The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for November 2011
Most Accessed Articles: November 2011
German Future Prize Winners
A team from Dresden headed by Professor Karl Leo has won the German Future Prize
Highest Activity for CO2 Hydrogenation
Cobalt complex catalyzes hydrogenation of CO2 and bicarbonates with highest activity of any non-precious-metal catalyst
Tin-Free Radical Addition to Vinyl Sulfones
Radical conjugate addition onto vinyl sulfones achieved by a convenient, atom-economical, and tin-free procedure
New Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academician is the highest academic title conferred on Chinese scientists and experts working in scientific and technological fields
Efficient Intermolecular C–C Bond Formation Reactions
Transient radical cation intermediates generated at electrodes enable efficient intramolecular C–C bond formation reactions
Parallel Screening
Parallel mass spectrometric screening can be used to home in on three-component organic transformations
Fundamental Research Needs Excellent Scientists and its Own Space
Helmut Schwarz and Daniela Kneißl outline the requirements for excellent fundamental research
Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry 2011
David Chen, Seoul National University, South Korea, and David Spiegel, Yale University, USA, awarded
Total Synthesis of Indolizidine (+)-223A
Simple procedure providing easy access to alkaloid 223A in sufficient quantities from readily accessible compounds