Professor Hermen S. Overkleeft, Leiden University, the Netherlands, is elected recipient of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

Series of biphenyl α-D-mannosides could prevent and treat urinary tract infections (UTIs) by blocking bacterial adhesion to host cells

Biologically active nitrogen-containing heterocycles have been synthesized through controlled ring expansion of isatin derivatives

Dehydration of fructose to HMF is performed in cheap and sustainable choline chloride/CO2 deep eutectic solvent (DES) system

New oxyoxonia-Cope macrocyclization leads to structures which provide new insight into structure–odor correlation of musks

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Non-polymeric supramolecular gel derived from a simple organic salt has been used to create a unique gel sculpture

Controlling the morphology of core–shell nanocrystals by altering the rate of seed-mediated growth

Efficient preparation of 8 of the 16 isomers of inhibitor candidate deoxynojirimycin could help find new diabetes treatments

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for April 2012