From boroles to 1,2-azaborinines by ring expansion with azides
A New Route to Azaborinines
Organosilicon Electrodes
Covalent Si–C grafting of a silatrane cage to a carbon-based interface gives a truly conjugated benzyl-type system
Solid H2O2 Alternatives
Solid H2O2 equivalents for selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides and ketones much safer and convenient to handle
Cs+ Ion Removal
A microporous vanadosilicate is highly effective at removing Cs ions from groundwater, seawater, and nuclear waste solutions
New Class of Photocatalysts: Molecular Cerium Vanadium Oxide Clusters
Two new di-cerium-containing vanadium oxide clusters show promising visible-light photooxidative activity
New RSC President
Professor Dominic Tildesley is now president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK
Mass Production of Synthetic Diamond
A new chemical vapor deposition system boosts single-crystal diamond production to 100 grams a day
Lanthanide-Containing [2]Rotaxanes
The first anion-templated synthesis of a lanthanide-containing interlocked molecule is demonstrated
Si−Ru Complex Probes DNA Mismatches
A silicon−ruthenium hybrid complex can selectively detect cytosine−cytosine and cytosine−thymine mismatches in DNA
Metal−Organic Frameworks: The New Jack of All Trades for (Inorganic) Chemists
Roland A. Fischer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, discusses the IUPAC definition of a MOF