Carboxylic acid additives improve the directed Ru-catalyzed C(sp3)–H α-alkylation of cyclic amines with alkenes

Better Route to Cyclic Amines

75th Birthday: Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, celebrates his 75th birthday

New Biocides Regulation Enters Into Force
New Biocides Regulation enters into force on 17 July 2012; regulatory requirements for industry will apply from 1 September 2013

Control of Nanoparticle Aggregation
The aggregation of gold nanoparticles is dependent on the nature of the organic cross-linkers and the capping compounds

Competitive European Industry
Europe must shape its industrial policy to emerge stronger from the current economic and financial crisis, says Alliance of industry

Sunburn Mechanism Identified
Skin cells treated with acute UVB radiation to investigate how skin detects damaging levels of UV radiation

Linde Expands Market Leadership in India
Linde to construct two air separation units (ASUs) for Tata Steel, Odisha, India

A Binary Coupling
The Morita-Baylis-Hillman coupling reaction is catalyzed by a guanidine-azole binary system

RCM/Beynon Award
Prize for best paper in Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry (RCM) has been awarded to J. Roeraade et al., Sweden

Detecting Tumor Cells with Iron
Magnetoferritin nanoparticles are a new promising diagnostic tool to visualize tumor tissues