BASF will be putting the world's largest production plant for nature-identical menthol into operation in summer 2012

New Process for Menthol Production

Angewandte Chemie 27/2012: Always an Inspiration
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Robust Oxidative Heck Arylation
Exploiting the scope of aryltrifluoroborates for the palladium(II)-catalyzed coupling with olefins

New Desalination Era
Japanese Mega-ton project is aiming to develop the world's first megaton per day desalination plant

The Chemistry of Tasty Tomatoes
Set of aroma volatiles defines tomatoes' flavor intensity and consumers' preferences

Short History of Chromatography
In his essay R. Ditz, Merck KGaA, asks if 100 years of chromatograohy are enough

One-Pot Enzymatic Oxidation of Alcohols
A one-pot conversion of primary alcohols to aldoximes can be carried out in aqueous solution with the appropriate bacterial enzymes

The Shape of Things To Come
Structures of rubrene anions and their aggregation with alkali-metal ions investigated to provide insight into their shapes and properties

Drive Sustainability in Agricultural Business
BASF’s method for measuring sustainability in agriculture took joint first place in competition for sustainable corporate management

Alternative to Precious Metal
Crystal of iron-aluminium compound could replace a palladium catalyst, reducing the cost of plastic production