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

Resolving Asymmetric Epoxidations

Multiple Metal-Free Pathways to 2-Acyloxazoles
2-Acyloxazoles can be formed from a variety of different starting materials just by tweaking the iodine oxidant

ChemistryViews.org
Short overview on ChemistryViews.org

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

Synthesis of Hainanolidol and Harringtonolide
New synthetic route for hainanolidol and harringtonolide offers flexibility to access other members of Cephalotaxus norditerpenes

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

Synthesis of the Pentasaccharide Moiety of Thornasterside A
The pentasaccharide moiety of thornasteroside A, the first asterosaponin isolated from starfish, has been synthesized for the first time

Angewandte Chemie 33/2013: Like Breathing Oxygen
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The Structure Makes the Poison
The orientation of the tert-butyl group determines the toxicity of the potent antillatoxin

Microreactor Setup with Internal Recirculation
The Beckmann rearrangement can be performed in a truly continuous mode