Recent developments in the biotechnological production of hydrocarbons are paving the way for bio-based platform chemicals

Bio-Based Platform Chemicals

New Finding for Belousov–Zhabotinsky
First measurements of cross-diffusion coefficients for a five-component system – the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction

Water-Soluble Iridium Biosensors
Sugar containing iridium complexes shown to be water-soluble, biocompatible and suitable for lectin sensing

New Routes to IN Inhibition
HIV-1 integrase (IN) is an essential enzyme for HIV-1 replication: New routes to IN inhibition could overcome drug resistance

Hydrogenase Cofactor Simply Synthesized
New route to hydrogenase cofactor azadithiolate provides a simple way to make model enzymes for H2 fuel production

Anion Binding Indicates Catalyst Activity
Anion binding constants of a series of diamine-functionalized organocatalysts provides useful tool to probe catalytic activity

Finding Hidden Chirality
The importance of an often overlooked source of chirality, atropisomerism, depends upon the barriers to rotation

Improvement of COX-1 Inhibitors
Novel cyclooxygenase-1 inhibitors show promise as analgesics, with none of the previous side effects

Treating Resistant Infections with Silver
Silver N-heterocyclic carbenes are promising candidates for new topical antibacterial drugs due to high activity against resistant S. aureus

Intelligent Metal-Storage Nanocapsules
New metal-storage nanocapsules created from self-assembly of dendrimers with soft aliphatic units