Michel R. Gagné, Andreas Kirschning, Fernando P. Cossio, and Jurriaan Huskens are interviewed this month

One-pot method generates chiral amides from secondary alcohols with retention of stereochemistry and provides evidence for non-planar carbocations

Activation of white phosphorus with silylenes gives two unusual Si–P compounds that could be precursors for semiconducting materials

New method for adding methyl groups to aldehydes gives the highest enantioselectivities and yields reported and can be used for longer alkyl chains

Simply stirring a gelled solution of dye can result in circularly polarized luminescence

Hindered photochromic benzo- and naphtho[1,3]oxazines can switch rapidly between colorless and colored forms under ultraviolet irradiation

A diverse library of compounds for pharmaceutical screening can be created starting with a single reactive natural product, according to US chemists

Production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from fructose with a yield of up to 87 %

Designing small-molecule ligands for class B GPCRs despite the lack of structural information for this receptor class

Simple way to recover and reuse chiral copper bis(oxazoline) complexes reported by French researchers