Introducing a hydrophobic shell enhanced the catalytic activity of core-shell catalysts in one-pot oxidation reactions

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for May 2014

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Enantioselective transformation of allyl carbonates into branched allyl carbamates by using amines and recycling CO2 under Ir catalysis

Dr. Joe Pierce Richmond, Germany, celebrates his 70th birthday on June 14, 2014

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DOTA and its derivatives may be very suitable ligands for scandium radioisotopes for therapy

Professor Ferdi Schüth, Germany, has been elected at the Annual Meeting of the Max Planck Society

How does the cis or trans orientation of the central metal bridging ligands in mixed valence compounds affect remote electronic communication?

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