Chiral silacyclopentanes can be synthesized in enantioselective β-elimination reactions
Synthesis of Chiral Silicon Molecules
Behind the Science: Sustainable Chemical Building Blocks from Lignin
Turning a waste product from the paper industry into a valuable chemical feedstock
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Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?
Chemistry Drives Innovation
Entrepreneurship in chemical training and importance of start-ups for innovation
How Discoveries Are Made
Nobel Laureate Barry Sharpless explains how discoveries are made
This Adhesive Switches On and Off
Reversible polymer adhesive bonds and releases in response to UV light
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939 – 2016)
Chemistry Nobel Laureate and co-discoverer of fullerenes passed away
Fluorine as a Hydrogen-Bond Acceptor
Experimental evidence for the involvement of fluorine in weak hydrogen bonds
Getting Rid of Volatile Organic Compounds
Hierarchical core-shell oxide microspheres catalyze toluene combustion
Oxygen-Bridged Planar Triphenylborane
First oxaplanarborane has possible applications in organic electronic materials