavailable information on the cellulose degradation by-products

New Extraction Media for Phenolic Compounds
Simple, low-cost, green, and efficient method to extract and isolate natural products from biomaterials

Double-clicking on Nanoparticles
A click chemistry approach to consecutively functionalize nanoparticle surfaces by using the thiol-yne reaction

Experiment!: Planning, Implementing and Interpreting
Book said to allow getting new research done that you can publish, quicker and smarter. … it's a clearly written, intelligent guide

100th Anniversary: Clemmensen Reduction
The Clemmensen reduction of ketones and aldehydes is the simplest direct method for converting the carbonyl group into a methylene group

Organolithium Cross-Coupling
Practical method for the fast and highly selective direct cross-coupling of organolithium reagents has been developed

Easy Demetalation of Porphyrins
A simple, mild, methodology for the transformation of nickel porphyrins to the corresponding free-base porphyrins

Most Accessed Articles: May 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for May 2013

How to Determine a Reaction's Usefulness
A way to analyze novel organic reactions and determine whether they will have wide or limited utility in organic syntheses has been developed