Dec 30, 2011
This year’s headlines from my monthly Research Highlights column on ChemistryViews.org
Ouroboros Breathes Benzene
December — As benzene breathes, its aromaticity ebbs and flows according to new derivative current-density maps
Flexible Crystals
November — New discovery not only hints at existence of “flexible” crystals, but also shows how such materials could be probed in greater detail
Dec 2, 2011
The Q4 issue of the Cutting Edge of Chemistry (PDF) newsletter which I produce for ThomsonReuters is now online. In this latest issue:
Organic synthesis scheme showcase – The nutlins were first identified by scientists screening a chemical library at Hoffmann-La Roche. In this article, we showcase a new synthetic route to (-)-nutlin 3 recently developed by Tyler Davis and …
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Nov 13, 2011
The stars look very different today…The Alchemist thinks, thanks to recent revelations about the formation of complex organic molecules in space.
Also, different is an approach to generating fluorine-18 molecules for medical imaging and a technique to assess the risks associated with carbon nanotubes in the environment. A new sensor for the diagnostically important potassium ion comes up with glowing colors, and chemists achieve closure with a new metathesis catalyst for making natural products.
Finally, official recognition …
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