Palladium-catalyzed direct heteroarylation of bromo-2-chloropyridines followed by Suzuki coupling affords a variety of 2-arylpyridines

Simple Access to 2-Arylpyridines

2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes Review
Global index tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide

Imaging Nanoparticles’ Electrocatalysis
Electrocatalytic activity of single nanoparticles measured using a plasmonic-based electrochemical current imaging method

Li+-Mediated Cross-Coupling: As Easy as A B–C!
New synthesis of ferrocene-type anionic metallacarboranes based on Li+-mediated nucleophilic substitution

Saffron: A Spice for the Eyes
Saffron’s volatile oil safranal decreases retinal degeneration in animal models of retinitis pigmentosa

New High-Density Energetic Material
Tris(triazolo)benzene and its derivatives are thermally stable and have moderate to good detonation properties

Arnold Eucken Prize 2012 Awarded
The Arnold Eucken Prize of the VDI-GVC has been awarded to Dr. Niels Hansen, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Less Junk DNA Than Thought
The Encode Project, successor of the Human Genome Project, reveals biological functions of about 80 % of the DNA

Improved Detection with Heavy Metal Vapor
New vaporization technique can help analytical chemists detect toxic heavy metal cadmium even at very low concentrations

Selective Detection of Pd2+ Ions
An newly developed aminonaphthalimide derivative is a selective probe for palladium(II) ions