Iridium centers coordinated by phosphinooxazoline denrimers enantioselectively hydrogenate benzodiazepines

Dendritic Hydrogenation Catalysts

Cascading Towards a Polyketide
A three-step pericyclic cascade reaction sequence proves key to synthesizing the core of an insecticidal polyketide

New High-Performance Supercapacitor Materials
The marriage of graphene and Ni(OH)2 leads to hybrid hydrogels that can act as advanced supercapacitor materials

Reinvestigating Tatanans A–C
A concise, step-economical synthesis of natural products, tatanans A–C, and their biological activity is examined

Tenure Track: The Royal Road to Professorship?
Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Technical University Munich, Germany, explains how his institution is preparing to attract the best talent

Evolutionary Gel
Adaptable, self-healing supramolecular gels with potential high-tech applications have been produced by UK chemists

Faster-than-Light Travel in 50 Years
50 years until Zefram Cochrane’s test flight of The Phoenix, Earth’s first warp ship; answer to Guess the Chemist 16

Wine Storage and Volatiles Composition
Spanish scientists revealed the effects of temperature and storage time on Chardonnay white wines’ volatiles composition

New Unnatural Amino Acid for Protein Engineering
Enzymatically synthesized unnatural amino acid offers new possibilities in protein research

Shale Gas in Europe
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) released a position paper on the opportunity of shale gas in Europe