Template Controls Carbon Nanotube Diameter
Hydrocarbon belts used as organic templates for the synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes
Asymmetric Three-Component Acylarylation of Vinylarenes
Aldehydes used as acyl radical precursors in copper-catalyzed radical reaction
Simple Path to Fused Arenes from 1,6-Diynes and Alkynes
Ligand-free dirhodium-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition
Improved Dehalogenative Deuteration and Tritiation of Aryl Halides
New palladium-based catalytic system with a zinc acetate additive shows high activity
Practical Path to Dihydrobenzisoxazoles
Partial nitro reduction of methyl 2-nitrobenzoates followed by base-mediated cyclization, alkylation, and reduction gives useful bicyclic compounds
Dinitrogen Turned into a Photoswitch
First lanthanide N2 photoswitch shows isomerization between side-on and end-on coordination
Twisting Alkyne Cycloparaphenylenes into a Molecular Pinwheel
Strain-promoted alkyne cyclotrimerization gives curved carbon nanostructures
Cubane Derivatives with Unusually Short Carbon–Halogen Bonds
Hexafluorodihalocubanes feature some exceptionally short bonds, including the shortest C(sp3)–I bond found so far
A Path to Substituted Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanones
Two-step transformation combines a transannular pinacol coupling reaction with a pinacol rearrangement
Fast-Cycling Electrochemistry in Microclouds
Self-electrification by fast phase switching affects redox reactions
Enantioselective Decarboxylative Difluoromethylation
Nickel-catalyzed decarboxylative transformation of alkyl carboxylic acids with good functional group tolerance
Peroxide-Based Coating Approach Gives Nanoshells with Alkali Metals
Difficult-to-achieve uniform coating prepared using hydrogen peroxide as a precipitant
Polarity of Over 550 Radicals Calculated
Electrophilicity/nucleophilicity of common open-shell synthetic intermediates calculated and experimentally validated
Frustrated Lewis Pair Anchored on Copper Nanoclusters for Catalysis
Immobilized catalysts for hydrogenation reactions provide high activity and regioselectivity
Enantioselective Alkylation of Primary Phosphines
Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric transformation using alkyl halides gives P-stereogenic secondary phosphine-boranes with high enantioselectivity
Twisting Planar Aromatic Compounds into a Figure Eight
Oxidative cleavage of an internal double bond of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) gives a figure-eight-shaped macrocycle
Gold(I) Catalysis Provides Access to Alkynyl C-Glycosides
Silyl-assisted, gold(I)-catalyzed transformation gives useful precursors for complex glycosides
New Strategy to Access Ketyl Radical Anions
Coupling of aldehydes and alkenes via α-hydroxy sulfinate and ketyl radical anion intermediates
2-Aminopyridines Made from Bench-Stable Reagents
2-Halopyridinium ketene hemiaminals allow for nucleophilic aromatic substitutions with amines