Salimabromide is the first natural product to be isolated from the Plesiocystis/Enhygromyxa clade of marine myxobacterium

First Natural Product from Marine Myxobacteria

A Drug Discovery Detective Story
Biological activity of small-molecule RNA polymerase (RNAP) inhibitors revealed to come from polymeric impurity

Most Accessed Articles: April 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for April 2013

Discovery of Unexpectedly Active Group
Introduction of a sulfoximine group into anticancer candidates shows that sometimes sticking to the unconventional pays off

Pincer Carbene Enables Nitrile Coupling
Pincer carbene ligands mediate the coupling of a coordinated acetonitrile ligand and its unusual reactivity opens application in catalysis

New Stimuli Responsive Supramolecular Gels
Photoresponsive supramolecular gels that incorporate an azobenzene unit into peptide side chains are reported

New Route to Anticancer Agent Quinocarcin
Synthesis of quinocarcin through a convergent strategy based on Sonogashira coupling and gold(I)-catalyzed hydroamination

Thermally Stable Silver-Containing Ionic Liquids
Thermally stable ionic liquids prepared for the electrodeposition of metallic silver with high deposition rates

Fluorescence Anion Sensors
Incorporating a fluorescent probe into a polymeric matrix gives a sensor array that can recognize eight different analytes

A Closer Look at Radical Migration
Investigation of the radical migration from the sulfur atom in the radical cation of glutathione, an important antioxidant