James Mason Crafts discovered together with Charles Friedel the Friedel–Crafts reactions; answer to Guess the Chemist (27)

175th Birthday: James Mason Crafts

Angewandte Chemie 11/2014: Are Some Types of Research More Equal than Others?
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Rapid Assessment of Protecting-Group Stability
Stability screening of widely utilized silyl, acetal, and carbamate protecting groups

Thiazolothiazole-Containing Ambipolar Organic Semiconductor
A thiazolothiazole-containing ambipolar semiconductor with high hole and electron mobilities was synthesized

Liliana Mammino: Research and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Professor Liliana Mammino, South Africa, speaks about promoting the development of computational chemistry in Africa

Vitamin C Deficiency – Part 3
Looking at the chemical and physiological properties of vitamin C and at how it intervenes in many biochemical processes

Guess the Chemist (27)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

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

Polymers Based on Pyromellitic Diimide
Tuning electronic mobility in donor-acceptor conjugated polymers

Unusual Coupling of Nitriles
Unusual coupling reactions result from treatment of Group 4 metallocene alkyne complexes with ferrocenyl nitriles