The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for July 2013

Production method for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) first patented 100 years ago by Friedrich Klatte; answer to Guess the Chemist (20)

A combination of C–C homocoupling and C–H activation doubles the yields of perylenediimide dimers

Noncovalent interactions between several protonated amines and an original ditopic receptor, nor-seco-cucurbit[10]uril, are investigated

A highly convergent total synthesis of attenols A and B utilizing a double alkylation tosylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC) strategy to construct the spiro acetal segment

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

An enantioselective route to form epoxides by using kinetic resolution techniques has been developed

2-Acyloxazoles can be formed from a variety of different starting materials just by tweaking the iodine oxidant

Short overview on ChemistryViews.org

A team of American scientists have developed highly reactive nanoenergetic formulations based on periodate salts