Jack Washington
ResearchCooking oils work as solvents for metal-catalysed reactions
Suzuki–Miyaura, Hiyama, Stille, Sonogashira and Heck cross-couplings shown to proceed with quantitative yields in certain vegetable oils, fish oil, butter and waxes
ResearchGenetically engineered microbes convert waste plastic into vanillin
Plastic bottle becomes industrially useful product thanks to biosynthetic transformation
ResearchAutomated organic synthesis made easier with capsule-based console
Integrated console to synthesise drug-like molecules requires minimal user input
ResearchRedox switches up possibilities for signal transduction in artificial cells
Vitamin C triggers membrane translocation in a synthetic system, which generates an amplified fluorescent response
ResearchTrinuclear complex is a rare example of bottled double aromaticity
First report of a system containing a ruthenium atom that takes part in two different types of aromaticity simultaneously
ResearchDNA-compatible C–H activation method set to benefit drug discovery
Larger and more diverse DNA-encoded libraries on the cards thanks to new tool