Titanium nitride nanoparticles grown on nitrogen-doped graphene sheets are better than Pt-based catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

New Low-Cost Catalyst for Fuel Cells

A Simple Route to Chiral Synthesis
Asymmetric conjugate addition reactions of alkenylaluminums to enones

Building Blocks to Sustainable Synthesis
Efficient one-pot procedure for the synthesis of homosubstituted imidazolium compounds on the basis of renewable precursors

New Route to 3'-Aminoacyl-tRNASec Mimics
Solid-state synthesis for selenocystein cognate transfer RNA (tRNASec) mimics could help understand the biosynthesis of selenocysteine

Medicine Can be Sweet
Glycosylated analogues of pramlintide were synthesized by a combination of solid-phase peptide synthesis and enzymatic glycosylation

Hydrogen Evolution from Water
A detailed mechanism of hydrogen production by reduction of water with decamethyltitanocene triflate has been derived

Carbon Peapods
C70 peapods: the host–guest chemistry of C70 and cycloparaphenylenes

An Expeditious Route to Chiral δ-Aminoesters and Piperidones
The addition of malonate esters to α,β-unsaturated N-sulfonyl imines has been reported by a team from Spain

Control of Surface Electrosorption Properties
Changing the relative position of Cu atoms located at the surface of Pt(111) electrodes allows control of the electrosorption properties

Mirror Images: Chiral Affects in Osmium Complexes
The effect of chirality on the anticancer properties of chiral metal complexes