Highlights from this month's CHEManager Europe

Metal-free catalysts that effect transfer hydrogenation in imines, enamines, and N-heterocycles, offer simpler routes to novel molecules

Newly synthesized polymer, fitted with molecular pincers, effectively captures nicotine molecules and its analogues

German chemical industry is the largest chemical exporter worldwide; its export lead over the USA could be further increased in 2010

Effects of ethanol-loving bacteria on fatigue cracking of pipeline steel

Molecular interactions of solvation and stabilization mechanisms of metallic nanoparticles in ionic liquids

Molecular beacons allow sensitive detection of nucleic acids, proteins, and small molecules in complex biological samples

A new catalyst for converting ethanol made from biomass gives a renewable path to fuel additives, rubber and solvents

Practical and general method for the synthesis of boronic intermediates that readily undergo the Suzuki reaction

The first crowdsourced chemistry experiment is measuring water quality across the globe as part of the IYC