Incomplete understanding of urea oxidation hinders catalyst improvement for sustainable treatment of urea pollution, impacting applications such as dialysis and water reclamation

Behind the Science: Exploring Urea Oxidation

Transition-Metal-Free Alkylation of N-Heterocycles with Nitriles
Direct synthesis of phosphonium salts from benzothiazoles and pyridines allows a two-step protocol for C−H functionalization

Most Accessed Articles: January 2024
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Behind the Science: Generating Chemical Energy from Renewable Fuels with Semiconductors
Exposing GaAs photovoltaic devices to methanol fuel in the presence of an oxidizer leads to electricity generation by the device

Reusable Ni(II) Catalyst Embedded in a Porous Organic Polymer
One‐pot N‐alkylation of amines via a borrowing hydrogen strategy

Hybrid Analogue of Pancratistatin Made from Shikimic Acid
Derivatives of natural products with anticancer activity synthesized via a concise route

Sugars Stabilize Collagen Triple Helices
Common carbohydrates as co-solutes increase the melting temperature

Copper-Based Perfluorinated Catalytic System for the Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols
Straightforward oxidation of benzyl alcohols using perfluorinated NHCs formed in situ and a widely available copper source

Azoimido Ligands in Catalysis
Stable tethered tungsten-alkylidenes with azoimido ligands as efficient ring expansion metathesis polymerization (REMP) initiators

Tandem Oligonucleotide Synthesis Method for DNA and RNA
Useful strategy to increase the efficiency of automated oligonucleotide synthesis