Natural products prepared via bioinspired pathway

Synthesis of Xishacorenes A, B, C, and D

Highly Tolerant Allylation of Isoindolinones
Calcium catalyzes Hosomi-Sakurai allylation

First Isolable Molecular Thorium Nitride Complex
Use of 15N NMR spectroscopy to probe covalency in a thorium nitride

Strained Cyclopyrenylene Trimer Has Unusual Reactivity
First metal-free direct oxygen insertion into a biaryl C–C σ-bond

Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts Can Be Used for Organic Reactions
Cobalt bis-iminopyridines electrocatalyze the reduction of acetonitrile to ethylamine

New Type of Scorpionate Ligand
Phosphine-functionalized tris(pyrazolyl)methane ligands

Upcycling Plastics into Metal–Organic Frameworks
One-pot depolymerisation of polylactic acid

1,3-Diketones Rearrange into Quaternary Carboxylates
Selectivity of anionic oxidative rearrangement studied

Bond Orders of Diatomic Molecules Calculated
Quantum-mechanical results for the bond orders of 288 diatomic molecules and ions

A New Life for Aromatic Polymer Waste
Upcycling post-consumer plastics with electrophilic radicals