Rotaxanes incorporating an electrochemically and optically active reporter group self-assemble into molecular films that sense Cl anions

Anion Sensing by Surface-Assembled Rotaxanes

Breaking Bond
Which do you prefer to break: a C–H bond or a C–N 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