Polish-Swiss chemist and Nobel Laureate developed a method for vitamin C synthesis and isolated cortisone
125th Birthday: Tadeusz Reichstein
A Molecule That Measures Light Energy
Five-step synthesis of mesodiphenylhelianthrene, which can serve as a chemical actinometer
85th Birthday: Roald Hoffmann
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, well-known for teaching the chemical community how to use molecular orbitals, and a poet and playwright
Efficient Catalytic CO2 Conversion
Recoverable and recyclable porous covalent organic framework (COF) supports regenerable carbenes for chemical CO2 fixation
Biocatalytic C4-Prenylation of Tryptophan Derivatives
A toolbox of 4-dimethylallyltryptophan synthases (4-DMATSs) to produce a set of 4-dimethylallyl tryptophan and indole derivatives identified
Complete Biosynthesis of Strychnine
Biosynthetic pathway in Strychnos nux-vomica determined and strychnine produced in a model plant using metabolic engineering
Future Insight™ Prize Awarded to Tobias Erb
Tobias Erb, Marburg, Germany, is working on capturing CO2 and converting it into new chemical building blocks using biocatalysts
Transition-Metal‐Free C−H Silylation of Alkynes
Potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide (KHMDS) serves as an efficient catalyst
Photochromic Corannulenes
Effects of curvature in photochromic materials investigated
Organocatalytic Synthesis of Thiiranes from Alkenes
A cheap, easy-to-execute, organocatalytic protocol