A route to oxygenated pyrano[3,2-a]- and pyrano[2,3-a]carbazole alkaloids

Boronic Acid Catalyzed Annulation of a Pyran Ring

The Biochemistry of Peppers – Part 2
We are only able to taste sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and umami – how do we taste hotness?

T. Kläusli on Platform Chemicals from Renewables
Interview with T. Kläusli from AVA Biochem, the first plant which industrially produces the platform chemical 5-HMF from biomass

Guess the Chemist (30)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Guess the Mineral (2)
Guess the name of a mineral with the help of an image and some tips

Chemical Poems: Rubidium
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Synthesis of Aromadendrene and Psiguadial Terpenoids
Bicyclogermacrene as a platform for fast access to a range of different terpenoids

2014 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
Professor Chi-Huey Wong, Academia Sinica and The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA, is this year's winner

NDI Tug-of-War!
Push-pull naphthalene diimide (NDI) motifs form the basis of redox molecular switches

Inhibiting Protein Aggregation
Conjugates of 8-hydroxyquinolines and cyclodextrins have been developed that function both as antioxidants and as metal chelators