Bifunctional chiral ammonium salts efficiently catalyze an asymmetric cascade synthesis

An Easier Way to Isoindolinones

Metathesis Catalyst Inhibition
Olefin isomerization can inhibit ruthenium catalysts

Health Risks of Arsenic in Rice
Arsenic content not acutely toxic, but long-term carcinogenic effects possible

Solving the Oil Foam Problem
Fatty alcohol crystal platelets stabilize air pockets in nonaqueous foams

Transition-Metal Catalysis and Organocatalysis
Discussing growth areas for homogeneous catalysis

New Materials for Ion Exchange
Functionalized porous organic polymers have advantages over conventional resins

Biocontainment with the Flick of a Switch
Preventing escape of genetically modified microorganisms into the environment using circuits that program their suicide

New Combined Heat and Power Plant
Neste, Veolia, and Borealis to build a new combined heat and power plant in Porvoo, Finland

Dow 100 % Owner of Dow Corning
Dow will become the 100 % owner of Dow Corning, currently a 50:50 joint venture between Dow and Corning

Rhodium-Catalyzed Functionalization of Arenes
Umpolung converts nucleophilic arenes into electrophilic arenes in a Rh-catalyzed C-H activation