Photodecomposition of tetrachloroethylene provides a safer source of small chlorinated building blocks for organic synthesis

Maleimides can be used as nucleophiles in asymmetric transformations

Water disinfectant 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin brominates naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (NDA)

N-Acylphthalimides prove to be versatile amide equivalents

Chiral supramolecular materials prepared by spontaneous resolution emit circularly polarized light in the solid state

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Intramolecular cylization of ketones catalyzed by scandium triflate provides a new route to 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles

2-Acyloxazoles can be formed from a variety of different starting materials just by tweaking the iodine oxidant

The orientation of the tert-butyl group determines the toxicity of the potent antillatoxin

Chiral supramolecular fluorophores can be made by simple crystallisation