Amides selectively and directly hydrogenated to alcohols and amines under mild, anhydrous conditions for the first time

Direct Amide Hydrogenation

EurJOC Newsletter Launched
The European Journal of Organic Chemistry announces the launch of its new newsletter

Catalytic Fluorination – Major Challenge
Discovery of selectively adding a fluorine or trifluoromethyl group to biologically active compounds dramatically improve their properties

Method to Prepare tRNA Nucleosides
Turbo-Grignard reagent with specific point of attack allows synthesis of tRNA nucleosides in presence of reactive groups

Angewandte Chemie 46/2010: Food for Thought
An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition

User Experience Research
Wiley are looking for organic chemists to participate in the usability testing of a new online chemistry content service Nov. 17/18

Mess-ter Comic – ROP is Easy!
A comic series by Sophie Lin: In part 3 she depicts how chemistry can sometimes surprise you

Make the Switch
Acid/base and anion exchange used to reversibly transition a urea-based [2]rotaxane between solution and gel states

Bismuth for Bone Cement
Water-soluble bismuth cluster is key to the formation of a hybrid material

Replacing a Ring with a Ball
Asborin, the carbaborane-containing analogue of aspirin, holds promise as lead structure for aldo/keto reductase (AKR) inhibition