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

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

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

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

Polyprenylated polycyclic acylphloroglucines which have a range of activities can now be synthesized in just seven steps

Organic alloys with guest-acceptor capabilities could allow crystal properties to be tuned by doping or mixing

Screening existing library of antagonists for binding affinity toward CD22 identifies new potential treatments for B-cell lymphomas