For 150 years the Department has been maintaining its tradition as one of Japan's leading research institutes in the field of chemistry
150 Years Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo
Coupling Around
Fused indolines made by asymmetrical carbon–carbon coupling
Women in Chemistry — Interview with Vivian Yam
Vivian Yam, University of Hong Kong, was the youngest member to join the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chemistry of a Hangover — Alcohol and its Consequences Part 3
How can a tiny molecule like ethanol be at the root of so much human misery?
Wonderlab Comic — Die Leiden der Jungen Richpunzel
Richpunzel poors her lab-based sorrows out to her diary in the latest Wonderlab installment
Christian Reichardt and Solvent Effects in Organic Chemistry
Christian Reichardt, Marburg, Germany, discusses the fourth edition of his highly successful book
Women in Chemistry — Interview with Veronique Gouverneur
Veronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford, UK, has worked in research groups on both sides of the Atlantic with renown scientists
Visible Improvement to Light Harvesting
Improved light harvesting in the visible region with addition of a coumarin group to iridium(III) complex
Jean-Claude Volta (1946 – 2011)
Jean-Claude Volta, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse IRC, Villeurbanne, France, passed away last week
Classics in Total Synthesis III
Classics in Total Synthesis III by K. C. Nicolaou and Jason Chen, reviewed by Dirk Menche and Sebastian Essig