David Chen, Seoul National University, South Korea, and David Spiegel, Yale University, USA, awarded

Simple procedure providing easy access to alkaloid 223A in sufficient quantities from readily accessible compounds

Robert Mulvey, Xinliang Feng, Rhett Kempe, and Zhang-Jie Shi are interviewed this month

The different reaction zones of a candle flame and its heat and mass transfer pathways

We pursue the fate of a single wax molecule in a burning candle

As benzene breathes, its aromaticity ebbs and flows according to new derivative current-density maps

Wonderlab is hosting a conference and the attitude of each lab member turns out to be quite revealing

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Efficient, stereospecific synthesis of high purity isohexide diamines – high-performance biobased polymers such as polyamides

The Closing Ceremony of the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) was held in Brussels, Belgium, on December 1st