A simple calcium catalyst offers an alternative to expensive transition metals for carboarylation of internal alkynes
Ca Catalyst for Carboarylation
The Birds and the Bees
Male bumblebees display remarkable flexibility in the biosynthesis of marking pheromones from fatty acids
Kicking the Metal Out of C–C Bond Formation
Sulfoxide-directed metal-free ortho-propargylation of aromatics and heteroaromatics
Iridicycle Catalyst for Transfer Hydrogenation
A wide variety of N-heterocycles have been effectively reduced using an iridicycle catalyst in water
Sodium for Sustainable Batteries
Cost-effective and sustainable alternative to lithium ion batteries
Behind the Science: Reusable Gold Nanocomposite Catalyst
Arlette Itken-Fuder, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, talks to Jong Hyeon Lee, The Catholic University of Korea, about his research
Catalytic C–H Activation of Indoles and Pyrroles
Ru-catalyzed arylation of indoles and pyrroles opens new route to synthetic motif that allows further functionalization
Fighting Cancer with Gold
Synthesis of gold(III) pyrrolidinedithiocarbamates (PDT) that strongly inhibit tumor growth both in vitro and in vivo
Dispersion Correction for Hydrogen Bonds?
Does considering van der Waals interactions improve calculations on hydrogen-bonded systems?
Most Accessed Articles: January 2015
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals for January 2015