The European multilevel project deals with the entire process of transformation of biomass, from fields to final commercial products

Professor F. Dumeignil coordinates the EuroBioRef program supported by a €23m grant from the EU 7th Framework Program (FP7)

Large-scale collaborative project for sustainable biomass processing from crops production to final commercial products

Bifunctional catalyst can generate lactones with new carbon-bromine bonds with high enantioselectivity for natural product synthesis

Crystal of iron-aluminium compound could replace a palladium catalyst, reducing the cost of plastic production

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for May 2012

Early View articles of 170 peer-reviewed chemistry journals — keep yourself easily up-to-date about the latest findings in your field

Clean and efficient production of biodiesel and glycerol from soybean and microbial lipids

A mild photooxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides is achieved with a riboflavin derivative and LED visible light irradiation

Water-soluble electrochemical catalyst based on a copper–bipyridine complex that can oxidize water to oxygen