Organic chemistry – Page 38
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ResearchMolecular suit provides basic protection
A removable macrocyclic suit can protect a small cation from strong bases
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NewsNews from the American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco
News stories from the 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society
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ResearchMaple syrup enhances antibiotics
A phenol-rich mixture extracted from maple syrup allows much smaller doses of antibacterial drugs to achieve the same results
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Opinion(+)-Zincophorin methyl ester
New and old reactions combine for an elegant and concise synthesis
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FeatureThe flow revolution
Continuous approaches are starting to find use in fine chemicals, as Angeli Mehta discovers
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ResearchTamed radicals expand chemical space
A method to functionalise complex molecules with catalytic radicals could expand chemical libraries of the drug and agrochemical industry
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ResearchNanomachines with reverse gear control gel movement
Light-controlled nanomachines embedded in a polymer can control its shrinking and expanding
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ResearchElusive analogue of phenyl anion isolated
Isolated germabenzenyl anion has aromatic character
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate George Olah dies aged 89
Olah was the sole recipient of the 1994 chemistry Nobel prize for his work on carbocations
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ResearchCatalytic glassware makes metal recycling easy
Flasks with built-in nanoparticles allows chemists to easily reuse valuable catalysts
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ResearchReactive intermediates tamed in natural product synthesis
Benzynes perform remarkably selective reactions with natural products that lead to uniquely complex compounds
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ResearchCloudy with a chance of catalysis
Simulation of hydrogen bond interactions gives valuable new insights into how acid rain forms
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ResearchTheory put into practice as new class of superbase created
Carbon–phosphorus double bonds give extra basic molecule its super strength
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OpinionHow to expand the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog rules for supramolecules
A single change could solve the problem of noncovalent interactions
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OpinionIn search of solvation
Process chemistry opens up a whole new world when it comes to solvent choice
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ResearchSulfur linkage takes click chemistry in a different direction
Thionyl tetrafluoride-based ‘sleeping beauties’ enable click chemistry in a tetrahedral shape
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OpinionSupramolecular evolution
Can chemists embrace disequilibria like they have non-covalent interactions?
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ResearchUnusual metathesis catalyst holds stereoselectivity promise
Molybdenum catalyst can make Z -trifluoromethyl-substituted olefins useful for pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and materials