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Fast Path to Spherical Nucleic Acids
Nanoparticles functionalized with a high density of DNA strands

New Synthetic Route to Tenofovir
Antiviral drug prepared using di-tert-butyl phosphite

First Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Calixanthomycin A
Modular synthetic route allowed determination of absolute configuration

Safer Disinfection for Swimming Pools
Copper–silver ionization as a complementary disinfectant to chlorine

First Rare-Earth-Terminal Phosphinidene Complex
Unusual scandium boronylphosphinidene complex isolated

Metal-Free Borylation of Benzaldehydes
Imines used as transient directing groups

Easy Surfactant Removal from Nanocrystals
Ligand exchange with N-heterocyclic carbenes followed by protonation provides improved catalytic activities

Electrochemical Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Thin Films
One-step direct fabrication of PAH films with controllable thicknesses

Cu2ZnSbS4 Synthesized
Evidence for strong covalent Sb−S and Sb−Sb bonding