Herbert C. Brown won the Nobel Prize for his work on organoboranes and hydroboration; also the answer to Guess the Chemist (5)
100th Birthday of Herbert C. Brown
Metal-Organic Framework for Rotaxanes
Metal-organic framework based on a [2]rotaxane stops random dispersion and incoherent motion seen with rotaxanes in solution
Angewandte Chemie 21/2012: One Step Ahead
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Physical Chemistry Awards
The German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry presented several awards at their annual conference in Leipzig
Single Phase Ionic Liquid/Water Mixtures
Ionic liquids can function as solvents even if water is present after all. The discovery opens up a new range of applications
Blue Light District: Sulfide Photooxidation
A mild photooxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides is achieved with a riboflavin derivative and LED visible light irradiation
Controlled Structure Foams
Methodology applicable to parametric study of foaming process helps to optimize the operating conditions or adapt the formulation
First Borosulfate K5[B(SO4)4]
Potassium borosulfate created which crystallizes in a polar space group
M. Stevens and F. Stellacci Honored
Prize from the European Materials Research Society awarded to Molly Stevens, UK, and Francesco Stellacci, Switzerland
Structure of Spider Silk Proteins
Information on structures allow construction of molecular picture of silk assembly process that might lead to large-scale in vitro fiber formation