Five-step synthesis of mesodiphenylhelianthrene, which can serve as a chemical actinometer

A Molecule That Measures Light Energy

85th Birthday: Roald Hoffmann
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, well-known for teaching the chemical community how to use molecular orbitals, and a poet and playwright

Efficient Catalytic CO2 Conversion
Recoverable and recyclable porous covalent organic framework (COF) supports regenerable carbenes for chemical CO2 fixation

Biocatalytic C4-Prenylation of Tryptophan Derivatives
A toolbox of 4-dimethylallyltryptophan synthases (4-DMATSs) to produce a set of 4-dimethylallyl tryptophan and indole derivatives identified

Complete Biosynthesis of Strychnine
Biosynthetic pathway in Strychnos nux-vomica determined and strychnine produced in a model plant using metabolic engineering

Future Insight™ Prize Awarded to Tobias Erb
Tobias Erb, Marburg, Germany, is working on capturing CO2 and converting it into new chemical building blocks using biocatalysts

Transition-Metal‐Free C−H Silylation of Alkynes
Potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide (KHMDS) serves as an efficient catalyst

Photochromic Corannulenes
Effects of curvature in photochromic materials investigated

Organocatalytic Synthesis of Thiiranes from Alkenes
A cheap, easy-to-execute, organocatalytic protocol

Most Accessed Articles: June 2022
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals