One-pot depolymerisation of polylactic acid

Upcycling Plastics into Metal–Organic Frameworks

Improved Synthesis of Hindered Ethers
Electrochemical oxidation creates carbocations which can be used to make difficult-to-access ethers

Stable Boron Emitters for OLEDs
Molecular stabilization gives high-performance optoelectronic devices

Milestone for Structural Chemistry
Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) now contains one million crystal structures

1,3-Diketones Rearrange into Quaternary Carboxylates
Selectivity of anionic oxidative rearrangement studied

Metal‐Free Synthesis of Polycyclic Quinazolinones
Intramolecular oxidative cyclization gives fused polycyclic quinazolinone derivatives

Mordecai Rabinovitz (1933 – 2019)
Professor Emeritus at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, passed away

A New Life for Aromatic Polymer Waste
Upcycling post-consumer plastics with electrophilic radicals

Transition-Metal-Free Synthesis of Phenanthridinones
First phenanthridinone synthesis that progresses via a direct C–H amidation under visible-light irradiation

Guess the Character (8)
Can you guess the fictional scientist from the description?