Organocerium reagents help to transform unreactive amides into reactive ketones in one step

Ceri-ously Simple

Protein on the Edge
Lysozyme is detected voltammetrically at the water/ionic liquid interface

Ibuprofen Decoy
Pain-reliever ibuprofen makes enzyme oxidize styrene with hydrogen peroxide

Rare-Earth Light Switch
A covalently attached photochromic molecule switches a dual-emissive nanoparticle between red and green emission

Eight Rings, Five Flavors
Total synthesis of the highly oxygenated octacyclic natural product schindilactone A is achieved in 29 steps

8th Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES) Meeting in Germany
Owners of very first pan-Asian society journal held their 8th editorial meeting at Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany

Pentagon Fusion
Chlorine substitution stabilizes an unusual C64 fullerene with three adjacent pentagon units

Ibuprofen Decoy
Ibuprofen tricks cytochrome P450 into using hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant for asymmetric styrene epoxidation

OLEDs from Alcohol
Alcohol-processable organic electrolytes form effective electron-injection layers for organic light-emitting diodes

Pretreating with Feedstock Improves Catalyst Perfomance
Pretreating cobalt-based catalysts with reaction gas improves their performance in the partial oxidation of methane