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Hot article: Organofluorine functional molecules
02 December 2008
Japanese scientists synthesise difluoroketone derivatives; potential HIV inhibitors.
Hot article: Chemistry for a Raney day
28 November 2008
Scientists have stumbled across a new way to monoalkylate amines that they claim is more environmentally friendly than alternative routes
Hot article: How do you convert energy?
27 November 2008
US scientists have created an artificial amino acid to help investigate the way proteins capture energy.
Iron complex mimics soil bacteria
26 November 2008
Scientists in the US report the first synthetic compound to catalyse a key step in the degradation of double bonds in aromatic rings
Hot article: Getting to grips with solar cells
17 November 2008
UK scientists provide a new insight into the parameters that determine the efficiency of organic solar cells.
Glowing report for explosive detection
14 November 2008
Israeli scientists have developed a sensitive method for detecting an explosive used by terrorists.
Hot article: Adding to the confusion
13 November 2008
US scientists show that N-substituted pyrazole dialdehydes react with tripyrrane to give aza-analogues of N-confused porphyrins.
Hot article: Finding a catalyst
12 November 2008
US scientists present a general strategy for the fast and efficient screening of catalysts for atom transfer radical polymerisation.
Hot article: Brushing up on sensors
11 November 2008
Polymer brushes for reversible, photoswitchable optical sensors that selectively bind metal ions have been developed in the US.
Hot article: Soluble indium halide reagents
11 November 2008
A soluble, metastable indium(I) halide complex has been synthesised and characterised by scientists in Australia.
Hot article: Mechanical calculations for methyl transfer in solution
10 November 2008
UK scientists have studied kinetic isotope effects for reactions in enzymes and in solutions.
Magnetic solution for sticky problem
07 November 2008
Belgian scientists have discovered a new method to stop nanoparticles sticking together
Hot article: Transition to sustainable catalysis
07 November 2008
Japanese scientists have discovered a cheap and enantioselective catalyst for asymmetric hydrogenation reactions.
Hot Article: Cross-coupling with a copper-carbene catalyst
07 November 2008
Canadian scientists have developed a new copper carbene catalyst for synthesising primary aromatic amines in excellent yields.
Hot article: Thioesters for native chemical ligation
05 November 2008
3-Mercaptopropionic acid-mediated synthesis of peptide and protein thioesters carried out by UK researchers.
Fingerprints show their dark side
04 November 2008
A new fingerprinting method could help forensic scientists detect prints on almost any surface
Silanethiones reach for the stars
04 November 2008
German researchers have identified experimentally H2Si=S, a molecule thought to exist in outer space, for the first time.
Hot article: Multi-functional organometallic switch
04 November 2008
French chemists have created a multi-functional organometallic switch which can be triggered using either light or electric potential.
Hot Article: Polymers organised in liquid crystals
04 November 2008
Supramolecular self-assembly of amphiphilic polymers in lyotropic liquid crystal matrix
Fluorination gets a good reaction
30 October 2008
European chemists have used fluorinated solvents to improve the yields of olefin metathesis reactions
New spin on electronics production
24 October 2008
Chemists have taken a significant step closer to the goal of cheap, flexible and printable organic electronic displays
Hot article: Cyclic Peptoid Microarrays
21 October 2008
US scientists have developed encoded combinatorial libraries for the construction of cyclic peptoid microarrays.
Hot articles: From Enzymes to MOFs
14 October 2008
UK scientists have used dioxygenase enzymes to create enantiopure organic molecules, which in turn have been used to create chiral metal-organic frameworks.
Quantum leap in chemical sensing
08 October 2008
UK scientists have found that quantum dots can improve optical sensors designed for detecting metal ions in water
Quadruplex binding clicks into place
06 October 2008
Ureas that shun the double helix for four-stranded DNA could lead to new anticancer drugs, say UK scientists
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