Which do you prefer to break: a C–H bond or a C–N bond?
Breaking Bond
Nagoya Medals Awarded
Professor Ben Feringa and Professor Naoto Chatani have been presented the Nagoya Gold and Silver Medals, respectively
Guess the Chemist (23)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description
Classic Paper but No New Data
Heavily cited and highly useful but didn't report anything new, so how did it become a classic?
Wonderlab Comic – Thin Layer Chromatography
Jo's lessons in analytical techniques continue with a lesson in thin layer chromatography
Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions in Aqueous Media
Development of one of the most reliable C-C bond-forming reactions in organic synthesis is surveyed
Engineering Phenol from Glucose
Sustainable production of phenol from glucose by metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli
Asymmetric Esterification for Total Synthesis
Production of chiral carboxylic esters proves a useful method in the total synthesis of centrolobine
Synthetic Rubber
Understanding of the effects of the ancillary ligand and the co-catalyst on isoprene polymerization
Learning a New Language: Moving Countries and Changing Subjects
Wilhelm T. S. Huck discusses what change means for scientists and how his research has evolved to the study of small water droplets