Hypervalent species can serve as model compounds for intermediates or transition states

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Searching for Odorants in Flowers
Volatile compounds from flowers of E. submacrophylla identified

Silica‐Mediated Monohydrolysis of Dicarboxylic Esters
Selective cleavage of surface-bound ester groups

Mechanochemical Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones
Reaction using a chiral ruthenium catalyst in a ball mill

Bis(naphthocyclobuta)pyrenes
New polycyclic conjugated scaffolds combining pyrene and cyclobutadienoid rings

Uranium(IV) Thio- and Selenoethers
Increasing covalency from O to S to Se

Antimicrobial Materials Made from Agricultural Waste
Ag nanoparticles on composites derived from rice husks

Palladium Pre‐Catalysts for Cross‐Coupling Reactions
Simple synthetic access to well-defined, air- and moisture-stable Pd–NHC pre-catalysts

Most Accessed Articles: December 2021
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Aerobic C–C Bond Cleavage Catalyzed by Fungus
White-rot fungus promotes C−C bond cleavage in aromatic compounds, producing phenol