Knotted ligand synthesized using Cu(II) ions as a template allows the preparation of a knotted zinc(II) complex with coordinatively unsaturated metal centers

Molecular Knots Tied with Different Metal Ions
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Direct Path to Bioactive Benzo[e]isoindoles
Isoindoles are parts of natural products and pharmaceutical compounds with diverse biological activities

Turning Simple Cyclohexanones into Phenols with Biocatalysis
Catalytic system based on ene-reductase enzyme gives substituted phenolic compounds

Advanced Manganese Photocatalysts with Boron-NHC Ligands
Can manganese photoredox catalysts enable efficient radical cross-coupling reactions?

New Type of Supramolecular Transparent Materials
A strategy for creating low-molecular-weight transparent materials using cyclodextrins and solvent evaporation

Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of 5-Aryldeazaalloxazines
A one-pot, three-component reaction to create novel photoredox catalysts without purification

New Insights into Cellular Transport Mechanisms
Photostable nanoparticles designed to track dynein movement in neuronal axons reveal a new chemomechanical cycle during cargo transport

85th Birthday: George Whitesides
Professor George M. Whitesides, Cambridge, USA, celebrates his birthday on August 3

A Miniature Plant Genome Editing Tool
A miniature genome editor developed and optimized, achieving high editing efficiency in both rice and Arabidopsis

Rare Stable Fe(IV)-Superoxo Intermediate at Room Temperature
Presence of a stable Fe(IV)-O₂•⁻ complex inside a nanocage in water for the first time at room temperature reported