Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) prepared via aryl-radical-mediated ring annulations

Gas-Phase Synthesis of Coronene

Future Insight™ Prize Awarded to Khalid Salaita
Khalid Salaita, USA, honored for the development of sensors to detect pathogens automated by DNA motors, which have proven successful in detecting SARS-CoV-2

Stereoselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Preussin
Gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrative amination used as a key step

Diiminium Nucleophile Adducts as Convenient Strong Lewis Acids
Scalable, low-cost synthesis of stable diiminium-based reagents

New Workflow for Fatty Acid Discovery Using Ozone
Large number of newly described, naturally occurring unsaturated fatty acids identified

Tetraazacoronenes Synthesized
Nitrogen-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) prepared via Zr-mediated cyclization or four-fold Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling

Biocatalytic Synthesis of Metaxalone
Protein engineering of a halohydrin dehalogenase leads to useful oxazolidinone products

Iridium Complex for Fluorescent Bone Analysis
Aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active complex as a selective, convenient staining agent

BASF To Open Battery Materials and Recycling Center in Germany
Cathode materials production plant and sustainable battery recycling facility to boost Europe's battery industry

Cobalt-Catalyzed syn-Hydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes
New approach uses cobalt complexes with triazine-based PNP pincer-type ligands