New gas-phase experiments and theoretical calculations revise significantly downward the proton affinity and gas-phase basicity of SO2

Proton Affinity and Gas-Phase Basicity of SO2

Increasing Oxygen Delivery
Allosteric Effectors of Human Hemoglobin

Tackling Mad Cow Disease and its Relatives
Hope for previously untreatable, prion-caused diseases comes from the indole-3-glyoxylamide family

Adding Value to Biodiesel By-Products
Iron and vanadium-based catalyst converts the major by-product of biodiesel production into acrylic acid and acrolein

Cytotoxic Amphidinin B Synthesized
The first stereoselective total synthesis of Amphidinin B has been achieved on a gram-scale, allowing biological evaluation

Past President of IUPAC on the IYC 2011
For the first time in the 100-year history of the IUPAC, the worldwide chemistry community will be celebrating the achievements of chemistry

An Array of Colorful Polymers
Researchers have synthesized different colored polyesters simply by changing the ratio of the starting materials

Tunable Plastic Thermometers
Tunable, (super)conductive plastic films made with ion beam and used for electrical resistance thermometers

More Soluble, Less Toxic Cellular Probes
Biocompatibility and water solubility of cellular probes have been improved with iridium complexes with carbohydrates attached

Atmospheric Chemistry Affects All
ChemPhysChem dedicates a special issue to three top contributors to atmospheric chemistry: P. Mirabel, G. Le Bras and R. Lesclaux