Weekly Research News Challenge: New Disinfectants – Alkene Difunctionalization – Smart Medical Sensors
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Angewandte Chemie 47/2024: The Long Term
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Binding RNA Drug Targets Using Spirocycles
New azaspirocycles with potential applications in drug discovery
Asymmetric Three-Component Acylarylation of Vinylarenes
Aldehydes used as acyl radical precursors in copper-catalyzed radical reaction
Triel Bonds: New Pathway to Pentacoordinate Carbon
Study provides the first evidence of a pentacoordinate carbon in a stable complex, offering insights relevant to chemical bonding and biological methyl transfer processes
Selective Photocatalytic Benzene Oxidation
Iron-carbon nitride fragments used for the conversion of benzene to phenol
Synthesis of Axially Chiral Diaryl Aldehydes
Chiral phosphoric acid catalyst promotes formation of useful precursors for the synthesis of axially chiral compounds
Simple Path to Fused Arenes from 1,6-Diynes and Alkynes
Ligand-free dirhodium-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition
Improved Dehalogenative Deuteration and Tritiation of Aryl Halides
New palladium-based catalytic system with a zinc acetate additive shows high activity
Energy-Transfer Enabled 1,4-Aryl Migration
Unprecedented di-π-ethane rearrangement promoted by energy-transfer catalysis under visible light
Weekly Research News Challenge: Unusual Photoswitch – Toxic Cosmetics – New Drug Linker
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Angewandte Chemie 46/2024: Multifunctional
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
New Tetracyclic Ring Systems Synthesized
Five new heterocyclic ring systems that could have uses in medicinal chemistry
Silylation and Germylation of Azauracils
New protocol can be used for the late-stage functionalization of complex, drug-like molecules under mild conditions
Interstellar Methane as a Progenitor of Amino Acids?
γ-radiation converts methane into glycine and complex molecules, advancing molecular evolution studies and offering a novel methane utilization approach
Practical Path to Dihydrobenzisoxazoles
Partial nitro reduction of methyl 2-nitrobenzoates followed by base-mediated cyclization, alkylation, and reduction gives useful bicyclic compounds
Convergent Path to Bicyclic Boronates
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Weekly Research News Challenge: Shortest C–I Bond – Simple Synthesis – Multi-Metal Detection
This week's quiz includes questions on the shortest C–I bond, a simple route to bicyclic boronates, and fast multi-metal detection
Twisting Alkyne Cycloparaphenylenes into a Molecular Pinwheel
Strain-promoted alkyne cyclotrimerization gives curved carbon nanostructures