A [2]catenane and a pretzelane that incorporate porphyrin by axial ligation have been made by researchers in China

Francis Waller talks about common intellectual property issues for chemists from his 30 years experience of filing patents

The Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry has been awarded to Eric Jacobsen (Gold Medal) and Keiji Tanino (Silver Medal)

Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley, USA, has been awarded the Emanuel Merck Lectureship

A complex pentafoil knot comprising, not of DNA as were previous knots, but a synthetic organometallic system

A chemical industry based on renewable resources is looking more necessary than ever, but how will we get there?

Furfural is converted into octane in high yields at relatively low pressures and temperatures with two bifunctional catalysts

Helmut Schwarz wins international award for groundbreaking research from the European Academy of Sciences

Sesquiterpenes have fascinating biological properties, members of this class are interesting for the development of new antibiotics

Transition metal-based analogues of frustrated Lewis pairs undergo reactivity not seen with their main group counterparts