First chemical synthesis of tetravinylallene (3,5‐divinylhepta‐1,3,4,6‐tetraene)
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Targeting Tetravinylallene

Efficient, Heat-Stable Organic Solar Cells
Thermally stable organic solar cell based on an unusual combination of small molecule donor and polymer acceptor

A Sweet Solution to Reducing Plastic Pollution?
Fully biodegradable sugar-based polymers

A Safe Way to Nitriles
Asymmetric hydrocyanation of alkenes without cyanide reagents gives synthetic chemists more pleasure in synthesizing nitriles

Printing on Water
Inkjet printing of self-supporting structured objects onto liquid surfaces

Transition-Metal-Free Synthesis of Phenanthridinones
First phenanthridinone synthesis that progresses via a direct C–H amidation under visible-light irradiation

Single Cells Get Their Shells
Nanocomposite exoskeleton makes mammalian cells more resilient and incorporated inorganic building blocks provide many possibilities

Impurities in Plastic Can Spoil Your Quantum Dot Emissions
Accidental contamination of substrates and polymer films gives wrong signals

Two-Faced Buckyballs
One-pot synthesis for Janus-type fullerenol derivatives developed

Biosynthetic Pathway to Amino Acids with a Terminal Alkyne
Discovery may open new strategies for easier modifications on peptides or proteins used in medicine and technology