A green pigment often lends an odd sheen to nitrite-cured meat products. US chemists have now obtained its crystal structure
Green Cured Meat
Planar Autonomous Self-Assembly of Ionic Nanoparticles
At a planar CH2Cl2-water interface positively charged nanoparticles (NPs) spontaneously self-assemble into hexagonally close-packed lattices
Nicholson New Bayer CropScience R&D Head
Bayer CropScience names Dr. C. David Nicholson new Head of Research & Development
First Synthesis of Photoactive Toxin
The first enantioselective total synthesis of the toxin (S)-bisoranjidiol, a bisanthraquinone, has been achieved by US chemists
Towards Water-Soluble Quantum Dots
First precursor towards quantum dots that can be dispersed in water has been reported and its decomposition mechanism identified
Substances of Very High Concern?
New public consultation on thirteen potential Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) launched by ECHA (European Chemicals Agency)
A Brighter, Whiter Light
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that are stable and emit bright white light have been developed by researchers in Korea
Angewandte Chemie 9/2012: Sunny Outlook
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Palmy Conditions on the Route to Esters
A heterogeneous porous Sr–MgO nanocomposite catalyst allows for the mild transesterification of palm oil to methanol
New Route to Indole Functionalization
The first direct carboxamidation of indoles by Pd-catalyzed C–H bond activation offers new functionalization of the molecules