Enantiomers of Staab’s tolanophane were finally resolved by chiral HPLC
The 40-Year-Old Problem
New Catalyst for Methyl Methacrylate Process
New catalyst could reduce waste in the large-scale manufacturing of Plexiglas
MOFs with Ultrahigh Surface Areas: Is the Sky the Limit?
US chemists have synthesized a metal-organic framework (MOF) material with the largest surface area of any known porous substance
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C–H Bond Functionalization
Overview of C–H functionalization strategies for rapid synthesis of biologically active compounds such as natural products and pharmaceutical targets
Dendrimers—Towards Catalytic, Material and Biomedical Uses
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Ranking of Worldwide Research Institutions
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Angewandte Chemie 34/2012: In the Limelight
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Fragments of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes
Book that looks at the rapidly growing interest in open geodesic polyaromatic molecules is reviewed by Fabien Durola, France
University World Ranking 2012
Harvard remains the number one in the world for the tenth year; five Chinese universities move into the Top 500 for the first time