Practical, cheap, and general protocol that uses iron for olefin isomerization could be used in fine chemical or pharmaceutical synthesis
Cheap and Simple Olefin Isomerization
Single-Atom Imaging of Industrial Catalysts
State-of-the-art electron microscopy methods confirm for the first time the position of sulfur atoms at the edges of MoS2 nanocatalysts
New NMR Technique Probes Ion Coordination Sites in DNA
Novel NMR method identifies preferential coordination sites between physiologically relevant counterions and nucleic acid bases
Simpler Trifluoromethylation Procedure Discovered
Complicated trifluoromethylations could be a thing of the past with new procedure that is simple, safe and done at room temperature
Angewandte Chemie 35/2011: In Your Brain
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Active Nanotube Adsorption Sites Uncovered
New understanding of carbon catalyst surface could aid development of commercial catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons
Eliminating the Coffee Ring Effect
Simply changing particle shape can eliminate the ring-shaped stain that is left behind when drops of certain liquids dry
Atmospheric Hydrocarbon Levels Decreasing
Decrease in ethane and slowing of methane production linked to changes in energy use
Pietro Biginelli: The Man Behind the Reaction
The Biginelli dihydropyrimidine synthesis is a very important and old multicomponent reaction—so why has its creator been forgotten?
Single Gene Could Increase Biofuel Production
The discovery of a single, key gene could lead to the streamlined production of cheaper biofuels