1,3-Dienes and 1,3,5-trienes can be formed simply by a microwave-accelerated Ru-catalyzed hydrovinylation of alkynes and enynes

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Biofriendly approach for the synthesis of differently shaped gold nanostructures

A magnetic can be used to recycle catalytic nanoparticles that could be used for an important and widely used set of reactions

Graphene as an aerobic oxidation carbocatalyst derived from natural resources

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for March 2013

Ta₃N₅ has been found to act as a photocatalyst for water oxidation under visible light

Silicon nanowires can be doped with surprisingly high amounts of aluminium during their growth

Cristina Nevado, Zurich, and Clément Mazet, Genève, have been awarded the Werner Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society

Basic alkali–metal salts improve a catalyst for steam reforming of methanol