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Olympic Torch Quiz
How much do you know about the background of the reliable and media-effective transport of the flame?

A Near‐Infrared‐II Emissive Chromium(III) Complex
Tridentate chelate ligand combines π-donating amido with π-accepting pyridine units

Molecule Story: 2,6-Diisopropylphenol
Miklos Simonyi, Hungary, is fascinated by the structure of this molecule

How Green Is Your Plastic?
Economical synthesis of polyacrylates and polymethacrylates from biobased materials

Amidation of Light Alkanes
Copper-catalyzed dehydrogenative amidation

115th Birthday: Allene Jeanes
American chemist known for the development of large-scale dextran production and xanthan gum

Overview of Coronavirus Variants
Most mutations of SARS-CoV-2 do not have a noticeable impact on us, but some do – we look at which ones and why

Non-Covalent Interactions: Interview with Goar Sánchez-Sanz
Computational insights into these bindings, which are individually quite weak, but stabilize large structures and mediate specific bonding interactions

Communicating Through Art
The chemistry undergraduate student experience during the COVID-19 pandemic