A simple "mix and shake" proton NMR method for determining the chirality of amines and amino alcohols

Mix and Shake NMR Method

Building Blocks to Sustainable Synthesis
Efficient one-pot procedure for the synthesis of homosubstituted imidazolium compounds on the basis of renewable precursors

New Route to 3'-Aminoacyl-tRNASec Mimics
Solid-state synthesis for selenocystein cognate transfer RNA (tRNASec) mimics could help understand the biosynthesis of selenocysteine

The Portable Chemist’s Consultant
Yoshihiro Ishihara, Ana Montero, and Phil S. Baran's book is reviewed by Robert Webster, Henrik Teller, and Thomas Krämer, Germany

Medicine Can be Sweet
Glycosylated analogues of pramlintide were synthesized by a combination of solid-phase peptide synthesis and enzymatic glycosylation

Angewandte Chemie 43/2013: Making and Breaking Bonds
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Carbon Peapods
C70 peapods: the host–guest chemistry of C70 and cycloparaphenylenes

An Expeditious Route to Chiral δ-Aminoesters and Piperidones
The addition of malonate esters to α,β-unsaturated N-sulfonyl imines has been reported by a team from Spain

Giant Host Molecules
New, large metallosupramolecular hosts integrate visible-light photofunctional and redox-active perylene bisimide (PBI) ligands

Most Accessed Articles: September 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals for September 2013