Nickel catalysis provides a useful way to remove cyanide groups from organic compounds
Who Nicked My Cyanide?
New Route to Gold Nanoparticles with Controlled Size
Seed concentration controls particle size in the synthesis of single-crystalline spherical gold nanoparticles
Dying Brightly
Fluorescence lights up cells programmed to die
Most Accessed Articles: December 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for December 2012
Reversible DNA Polymerization
Enzymes catalyze polymerization and depolymerization of DNA on a gold surface
Optically Active Dihydrobenzofurans
An organocatalytic method yields 2,3-disubstituted dihydrobenzofurans with high optical purity
Chlorination Reveals Fullerene Structure
A new isomer of a higher fullerene, Cs-C82 (4), captured by chlorination and characterized
Metals on Graphene
Electrochemistry technique gives information on graphene–metal interactions
Iron-Catalyzed Hydroboration
Iron carbonyl complex catalyzes hydroboration of alkynes under non-inert conditions, making it simple and synthetically useful
Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells
Carbon nanotubes functionalized with poly(imidazolium) zwitterions show excellent activity in the oxygen reduction reaction