An organocatalytic method yields 2,3-disubstituted dihydrobenzofurans with high optical purity

Optically Active Dihydrobenzofurans

New Tool for Heterocycle Functionalization
Zinc bis(alkanesulphinate) salts are a chemical toolkit enabling the synthesis of novel heterocycles for drug discovery

Sensitive and Selective Mercury Detection
Zinc(II) porphyrin–octadeoxythymidine is a highly sensitive and selective fluorescence and absorption sensor for mercury ions in water

Production Site for Antioxidant Blends in Bahrain
BASF is opening a state-of-the-art production site for customer specific antioxidant blends (CSB) in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Dipeptide Ligands for Hydrogen-Production Catalysts
A peptide-based outer-coordination sphere of hydrogenases increases efficiency for hydrogen production

Pulsating Microcapsules
Polymer gel microcapsules can oscillate in and out depending on pH, offering potential for regular, self-medicating devices

Chlorination Reveals Fullerene Structure
A new isomer of a higher fullerene, Cs-C82 (4), captured by chlorination and characterized

Facile Functionalization of Polyhedral Boranes
First example of addition of any C-nucleophiles to nitrilium derivatives of boron clusters

Natural Health Products: Really Safe?
The daily exposure levels to metals and metalloids contaminating some natural health products exceed allowable limits

Biophysics Prize Awarded to W. Helfrich and C. Bustamante
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics has been awarded to Wolfgang Helfrich and Carlos Bustamante