
Priestley Medal 2025 for Frances Arnold
Highest honor of the American Chemical Society (ACS) presented to the American chemical engineer and 2018 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Microplastics in Medicine
Infusion fluids may introduce thousands of plastic particles into patients' blood

Biosensor for Rapid Detection of Avian (H5N1) Influenza in Aerosols
Prototype bird flu sensor shows promise for noninvasive, real-time air monitoring

Modular Synthesis of Monofluorinated Triazoles and Triazines
Preparation of fluorinated heterocycles using N-CF3 imidoyl chlorides

Dysprosium Bis(amide) Complexes as Single-Molecule Magnets
New mononuclear (half-)sandwich dysprosium(III) complexes show magnetic hysteresis

Regiodivergent Alkylation of Pyridines
Selectivity controlled by the structural dynamics of alkyllithium clusters

Radical Fluorosulfonylation of Allyl Bromides
Catalyst-free protocol under electroreductive conditions

How Do OH– and H3O+ Recombine in Water Nanodroplets?
Effects of spatial confinement on the recombination of autodissociated water ions investigated

Site-Selective C–H Functionalization Used to Prepare Atropisomers
Organic photoredox catalysis provides a general approach to the coupling of biaryls with a range of nucleophiles

Rh(III)-Catalyzed Formal Cycloaddition Provides a Path to Furanones
Formal [3+2] cycloaddition reaction between cyclopropenones and aldehydes

Amine N-Oxides Used for Carbon Capture
Eco-friendly 4-methylmorpholine N-oxide (MMNO) captures carbon dioxide

Building “Houses” Stereoselectively
Synthesis of highly functionalized bicyclo[2.1.0]pentanes ("housanes")

Faster, Cheaper, Smarter Thioxanthone Synthesis
Novel method to prepare complex thioxanthones from relatively simple and accessible precursors

Total Synthesis of Ukabamide, a Drug Candidate against Sleeping Sickness
Lipopeptide from marine cyanobacteria could lead to new antitrypanosomal drugs

Nickel-Catalyzed Electrochemical Sulfuration of Alkyl Alcohols
Thiolation using pyridyl thioesters with a broad substrate scope

Mechanically Triggered Protein Desulfurization
Easy-to-use ultrasound-induced desulfurization strategy

Annulation of (Trifluoromethyl)alkenes and Thioureas
Chemoselective defluorinative [3+3] annulation gives dihydropyrimidine derivatives

Heavier Analogs of 1,2-Dihydrotetrazole
Experimental and theoretical investigation of the first diazadistiboylidenes

Neutral Boron Atom Stabilized by Only Neutral Ligands
Monoatomic boron(0) complex isolated at room temperature