Simply stirring a gelled solution of dye can result in circularly polarized luminescence

Light Vortex

Switching On And Off the Chemical Light
Hindered photochromic benzo- and naphtho[1,3]oxazines can switch rapidly between colorless and colored forms under ultraviolet irradiation

Molecular Remodeling
A diverse library of compounds for pharmaceutical screening can be created starting with a single reactive natural product, according to US chemists

Green and Efficient HMF Production
Production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from fructose with a yield of up to 87 %

Recycling Catalysts by Precipitation
Simple way to recover and reuse chiral copper bis(oxazoline) complexes reported by French researchers

The B-Class Gets Some Class-A Help
Designing small-molecule ligands for class B GPCRs despite the lack of structural information for this receptor class

Synthesizing Rigid Bicycles
Polyprenylated polycyclic acylphloroglucines which have a range of activities can now be synthesized in just seven steps

New Guest-Accepting Organic Crystals
Organic alloys with guest-acceptor capabilities could allow crystal properties to be tuned by doping or mixing

A Better Target for B-Cell Lymphomas
Screening existing library of antagonists for binding affinity toward CD22 identifies new potential treatments for B-cell lymphomas

Side-effects Effectively Sidelined!
Canadian researchers have found a way to eliminate the liabilities of COX-2-specific inhibitors by introducing NO donor groups