Stabilizing an organosilicon compound makes it behave more like a transition metal than a carbene-type compound

Shifting Silicon with Boron Ligands

CO2 Sequestration with Amidophosphoranes
Amidophosphoranes containing four-membered rings react rapidly to capture of one and two equivalents of carbon dioxide, respectively

Bio Spin on Gas Separation
A supported bio-metal organic framework membrane could provide an effective system for separating methane from carbon dioxide

Enantioselective Brønsted Base Catalysis
Cyclopropenimines are shown to be a highly effective new class of enantioselective Brønsted base catalysts

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New Route to Soluble Amidoborane Complexes
Several new synthetic routes to soluble magnesium parent-amidoborane complexes are reported

Angewandte Chemie 15/2012: Enlightenment
Overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

On the Dot
Recently reported new class of quantum dot has the potential to combine magnetic and optical properties, opening the door for new applications

Wonderlab Comic — I Major in Chemistry
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Ketones Get Heavy
A way to replace the carbon atom in the ketonic C=O unit with the heavier element, germanium, found